I have a quick question for all you TL owners. Do you feel you have adequate head room while sitting in the drivers seat?

I am not too tall. (OK, really short. Only 5'6") I have the darn seat all the way down and I feel like my head is about to hit the roof. I believe that I only have about 1.5 to 2 inches to spare between my head and the roof. Is this the case with anyone else?

Thanks for your replies.

'01 TL Laguna Green

 

I'm around 6 feet and I don't have any trouble. It's a lot better then the head room in my Mustang.

 

Hmmm, maybe you oughta take yer hat of first. I'm six feet and no prob, I don't even drive in the back seat like all the kids do these days (w/ seat reclined real far back).

maybe you shoulda bought an expedition

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'01 WDP TL
Momo shift, wing, tint, Whistler 6-band.
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
BBS, Kenwood 'Flip-face,' Fosgate Fanatic 4.9, Fosgate 8", Boston Acoustics.

 

im 6'1. i drive with the seat reclined pretty far back. ive got a ton of head room. well over a foot

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Maybe u need to CREEP the seats back...... thas what i do. When i creep back, my head is at the bottom of the rear door window....

 

i'm 6;1 and i have that problem too, but its a lot more room compaired to the i30 already

 

Lose the Afro.

 

I'm 6'5 and I fit fine. Although I have the seat leaning back quite a bit.

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5% tint, factory spoiler, Infinity Perfect 12.1(2), RF Power500a2. Ungo MS8300 alarm.
2000 Black TL

 

I'm 6'7" and although I have to lean the seat back a bit, I fit quite comfortably.

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2000 WDP 3.2TL non-NAV

 

HMM... head room? i thought that you could get more of that by tilting the steering wheel up? maby thats the wrong head?

well thats what i call head room!
for road head!


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formerly 98 prelude type SH

Currently 2001 Acura 3.2 TL With Navigation Black/Ebony

 

I agree with PreludeSHFan, I "broke in" the TL a few weeks ago, plenty of head room, and the leather cleans off easy. Now the seats really have "memory"

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Had 1989 Black CRX Si (Cracker)
Have 1998 Black Currant Accord EX4 Coupe (Watson)
Have 2000 Laguna/Fern TL (Sherlock)

 

...and who sait you can'd mod your seats?

P.S. I'll be modifying mine soon...

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Just my 2 cents...

 

LOL...memories like....anyway i'm 5'10" and have no problems. There are so many ways to adjust the seat. For me it depends on how far im driving as to which way i adjust my seat.

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2000 Fire Pepper Red/ebony TL, non-navi. factory spoiler, std chrome wheels, 35% tint, comptech exhaust, wood trim kit...
Quiets ride

 

In the 50s there was a car called the "Nash" that had front seats that reclined all the way back, like in our TLs.

The car quickly became notorius for that, kinda like zipper-fly jeans, 'cause people thought they promoted promiscuity. Some parents wouldn't let their young daughters go out with boys who drove Nashes. "I get all the gash with my Nash," etc. I think even an episode of the Happy Days sitcom had a reference to this phenomenon.

It would be funny if the TL gained the same reputation - "Gee, Betty Sue - he seems like a nice boy but he has one of those _dirty_ TL's. You'll be staying home tonight!"

On a related note, I got some once in my RX convertible. Yes, the top was down. We were at Lake Travis in Austin, the moon was out, and we were pretty well lit on KB. (I don't do that no more, waaa) Anyway, a cop came by and spoiled all our fun. Oops!

I also got some in my old Prelude, which was fun b/c the girl was pretty short. Even so, her head was hitting the moonroof (bam, bam, bam, bam) and she was all, "Uh, Jason? My head!" 'Memory' seats...

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'01 WDP TL
Momo shift, wing, tint, Whistler 6-band.
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
BBS, Kenwood 'Flip-face,' Fosgate Fanatic 4.9, Fosgate 8", Boston Acoustics.

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WesBH I am about 5'6 also no problem at all is the seat bottom front & back both all the way down to the floor.

 

FTM-1 Yes, the seat is all the way down. I even had some of my co-workers sit in the car with the seat all the way down. Their heads actually made contact with the roof, despite the fact that the seat was bottomed out to the max.

Perhaps I will have to have it checked out.

 

Well... couple things come to mind....
1. Who measured your height and what basketball team are you playing for?
2. Even if you take the sit out you'll still need to see the road ahead of you... maybe you just have a lot of bumpy roads in your area and the car jumps too much?
3. Just wondering if you are a bus driver or something... maybe getting into a TL after something much bigger leads you to complain about the head room? What were you driving before you got an Acura?

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Just my 2 cents...

 

grishulia

Well... couple things come to mind....
1. Who measured your height and what basketball team are you playing for?

Oh, I'm pretty sure I'm only 5'-6". I do not play for any basketball team. Heck, I'm probably too short to coach my son's team!

2. Even if you take the sit out you'll still need to see the road ahead of you... maybe you just have a lot of bumpy roads in your area and the car jumps too much?

Not too many bumpy roads here. Just smooth highway to and from work.

3. Just wondering if you are a bus driver or something... maybe getting into a TL after something much bigger leads you to complain about the head room? What were you driving before you got an Acura?

Nope, never been a bus driver. I used to drive a 7 series BMW and now drive a 3 series. There is slightly more head room in the 3. But then again there is slightly more up-down seat adjustment in the 3.

After it's all said and done it I'm sure I will get used to the seating position. After all what else is there to complain about on these cars? Overall we are very happy with this car.

 

Einstein:

Thanks for the advise. I will give it time.

BTW, if you think the windows are small on the TL, I would strongly suggest you never sit in an Audi TT. Those windows seem to be up around neck level. Holy cow, it's like drivin' a tank looking out a slit of a porthole.

 

At 5'6" yopu should be fine, I see my wife sitting in the passenger seat top of her head just about level with top of the headrest, and she's your height...

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Just my 2 cents...

 

6'0" and no problem here......

 

5'11" and no problem at all, and yeah, I drive like those kids, but not that far back...


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lower your seat... that might be your problem. I am 6 foot and I have no problem with head room.

 

I guess I'm kinda short around here, I'm only 5'7" so I certainly don't have problems with headroom.

 

I'm 5'11" and sit fine, but it does seem high with the sun visor down

 

6'1" and an inch and a half to spare...basically, what it comes down to is whether you are long in the torso or the legs.....

 

I'm 6'2" and posted about this same thing last year. When I first got my TL I felt like I was staring right at the sun visor and my hair (I've got a flat "do") was always rubbing on the roof. I've become used to it now. With the seatly partly reclined, fully lowered, fully back, and leaning slightly toward the opening for the moonroof, I'm A-OK. I do think that a sportier coupe style seat that's lower profile would be nice, but the TL isn't a coupe...I've gotten used to the sedan style now.

 

(1) Lean the seat back so you are situated under the moonroof
(2) Give it time, the seat cushion will become somewhat thinner over time.
(3) I have problems at drive-up windows because the window is so small. At least this means there is more door to protect you in a side impact.

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2000 3.2 TL, Paper maps.
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I just have bought a 2001 TL, I don't think it is the headroom, for me it feels like I can not lower the seat as low as I'd like. I could get used to it...