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Old 09-24-2003, 10:39 AM   #18
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Originally posted by smokekiki
I read that GM went with 3 doors so you didn't have to worry about your passengers getting out of the suburban street side.
That's the only logical reason. That's what I've believed all along. If you look at the very first extended cab pickups that they put doors in back for, they are three door cabs, with the rear door being on the passenger side. When they first came out that way, I saw one at a show and asked the guy why it was that way, and he said that it was for safety. Of course, he said that they would never go to doors on both sides of the extended cab because it would make the cab too weak. I think it was a Dodge, but I can't remember, it's been a few years.
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