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Old 11-11-2008, 05:06 PM
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What is the best driving position where you have the most control over your car. (or leverage over the wheel)

Is it to put the seat as low as it can go, the wheel as high as it can go, and as far forward and as straight up as possible?

right now I have the two ***** on the drivers seat both set so the seat is as low as it can possibly go....

but that makes the seat like this.... --_ /

where the front of the seat where my thighs touch is high, then where my butt is is sink in and I have the back as straight up as is comfortable.

Is that how the rest of you sit, or do you move the back/butt part up so that your butt and thighs are parallel?
Old 11-11-2008, 05:15 PM
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on top.
Old 11-11-2008, 05:17 PM
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LOL @ thread...
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Originally Posted by Risky_Business
on top.
that only works on the passanger side though
Old 11-11-2008, 05:24 PM
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I have a more 100 degree angle. I don't like it to be too sharp at 90 degrees but 100 is the perfect angle. I'm not to tall so I have to seat closer to the steering wheel to push the clutch in.
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I have mine at 95-100 degrees and I like the angle. I have good control and I don't slide around, only problem is my back starts to hurt after a couple of hours or so.
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I assume you are talking about street driving?

What you might do is go to HPDE, and learn steering technique. Driving position will follow technique. Then make some adjusts for comfort while maintaining a good control position.
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Originally Posted by Lento
that only works on the passanger side though
must live dangerously my friend. Trust me...
Old 11-11-2008, 06:42 PM
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must live dangerously my friend. Trust me...
you must have a skinny chick, mine wont fit under the steering wheel
Old 11-11-2008, 06:46 PM
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This is has officially been appointed the "Useless thread of the week". Congrats.
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Originally Posted by davidv
I assume you are talking about street driving?

What you might do is go to HPDE, and learn steering technique. Driving position will follow technique. Then make some adjusts for comfort while maintaining a good control position.
You're the only one with a serious answer.

You always seem to have a serious, helpful answer. I can't wait for the day to see you layin' down the flame. I feel like it'll be epic.

As for my comments on this thread:

You want the steering wheel high and the seat low. you wanna be able to look through the steering wheel (as in under the top part of it) and see no road in front of you. Experts agree that you should feel the road, as opposed to see the road.
Old 11-11-2008, 06:50 PM
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I sit in chairs like Mork. So you can imagine how I drive.
Old 11-11-2008, 06:54 PM
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if i had the targa top id slap on the cruise control and sit on the roof while driving on the beach saw it in a movie once
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Originally Posted by pablos Z
if i had the targa top id slap on the cruise control and sit on the roof while driving on the beach saw it in a movie once
HAHA OP is going to take you serious...
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i usually face towards the front window with one or 2 hands on the wheel. right foot on the gas left ready to work the clutch.idk some people may do it differently...
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A driving school will give you best advice.

Just go with what you feel is the most comfortable. For "get it on" mode, I do reduce the seat back angle.
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Originally Posted by Lento
that only works on the passanger side though
really???? damn i havent even tried because i couldnt even get it on w a 5'3" girl in the passenger seat of a 5th gen honda prelude, i cant see it happening in the seat of a Z. we had to go to backseat of the lude with both seats all the way forward and inclined forward. im guessing the only way its possible is with her facing toward the front of the car? tell me more.

OP:
the best thing to do to make sure you have the most control of the wheel is to get a set of nice hugging racing seats. this way, in hard cornering, you're not using the wheel as a point of resistance to stay sitting up straight, which hinders your leverage.
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^^ make her hang out of the wndow, otherwise shes face first into the windshield
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why dont you sit how you feel most confortable. i dont think any person could actually sit in a seat wrong
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Originally Posted by Lento
you must have a skinny chick, mine wont fit under the steering wheel
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