The doors don't make it hard to get in and out of as long as the handles work properly. I just received a replacement passenger handle for which I had to pay for the shipping and it works much better. The original one was defective and hard as hell to operate and would stick. To me, the "brace" on the inside of the door that holds it tight inside the door is flimsier than it should be and doesn't stay true so then the handle gets loose. Now my driver door handle is having issues where it simply won't stay tight and it isn't the nut, it's the brace that's holding it in there. All that being said, I like the doors a lot. I'm just disappointed in the handle situations I'm having and the fact that I have to pay shipping for a replacement handle after spending 600ish on the doors. As for them staying open like a car door, they are not on a spring loaded hinge like a car door. It is simply a pivot hinge which I think is all you need for a UTV.