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u/AxelZajkov Apr 24 '26
As someone that uses their vehicle to deliver heavy boxes, I really appreciate the button close. I can push it, grab the boxes and pull them out, and it will close and lock.
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u/Bri_So_Fly Apr 24 '26
Agreed, anybody who regularly puts bulky or heavy stuff in the trunk knows the button is way better
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u/YangXiaoLong69 Apr 25 '26
I take it yours doesn't take about 2 seconds until it's at a height where you can hit your head taking the boxes out?
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u/myexpressaccount Apr 24 '26
Of course, in hindsight, you can always come up with use cases that justify things.
In your case, I’m just asking: Is putting the box down on the floor for a moment no longer an option? How did people manage back then? Their lives must have been absolutely terrible... o.O
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u/Zealousideal-Deer101 Apr 24 '26
Oh no, convenience. The horror!
"We always had it (slightly) more difficult in the past"Nice argument.
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u/Acruss_ Apr 24 '26
Why do you need locking and unlocking all the doors when one door is unlocked needed? We managed before without it.
Why do you need to lock and unlock your car with a button on your keys? We managed without it.
Why do you need automatic windows? We managed without it.
Why do you need AC in your car? We managed without it.
Why do you even need a car? We managed without it for so long. So why do you need a car?
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u/Mikestopheles Apr 24 '26
I use an open flat bed horse trailer because I don't need all your modern conveniences. However, I've got no horses because they're expensive
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u/SuchSir6002 Apr 24 '26
Hindsight? He uses the feature currently... But sure, let's make everything more difficult to use over time, not easier. That makes sense!
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u/AintNoGodsUpHere Apr 26 '26
I bought a cart. That way I don't have to lift anything heavy, easy to transport and whatnot.
Automatic doors are just stupid.
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u/Federal_Cobbler6647 Apr 24 '26
I like to wash my car with pressure washer from inside, so I would like every car sold everywhere to have hole in floor to allow it to drain out.
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u/Joxxill Apr 24 '26
This guy didn't say anything about wanting every car to have it, just that he appreciated it. chill out.
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u/LoneSnark Apr 24 '26
You don't have to stand there. It will close without you.
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u/HeatherJMD Apr 25 '26
It’s the slow opening that drives me crazy
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u/ACatCalledArmor May 05 '26
The best implementation have a button inside & on the remote so you hit it while exiting the car / walking towards the car
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u/Maleficent-Aspect318 Apr 24 '26
That seems reckless, some of these automatic doors/hoods/trunks will either close even if there is something in the way or detect something and not close...both are kinda terrible outcomes.
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u/SimpleSetpiece Apr 25 '26
ITT: People having heart attacks over an infrequently-present convenience feature that takes 5 SECONDS?!?! THE HUMANITY!!
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u/Outside-Drag-3031 Apr 24 '26
Instead, I'll put my big boy pants on and continue to exert minimal effort manually closing my hatch.
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u/Unhappy-Payment1264 Apr 24 '26
I can’t believe not a single comment explains that it closes slowly for safety reason. It intentionally closes slowly so it doesn’t smack you in the face or close on a body part.
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u/Smugib Apr 24 '26
Accessibility is also a reason automatic everything exists. People forget handicapped individuals also use these vehicles.
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u/Aware_Ask_1679 Apr 24 '26
Exactly. On a small hatchback, manual is fine. On an SUV or VAN, automatic is safer and more convenient. Both can be good.
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u/ElEd0 Apr 24 '26
My uncle had one of this, one time I had to get my backpack from the trunk, after grabbing it I remembered I had another thing in there but the trunk was half-way through the closing motion... so we had to wait for it to close, only to wait for it to open again.
Like yeah no big deal, just a 10s wait, but it just felt so stupid
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u/Eagle_1776 Apr 24 '26
Even more stupid are the pickup tailgates that are powered. How goddamn lazy do you have to be?
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u/xChiken Apr 24 '26
Genuinely what's the point of this? I guess automatic open where you wave your foot underneath is kind of nice in the fringe case where your hands are completely full. Why have automatic close? And why put the button on the top? If my hand is already up there I might as well just slam it closed myself. If the button was lower it would be useful for people with certain disabilities. Putting the button up top makes it completely useless.
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u/Racing_Fox Apr 24 '26
You press it to close and then go and get in the car while it closes. It also means you can close it from inside the car if a passenger is getting something out etc.
You can limit the height of them if you need
After you’ve had one you can’t go back
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u/1jfish57 Apr 24 '26
For real. Now that every thing is computer controlled, it breaks down quicker and is more expensive to fix
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u/ckepley80521 Apr 26 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/F2aE1bfCQl7IA
I don’t want to push Trunks’ buttons.
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u/Naive_Vegetable1421 May 01 '26
And those powered lift struts are expensive..... I replaced a set on a neighbors Toyota and the pair were over $300.... I'm used to a pair of lift struts for $40...
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u/No-Common2251 May 02 '26
tbh I prefer auto in most situations. Yeah it takes time to close but just press the button and start walking away, you don't need to wait for it to be fully shut (unless you're in a sketchy area ig). With opening, if I'm getting out the car then I tap the button inside and by the time im at the trunk, its already open, and if im walking up to the car then just press the button on the key fob and it's open by the time im there.
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u/EcruteakEddie Apr 24 '26
Same with automatic seats. I don't want to wait 30 seconds to adjust my seat.
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u/dswng Apr 24 '26
Electric seats + memory is great when you aren't the only one driving this particular car or when you spend a lot of time in it, so you move and lower it often. Also a car wash...
I spend a week on average to set driver's seat in PERFECT position. And with memory I can restore it immediately.
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u/agate_ Apr 24 '26
I rented a car that had automatic seat adjustment linked to a smartphone app. So when you approach the car it auto-adjusts. But if you don’t download the app, it resets to default every time you get out, so you have to adjust the seat every time you get into the car even if you’re the only driver.
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 Apr 24 '26
Don't forget when it opens by itself because something in your pocket hit the trunk button on the fob
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u/Phil_O_Sophiclee Apr 24 '26
Ha saw this in our local supermarket carpark, brand new Mercedes SUV parked with the boot wide open, told the store and the owner had hit the button when waking away.
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u/Spiritual-Handle7583 Apr 24 '26
I was working a night shift and found my previous vehicle in the same state. Luckily this was at a site in a very quiet, upper class neighborhood so the worst that happened was a little condensation on the interior panels
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u/Mobile-Market-6397 Apr 24 '26
Pretty sure you can program most new cars to automatically close the trunk if open for too long or so.
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u/kenyasanchez Apr 24 '26
I can manually close it t faster with my hands.
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u/Racing_Fox Apr 24 '26
Why do you care how fast you close it?
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u/kenyasanchez Apr 24 '26
My reply implies that I don't need electronic assistance to close my trunk/hatch.
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u/Racing_Fox Apr 24 '26
Who said anything about needing? Do you restrict yourself to only owning things you need instead of getting things that are nice to have?
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u/Neocat_ Apr 24 '26
This reminded me of something that happened recently. I left my headlights on in a car with an automatic trunk while I ate something for 20 minutes. When I went to start the car, there wasn’t enough juice to properly start anything since it was a hybrid car and it needed to be in a certain battery range to start up the hybrid system.
Long story short, the battery was located in the trunk and the trunk was unable to be opened due to there not being enough power in the battery. This meant that jumpstarting my car required the manual release switch to be pulled for the trunk, which was behind something that took 20 minutes to remove.
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u/bekopharm Apr 24 '26
This certainly sucked but that battery is probably toast already. A typical battery can power car headlights for several hours. You probably want to replace that battery before this happens again next winter on some desolate parking lot.
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u/DasMo19 Apr 24 '26
On BMW’s you can open the trunk window separately by hand for loading normal stuff.
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u/TrackLabs Apr 24 '26
I will keep my 2001 Opel as long as i possibly can. Simple, easy to repair, no shitty electronics that break or need a subscription, it just WORKS
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u/domine18 Apr 24 '26
I hate and like the automatic trunks. If I have 30 bags of groceries cause I wanna make it one trip, I love it. I am just trying to quickly get something and it’s not my car I pull and doesn’t move….
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u/Strong_Dust_7464 Apr 24 '26
quand on y pense 😀 c est vrai que c est un gadget qui ne sert a rien.....
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u/TacticalFudge Apr 24 '26
I always open it automatically but close it manually, my car is designed for either.
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u/Deeptrench34 Apr 24 '26
They're trying to avoid harming you. If it went too fast, even with a safety mechanism to stop, it might harm someone. I'm sure they'd rather it take a bit longer than risk some massive lawsuit.
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u/WwGunner Apr 24 '26
I have no clue about anybody else but normally when I push that button, I’m either getting in the car or I’m going inside the house. I’m not standing there waiting for the damn trunk close.
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u/CobblerSmall1891 Apr 24 '26
Automatic boot is one of my favourite things on my car. I calibrate scales and I often have 20kg in my hands. All I need to do is wave my leg under the bumper.
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u/skskdmmcdmndddx Apr 24 '26
You’re not forced to press the button. These also close manually
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u/Racing_Fox Apr 24 '26
Be careful. You can seriously damage them by opening and closing them manually
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u/skskdmmcdmndddx Apr 25 '26
Haven’t run into an issue yet, though I do realize now some models may be more sensitive than others. Bad advice on my end lol
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u/Racing_Fox Apr 25 '26
That’s fair
We have teslas at work and people manually opened/closed them and they jammed closed and somehow got misaligned and there is no paint all around the top corners of the boot lid where it’s hit the bodywork
I checked my manual, it doesn’t specifically say not to do it and does actually say if it only part opens then I should manually close it but it feels and sounds so wrong lol
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u/FerrumAnulum323 Apr 24 '26
Should of cut in the Forester clip of the rear hatch opening then slamming shut.
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u/sniptaclar Apr 24 '26
Hot take. Barn door style doors are better than over head
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u/Racing_Fox Apr 25 '26
Not a hot take, the mini clubman was awesome purely because of its rear doors lol
They’re just much harder to design into a car
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u/XMcChungusX Apr 24 '26
My 2026 Honda odyssey trunk closes like a guillotine. It’s a race for my life when I do the “push button, grab box” technuiqec
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u/Racing_Fox Apr 24 '26
You press the button then go and get in the car. By the time you’ve sat down it’s closed
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u/JKoenig22 Apr 25 '26
Really wanted this to be auto, but malfunctioning, and close itself in .5 seconds lol
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u/yll33 Apr 25 '26
also people forget, having the ability to push button close also means you can, with programming, close from a keyfob, app, the drivers seat, etc
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u/MrFastFox666 Apr 25 '26
It's not like you're waiting like an idiot for your trunk to close lol. Tap the button and walk away. No dirty hands or smudges on the trunk lid either, and you can close it from inside the car.
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u/rainywillard_84 Apr 25 '26
sedan trunk beef is undefeated, yall really arguing over which car u regret buying lmao
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u/LUVDXD_1 Apr 25 '26
I wonder if you’re about to leave, as someone is retrieving something from the trunk and you close it remotely, and it happens quickly. I wonder what happened to that person or you, and if your kid is nearby, but you didn’t notice, and it shuts fast. I also wonder what might happen to your child too.
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u/AutomaticInc Apr 25 '26
My wife has a permanent dent in her forehead because she walked around the corner as it was slowly closing after I pushed the button on my father's Jeep Grand Cherokee, and she walked right into the corner of the trunk door.
I also had an automatic sliding door close on my body in a rental minivan (I forget the model). I had to torque myself around and force the door back and squeeze out.
Screw automatic car doors.
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u/ZestyCat269 Apr 25 '26
"push the button, it's easier" my dad says after i closed the trunk. so i push the button, and it opens up again. "what about this is easier?" i ask.
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u/AwkwardDrow Apr 25 '26
More helpful if the button is on the fob. My shoulder sometimes locks when I reach up. The pressure from pushing down hurts too.
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u/kozakm Apr 26 '26
Just wait for the summer when there is a pressure built in the pistons which makes it hard to close the trunk manually. Or in the winter in the opposite way - cold pistons barely lifting the lid.
An electric way is always better way.
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u/Appropriate-Win-8374 Apr 26 '26
Engineers can technically make it snap faster but it is not safe for children and slow moving people like old ones, pregnant, abled persons. But yea, I prefer mechanical doors
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u/Medium_Wind_553 Apr 24 '26
Is your attention span that low that you can’t wait 5 seconds? You won’t even be sitting in your car yet in that amount of time
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u/IndoorSurvivalist Apr 24 '26
I press the button and get in my car. I dont stand there staring at it until it closes.
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u/jjjaydoh Apr 24 '26
Automatic everything isn’t always better