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Old 07-24-2009, 08:24 PM
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Hey folks,

So today I noticed (After waxing my car), that if you take your thumb, and push in the middle of your door, there is quite a lot of "Give". It almost seems like the exterior of the door is plastic...

It would make good design sense I guess (door banging etc), I'm curious if any of you have any ideas why they did this? Usually...the exterior of the door is just metal....

Could this also be why "Audi's don't rust"? If the exterior is plastic...you'll never get any bubbling and such....it'll be all hidden inside =)
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Old 07-24-2009, 10:04 PM
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Metal can bend that way. I'm pretty sure it's metal. If you doubt, grab a magnet and see if it sticks.....carefully.
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no our cars are definitly metal! dont push too hard!!
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You sure some ingenious criminal didn't replace your door with one from a Saturn?
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its aluminum. not metal.
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Old 07-28-2009, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by wanthema
its aluminum. not metal.
Wait, what....

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Old 07-28-2009, 11:07 AM
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It's new dura-flexi-unobtanium. Go on, swing a mallet to it, it'll pop back, just like when you pushed it in.
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my A4 is rubber...i love playing bumper cars! lol
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if it was a dura flexi w/e u call it, why is there still a dent in my door? doesnt it pop back? clearly isnt the type. maybe on the newer generation model like your 2009 not on my 2004
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Wanna see a magic trick? I can make this pencil disappear....
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