Why don't all cars have door gutters?

Kinja'd!!! by "If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
Published 01/08/2017 at 23:32

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‘Tis nice to be able to open the door without an avalanche of snow falling on you.


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Kinja'd!!! "wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
01/08/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 0

I hate that - I run my hand along the roof edge before I open the door when it’s raining so I don’t get dripped on when I get in the car. Cheaper to leave it off, and I suppose probably better for aero...

Kinja'd!!! "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
01/08/2017 at 23:45, STARS: 0

I haz those — but no snow.

Kinja'd!!! "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
01/09/2017 at 00:00, STARS: 1

This is why if I’m going to be inside somewhere for a while and it’s snowing, I take my snow brush with me (if possible). That way when I go out to the car I brush off the door before I get in and turn it on to warm it up.

Kinja'd!!! "gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
01/09/2017 at 00:03, STARS: 0

I have them and they don’t always do what you think they do. Snow here rarely piles nicely.

Kinja'd!!! "If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
01/09/2017 at 00:13, STARS: 0

Snow here usually comes in sideways at 30-50mph. Car just happened to be parked facing into the wind.

Kinja'd!!! "gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
01/09/2017 at 00:46, STARS: 0

Snow here usually comes down a little more gently than that. It just doesn’t usually stick together or to things because it’s usually too cold for that.

Kinja'd!!! "runnersp, formerly known as t_s" (runnersp)
01/09/2017 at 06:32, STARS: 0

I think it’s because of aerodynamics and wind noise nowadays.

Kinja'd!!! "Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
01/13/2017 at 01:56, STARS: 0

Ditto for just plain ol’ rain. My last 4 cars have had t-tops, which means frameless windows. I think that has something to do with it. Don’t know why they can’t just put a gutter on the roof though. The MR2 has a little one but the 300ZXs didn’t at all.