Thread: D3 Doors.

I would just like to thank Land Rover for making the doors of the D3 so solid & heavy.
You know how nice it is to have that solid "THUNK!" sound every time you close the door ------------------------------- Even when your right thumb is inside the door about where the lock is.
Of course, leaving your thumb in this position does lead to some other sounds as the door firmly closes with that nice weighty feel.
I should also point out that good ol' LR have done an excellent job on the panel/door gaps in the D3 as you can not remove your thumb once the door is closed. Nope, doesn't matter how hard the reaction to pain makes you jerk on that thumb the tolerances between the rear of the front door & the leading edge of the back door, are so fine that I can assure you your thumb will remain firmly wedged.
You may find that the instinctive arm/hand jerk will cause more pain & high pitched noise.
Should you ever decide to test the weight, gap tolerances, strength of metal, cutting ability of the door of a D3 with your thumb, I strongly recommend that once you have completed the experiment using the door handle to assist with removing your thumb while it is still attached to your arm.
You should note that the pressure exerted by said fully closed door is enough to prevent any blood being spilled until the door is opened & for a few seconds after you have extracted your thumb.
You should also note that once your thumb is extracted the pain will increase, the blood will flow & you will find yourself using such colourful language that any self respecting sailor would leave the scene.
I must admit that such copious amounts of blood will gain the greatest sympathy from your wife etc but don't count on that making your thumb the shape of a thumb again.
In fact the door of a D3 is such a fine piece of engineering that you can be assured it will suffer no damage from the above experiment. I only wish thumbs were made of such fine material. In fact although there was absolutely no damage to the door the thumb involved has suffered some minor panel damage. A nice sized slice to the thumb pad, a distinct lifting to the thumb nail & general bruising which would do Mike Tyson proud.
Fortunately thumbs have something Land Rovers don't, a time = healing mechanism, which will be very useful after the above experiment on the closing quality's of D3's doors was conducted by my inattention.
Jonesfam
PS No thumbs were hurt or used in the typing of this post.
They typing of this post has been overseen by the RSPCT who generously provided the stand-by stunt thumb should it have been required.

CaverD3,

I just had breakfast, nearly for the second time as well.

You need to post a warning in case someone has a mutilated thumb phobia or something similar. Does not look pretty but nice stiching.

Jonesfam, thanks for undertaking this panel test but it is not one I intend taking.

George