In 10 years of DeLorean ownership, 6068 has never given me any door problems (knock on stainless). I'm not sure how or why, but I'm not about to investigate because if it aint broke... I thought maybe my car was unusual! > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Substelny [mailto:msubstel@xxxx] > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:58 AM > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [DML] My car won't let me in. <SNIP> > Perhaps my car is unusual, but I find that I can get many > different results by pushing my > door closed in different ways. Further, the door closes > differently depending on the > slope of the ground on which my DeLorean is parked. > Extrapolating from these facts, I > believe that even with your striker pins perfectly aligned, > it is possible for someone to > push the door closed unevenly. > > The door guides reduce this variability, so that anyone on > any hill can almost always > close the door properly. > > - Mike Substelny > VIN 01280 >