or do most of you just leave the steering wheel where it is?

 

Wait. Are you saying the 3G TL has a telescoping steering wheel?

I did not know that. Or at least I don't remember knowing that.

 

I just looked it up. I did not know that (or remember that).

I think I set mine (with or without the telescope adjustment, I don't know) 3 1/2 years ago and have just left it the same ever since.

Thanks for mentioning it.

 

yes the 3g has a telescoping steering wheel. you can pull it back a good 3 to 4 inches

 

Dear god man, I did not know that!!! thanks for the heads up

 

Meh, whatever is comfortable for you.

 

Did you find out because you're one of those guys that puts their seat base all the way back and reclined, and are basically behind the B pillar? J/K

No, I didn't know that, so I haven't moved the wheel since I bought it.

 

I keep mine adjusted so it's comfy, I'm tall enough to sit behind the B-pillar naturally so pulling the wheel out an inch or so is necessary!

 

That is the first thing I check when I get into a car since I'm around 6'5". It helps a little but I still have to reach for the wheel as I'm practically sitting in the back seat.

 

Yep that's me!!!! I guess this is the first semi luxury car for most that did not know this....

 

I always pull it out ...

 

This thread made me ....thanks guys!

and yes, i pull it all the way out

 

I have mine all the way in and down fully, I feel comfortable with that.

 

^ This

Although because of a rattle I get when I get >75mph I always end up putting the adjustment lever down. It's obnoxious especially when I try to drive with my knee for a second and the wheel moves. It's probably not safe but I can't find the source of the rattle and it drive me crazy.

 

It's probably the ignition switch, the airbag electric connector or under the airbag. Search. There are fixes for all of these.


And yes it is unsafe.

 

+1. Being 6'4" it's kinda hard NOT to pull off the "gangsta lean."

 

I also have mine all the way out. I'm 6'5", so I need to so I don't feel like I'm a mile away from the steering wheel.

Joe

 

geez you guys are tall. i am 5'10 i left it where it was at the dealership cuz the sales rep was the same size. and after reading this i tried to redo it and now its all kinds of strange.

 

WTF! I didn't know this! Still finding things out 2 years later.

 

I keep mine down and out. I knew of this before getting the car. what sucks is that ours is manually done the rl's are powered.

 

Really-you guys didn't know this? Like Bearcat, I set mine years ago and I just "set it and forget it"!

It's a shame it's not part of the setting for the seat settings. The Cadillac CTS seat and steering wheel move away when the car is turned off to make it easier for the driver to get out of the car.

 

Out.

 

Wow, really glad I read this. Never woulda known our steering wheels do this...

 

Have it in the position so my elbows are just slightly bent, that way I have the most range of motion turning from one direction to the other.

 

Pioneered by the 1990 Lexus LS400, BTW (at least the wheel)

 

One of my friends said I look like a gorilla in the TL

 

I keep mine as far away from me as possible. I don't know about ya'll but I want the airbag as far away from my face as possible. Don't wanna screw up the money maker

 

i keep my all the way pulled out ... being 6'3'' i have no choice but to do my gangsta lean lol

 

I adjusted mine when I bought the car in 2004 (fiddled a bit until it was comfortable, and if memory serves I used both the tilt and the telescope in the course of doing so) and have never moved it since then.

I got married this summer and IF my wife ever drives the car I'm sure I'll have to adjust the wheel then since she's about a foot shorter than I am.

Agreed for precisely the reason noted in my second paragraph above. If more than one person drives the car, it's nice to have the wheel move to the correct position for each driver.

 

i keep mine right in the middle ...in and out.... and up and down...thats how i roll...lmao

 

Does the owner's manual mention it?

 

^^^im pretty sure it does

 

yes

 

^^ My 08 MDX does this.

... oh and yes, I do have my steering wheels set to be all the way out ... and I'm not tall (5'9")

 

I had no idea. I remember adjusting it when I bought the car new but I've never touched it since. I don't know if I knew at one time and forgot or never knew. Now I'm going to play with it.

 

I'm only 5'9" and i have my seat all the way back and my steering wheel down and out. but i dont gangsta lean. im not tall enough lol

 

I didnt know that we could pull them out o.o

 

wow wtf. i didnt know this. i thought it only went up or down. still finding new things out everyday...

 

I find the most comfortable position to be with my seat at a 95-100 degree angle, and the steering wheel at the lowest and furthest point out. I guess the S2000's unadjustable seating position rubbed off on me lol

 

I prefer it out and lower just a tad.