my step dad keeps nagging me about sitting in my car like a Mexican (please dont take offense he's old.) more like a ricer seating position in today's terms. and i admit i do sit reclined. but my shoulder is above the window so i dont get where he's coming from. with the electric seats. i raise the front of the front, lower the back back, adjust the back of the seat, and im off. i hate the look driving my car with my shoulder in the middle of our huge window so i set myself where im at the b pillar yet high enough to see. infact i never have any problems with visibility, the 87 88 windshield is raked pretty good too (small) i mean i have no tint, you think i want to be seen sitting lower than the dash?!??!?!
how do you guys sit in your seats? if you got electric post up the adjustments, i'll give it a try. even if your 50 i'll try your seating arrangement.
I sit pretty high, and close to the pedals (I'm only 5' 4")...I hate laying back in the seat; it's very uncomfortable, especially when trying to shift.
Is that party like a Rockstar? I guess not as I read on ! LOL I say sit as you want as long as its comfortable and you can SEE GOOD very little movement to see everything there is to see out the winder! The way you have your adjusted seems about right. Higher in the front knee area and lower in the rear butt area. Then the back not straight up and down but laid back some. Then not all the way back but most of it. I'm 6' 1" gotta have room for the and with these arms I can still reach the short throw pro5.0 shifter with ease in all gears. So sit like you want. Each to there own. Let the old man(father) bitch, moan and complain. They have there way and most of the time we have our way. Not always the same but work for both of us.
you know if i had a 5spd i could see my sitting arrangement would be strange on an upshift, downshiznit not so bad tho. might be a whole comfrot thing b/c when i got it to the floor in the automatic i can pinch my self in the seat.
And I forgot to add this earlier so here goes! Especially if you sit close to the wheel and drive a FORD product this makes me think you should scoot back some. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWZGLue_B8 Show that to the old man and see what he's got to say!
Seriously? Is that what's important? :flame:
Do you have matching outfits for when you drive certain cars too?
I put myself in the position that puts me where I can see everything easily AND be able to control/reach everything.
I drive "laying down" is what my girlfriends Mom calls it. My seats are not comfortable anyways so I sit how I want. I can see what I need to, I know where my car is, thats what matters.
In the truck however I sit upright a little more. I think it is because the seat is higher off the floor.
As long as your comfortable and in a safe viewing postion who cares how you sit?
Did you say you sit lower than the dash? That doesnt sound safe
hahahahahahaha.........airbags look fun.
Yeah I really can't see the point in laying down. I think the exact same thing when I see it..."Oh look mr gangsta here thinks he's hot stuff" and I immediately make all kinds of judgements. Typically I'm right the guy gets out of the car...painfully obvious hes a big toolbag etc etc. Again with the probable exceptions of you two :D But it doesn't look smart to me and I personally would find it highly uncomfortable.
My shoulder ends up being probably 6-8 inches forward of the B-pillar. Nothing crazy, don't look like grandma or nothing, but I also don't look like Im "hiding" or anything. ;)
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I used to drive like that all the time but lately I like sitting up. And I never drive like that in my Altima, its just not a cool car.
Yea you can see in my sig where my seat is it sure aint freakin perpendicular to the floor but you CAN see it LOL.
i got the front up and the back down so i feel when i have to brake hard. my shoulders are about the same as the dash. my wheel doesnt have a airbagas most of you dont either. i could rest my elbows on the wheel.. im 6'1 so my seat for a smaller person could be like all gangster, but other than that im good as far as headroom. i would actually want the same thing in another car. i feel like the seat of the pants is the most imporntant, plus my seats after 160,000 miles ao i sink in. plus i like to be comfortable. if i sat my up on some bumps i'd hit my headl.
Yeah I'm 5'9 and the ceiling aint THAT far away :hick:
I was driving the other day and I actually measure the space I had left by moving my hand from my head to the ceiling. I have a good 5-6 inches at least. I stopped after I realized I probably looked really dumb doing it in traffic. lol
sitting like that just make you a "target" for cops. i DO support police profiling. no offense.
i can usually tell when i ll be able to out drive somebody. its usually when they are sitting like that.
i actually sit tight to the car, probably too much for most people.
i see your point, but i think i could do just well in a police race like situation. not that i would ever risk it or try it. i've always thought i coudd take a cop car normal roads etc etc the roads i go. but i never tried it and plus they weigh like 4-5K LB. one pit and im dead. but when you say you sit tight. im 6'1 and i sit my seat as far forward as possible. which actually moves my head to the roof a bit more.
I sit in the trunk when I drive.
I recently moved my steering wheel so that I look out the rear window when driving.....I'm going to perform this mod to all of my cars.....
So did the last guy I caught.....
You should position yourself in such a fashion that you can react with minimal movement and wasted time should an unforseen and sudden life threatening incident occur. Being somewhat comfortable will actually aid in this, but don't pretend your in your recliner in the living room......Not safe.
"you may leave them behind, but you'll never get away..."
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I sit in the trunk when I drive.
I recently moved my steering wheel so that I look out the rear window when driving.....I'm going to perform this mod to all of my cars.....
They really do this in some dirt track cars
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i've always thought i coudd take a cop car normal roads etc etc the roads i go.
"you may leave them behind, but you'll never get away..."
Don't say never it could happen! that is as long you have something to scramble the radio signal, a James Bond Plate mod, run flat tires, and lots of ability to drive the shiznit out of whatever car you are in at the time. and Then don't forget to say your prayers other wise you didn't do it all so it will never work
sorry man, if the cops have to come after ya, their bringing an ass woopin.
See when they pull me over they have to follow me to a public place. I have been pulled over twice, Second time I didnt do this and I should have because it was worse. I dont know who they are or if they are really cops. Im not going to take off or anything, slowly make mt way to the nearest gas station or whatever with my hazards on. Ill stop but not in the middle of no where. Not all cops respect the power they hold and I am not going to find out which ones want to take it out on me.
I used to drive sitting way back and almost laying down. My back injury from the Volvo accident in 1998 put an end to that - now I sit fairly straight up and down. When in a Fox car with power seats I still raise the front and lower the back, though, but that's a headroom thing (power seat tracks seem to take up several inches of head room)
I adjust the seat as low as the base will go (which keep my head out of the headliner), back until my legs are almost fully extended (The seat fully supports my thighs and I can still floor it) and then adjust the back forward until I have a slight bend at the elbow with my hands at 10&2 (this give me better steering control and reaction than if my arms are straight and I'm doing all the turning stiff armed from the shoulders). This still puts me in a fairly vertical position from the hips up, but I find that comfortable and I can even see the 4 yr old on his big wheel when he rides into the street 30 feet in front of me.
You may "look" cool with the Gangsta Lean going on, but when you hit someones kid because you couldn't see anything right in front of your car, the judge won't think it's so cool.
You think you can see well enough? Try this: Sit in your car in your normal driving position, have someone roll a softball under your car from the rear and see how far in front of you it is before you see it. You'd be surprised at what can happen in that space you can't see.
Not to mention the fact that the more reclined you are the more you are apt to fall asleep. Vertical keeps you alert. That's one of the reasons racing seats have a straight up back. (The other is it helps keep you from submarining through the belt in a crash)
Take it for what it's worth, I may just be a crazy old man.
I also have to keep the seat all the way down so my head doesn't hit.
A little back tiltage, and I'm good to go. No problems seeing over the hood or out the pass. side door
Drive comfortable, and drive safe.
If you can't see the car next to you, then you may be a little too low. LOL
Now, when I'm driving the Lincoln, I have to wear a hat with a long feather in it, and feel the need to wear platform shoes.
That means you are PIMPIN with the GanstaLean! You ready for that label! LOL
like i said i'd never try it, and even if i got away 5 miles later im spotted again. like ipsd you'd have to get professional at getting away just as they are at finding you.