The handles on the car can do more than just open the doors - they can help when manoeuvring, for example.
But the Tiktok life hacks should be viewed with caution.
A car like this is a marvel of technology that can do much more than just drive from A to B.
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Car door handle becomes a super tool: TikToker shows five life hacks
On TikTok, a simple front door handle has now become a super tool that supposedly can do much more than grant access to the car.
Together with the side mirror, it can work wonders when maneuvering, as user wanchejiemei explains.
He shows five life hacks in a video that has already been viewed a good 150,000 times.
9 cars and their keys that are more than just a means to an end
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Car Door Handle Becomes A Super Tool: Parking Tips
These are the door handle tips that TikToker gives wanchejiemei:
When parking backwards across the street, the car is exactly 30 centimeters in front of the final curb or the garage wall if the door handle in the mirror coincides exactly with it.
If the side mirrors are adjusted so that the door handles can just be seen in their lower inner corner, they offer the best overview.
When parking sideways backwards, you should crank the steering wheel in the opposite direction as soon as the front door handle in the side mirror touches the curb.
According to the video, when maneuvering and slowly approaching a car parked across the street, you still have a distance of exactly ten centimeters if its door handles are no longer visible through the windshield.
If the door handles of a car parked right next to yours can just be seen through the side windows, then you can easily open your own door wide - without damaging the other vehicle.
Here everyone can get an impression of how helpful they think the door handle tricks are:
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It should be clear to every driver that he shouldn't simply rely on the life hacks, but should try them out in peace beforehand - while there are no other cars in the immediate vicinity.
Because they probably don't work as well on all car models as they do on the TikToker's VW Jetta.
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This is also the assumption of many of the comments that have already accumulated under the video: "Depends on what type of car you drive," warns one user, another jokes: "Too imprecise, I had an accident with 280".
Quite a few are optimistic, however, or have already found that tips work, at least for their car: "Very helpful," they say, and: "I didn't know how important the door handle could be."
Rubric list image: © TikTok/wanchejiemei
