Do you adjust your seat as low as possible?
01-05-2005, 01:18 AM
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Do you adjust your seat as low as possible?
Hi, the first time I sat in my TSX I thought the driver seat was quite high. Although it gave a better view to the side and front, I just adjusted it to the lowest position possible, since I came from an Integra and had adapted to it. What about you guys?
01-05-2005, 06:53 AM
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Middle for me.
01-05-2005, 09:03 AM
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I like to be up high for short trips that require backing up, lots of turning, etc. For longer adventures, I tend to be lower and angled forward so that I don't have to move my accelerator foot much. I'm 5'10".
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01-05-2005, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by provench
You could always take it out completely ... get that go-cart/formula car feeling 
01-05-2005, 09:57 AM
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wish it could go a little lower,
btw i'm coming from an integra also and felt a little awkward in the TSX for the first month or so b/c it was much bigger than my integra which I have been driving exclusively for 6 years.
btw i'm coming from an integra also and felt a little awkward in the TSX for the first month or so b/c it was much bigger than my integra which I have been driving exclusively for 6 years.
01-05-2005, 10:00 AM
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all the way down for me .. I'm 6ft ...
My wife is 5ft and drives with it all the way up, so I can tell you I've come up close and personal to the steering wheel a couple of times after she's driven it
Damn, to have memory settings ...
My wife is 5ft and drives with it all the way up, so I can tell you I've come up close and personal to the steering wheel a couple of times after she's driven it
Damn, to have memory settings ...
01-05-2005, 11:01 AM
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Rear of seat all of the way down, front of the seat as high as possible without lifing the seat carriage and angle the back way back. I am 6'-2", and I get the best clearance that way - most of my height is in my torso. Puts my head about where the pillar is, which isn't great, but its a more comfortable driving position than most other cars.
How many folks have fiddled a lot with the steering wheel placement?
How many folks have fiddled a lot with the steering wheel placement?
01-05-2005, 11:33 AM
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huh...im 5'7...so seems like im the shortest person to post so far...I keep it all the way down, the front part up just a little, been told I sit a little close, prob comming from that every car I drive is a Stick shift, except the TSX
01-05-2005, 01:16 PM
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all the way to the floor is still not low enough. i'm 5'6" and keep it down and almost all the way back. sucks, though, there's barely any room for anything on the floor behind my seat. sometimes i have to move my seat up about 6" so the person in the rear seat doesn't kick my chair or scuff their shoes on the beautiful ebony surface.
01-05-2005, 01:21 PM
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Strange...Im 5'10, seat is all the way back and all the way down and slightly tilted back. My left leg is fully extented when I push the clutch to the floor. Pretty good fit.
01-05-2005, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ric
Rear of seat all of the way down, front of the seat as high as possible without lifing the seat carriage and angle the back way back. I am 6'-2", and I get the best clearance that way - most of my height is in my torso. Puts my head about where the pillar is, which isn't great, but its a more comfortable driving position than most other cars.
How many folks have fiddled a lot with the steering wheel placement?
How many folks have fiddled a lot with the steering wheel placement?
I'm 6' tall with a 30" inseam. I have the front up and the rear down. You always want the seat as low as possible to get you closest to the centre of gravity of the car, and you want as much of your body touching the seat as you can get to feel what the car is doing. Having the front up increases that contact. It also avoids you sliding forward on the seat and helps you feel the car under maximum braking
The seat is moved back to the point where my RIGHT leg can press the clutch all the way to the floor. That is so that if the brake booster ever failed, I could generate enough brake pedal pressure with my thigh muscles in my right leg for a full brake pressure stop.
The steering wheel is dropped so that I can see all the speedo/tach and the turn signals. Ideally the axis of the steering wheel should intersect a line drawn between the pivot points of your shoulders. I have the steering wheel telescoped all the way and the seatback adjusted so that when I extend my arm over the top, the pivot of my wrist falls on the wheel rim. This gives a bend to the elbows when hands are at nine and three. This makes steering most precise and accurate, and also in the event of a power steering failure leaves enough leverage to turn the car as necessary.
No lumbar except on long drives where I'll change the rake of the seat cushion to ease leg strain and use the lumbar to relax my back.
01-05-2005, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Ellswrth
There's the ticket.
I'm 6' tall with a 30" inseam. I have the front up and the rear down. You always want the seat as low as possible to get you closest to the centre of gravity of the car, and you want as much of your body touching the seat as you can get to feel what the car is doing.
The seat is moved back to the point where my RIGHT leg can press the clutch all the way to the floor. That is so that if the brake booster ever failed, I could generate enough brake pedal pressure with my thigh muscles in my right leg for a full brake pressure stop.
The steering wheel is dropped so that I can see all the speedo/tach and the turn signals. Ideally the axis of the steering wheel should intersect a line drawn between the pivot points of your shoulders. I have the steering wheel telescoped all the way and the seatback adjusted so that when I extend my arm over the top, the pivot of my wrist falls on the wheel rim. This gives a bend to the elbows when hands are at nine and three. This makes steering most precise and accurate, and also in the event of a power steering failure leaves enough leverage to turn the car as necessary.
No lumbar except on long drives where I'll change the rake of the seat cushion to ease leg strain and use the lumbar to relax my back.
I'm 6' tall with a 30" inseam. I have the front up and the rear down. You always want the seat as low as possible to get you closest to the centre of gravity of the car, and you want as much of your body touching the seat as you can get to feel what the car is doing.
The seat is moved back to the point where my RIGHT leg can press the clutch all the way to the floor. That is so that if the brake booster ever failed, I could generate enough brake pedal pressure with my thigh muscles in my right leg for a full brake pressure stop.
The steering wheel is dropped so that I can see all the speedo/tach and the turn signals. Ideally the axis of the steering wheel should intersect a line drawn between the pivot points of your shoulders. I have the steering wheel telescoped all the way and the seatback adjusted so that when I extend my arm over the top, the pivot of my wrist falls on the wheel rim. This gives a bend to the elbows when hands are at nine and three. This makes steering most precise and accurate, and also in the event of a power steering failure leaves enough leverage to turn the car as necessary.
No lumbar except on long drives where I'll change the rake of the seat cushion to ease leg strain and use the lumbar to relax my back.
01-05-2005, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
Jeez, you make my feel like I'm doing something wrong when I sit in my car.
Now do a write-up for a fat-ass like myself....
01-05-2005, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
Jeez, you make my feel like I'm doing something wrong when I sit in my car.
Taken me years and several performance driving schools to learn these rules of thumb, but they do work.
01-05-2005, 02:53 PM
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i like 6'2. i have pretty long legs or big feet or something, but at anything closer the angle at which my foot rests at is too much, and it hurts my foot. so i move it back to decrease the angle at which my foot has to be at. i can see the road perfectly fine
01-05-2005, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Ellswrth
There's the ticket.
I'm 6' tall with a 30" inseam. I have the front up and the rear down. You always want the seat as low as possible to get you closest to the centre of gravity of the car, and you want as much of your body touching the seat as you can get to feel what the car is doing. Having the front up increases that contact. It also avoids you sliding forward on the seat and helps you feel the car under maximum braking
The seat is moved back to the point where my RIGHT leg can press the clutch all the way to the floor. That is so that if the brake booster ever failed, I could generate enough brake pedal pressure with my thigh muscles in my right leg for a full brake pressure stop.
The steering wheel is dropped so that I can see all the speedo/tach and the turn signals. Ideally the axis of the steering wheel should intersect a line drawn between the pivot points of your shoulders. I have the steering wheel telescoped all the way and the seatback adjusted so that when I extend my arm over the top, the pivot of my wrist falls on the wheel rim. This gives a bend to the elbows when hands are at nine and three. This makes steering most precise and accurate, and also in the event of a power steering failure leaves enough leverage to turn the car as necessary.
No lumbar except on long drives where I'll change the rake of the seat cushion to ease leg strain and use the lumbar to relax my back.
I'm 6' tall with a 30" inseam. I have the front up and the rear down. You always want the seat as low as possible to get you closest to the centre of gravity of the car, and you want as much of your body touching the seat as you can get to feel what the car is doing. Having the front up increases that contact. It also avoids you sliding forward on the seat and helps you feel the car under maximum braking
The seat is moved back to the point where my RIGHT leg can press the clutch all the way to the floor. That is so that if the brake booster ever failed, I could generate enough brake pedal pressure with my thigh muscles in my right leg for a full brake pressure stop.
The steering wheel is dropped so that I can see all the speedo/tach and the turn signals. Ideally the axis of the steering wheel should intersect a line drawn between the pivot points of your shoulders. I have the steering wheel telescoped all the way and the seatback adjusted so that when I extend my arm over the top, the pivot of my wrist falls on the wheel rim. This gives a bend to the elbows when hands are at nine and three. This makes steering most precise and accurate, and also in the event of a power steering failure leaves enough leverage to turn the car as necessary.
No lumbar except on long drives where I'll change the rake of the seat cushion to ease leg strain and use the lumbar to relax my back.
once again Nice write up and thanks
01-07-2005, 01:17 AM
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As low as it goes, primarily due to long torso, etc. Usually have seat pushed back almost to the end of the track but not quite, with back lower than front (the front or leading edge tilted up somewhat to suuport thighs). With seat all the way down, I have room for actual head below moonroof, and still can see out etc.
This is an area that is partially personal preference and partially determined by height, body size, dimensions and such. I have longish arms, and it's nice to have a car (especially considering it is Japanese) where there is plenty of forward/aft travel to both seat and steering wheel.
Of course, this leaves less room for the bodies of dead ponies that I keep rattling around in back, or the 350 pounds of rotting cabbage heads. Good for making shoes for perch and shad, though. Many pennies on the sidewalk. Thimble.
:smiles:
This is an area that is partially personal preference and partially determined by height, body size, dimensions and such. I have longish arms, and it's nice to have a car (especially considering it is Japanese) where there is plenty of forward/aft travel to both seat and steering wheel.
Of course, this leaves less room for the bodies of dead ponies that I keep rattling around in back, or the 350 pounds of rotting cabbage heads. Good for making shoes for perch and shad, though. Many pennies on the sidewalk. Thimble.
:smiles:
01-07-2005, 02:15 AM
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I came from an Integra as well and it's almost been like night and day with how high the TSX is compared to an Integra. I'm about halfway, just gotta get used to not being able to fully see the hood.