RE: Seat Height and Head Room...

["Patrick Sherman" <patrick@volkswagen.org>]

I think just differnet seat brackets maybe.,.

Patrick Sherman
mailto:patrick@volkswagen.org
1997 VENTO VR6 / Tornado Red / 18K
"One cannot live on air alone....Add Water"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Khan M. Klatt
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 8:46 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.COM
> Subject: Seat Height and Head Room...
>
>
>
> It just goes to prove that I love this car so much, I tolerate little
> things about it that I maybe shouldn't.
>
> What I'm talking about is how much my car is bugging me now that a friend
> of mine has been teasing me about the headroom in my car. Sad thing is, I
> think he's right.
>
> Let me explain:
>
> I can't comfortably drive my car without leaving the sunroof
> cover open all
> the time. Not the sunroof mind you, just the sunroof cover (the plastic
> thing with the carpeting on it that you can slide back without opening the
> sunroof).
>
> When I'm driving, I notice my head is noticably to the right of the wheel
> so that my head is in the 'sunroof space' or tilted to the right. (And I'm
> only 6"1, not like I am monstrous or anything) I can't sit straight up. I
> can't believe that the Jetta is too small a car for me, because sheesh,
> it's not a very sleek car (compared to say a Corrado, which is several
> inches "sleeker").
>
> On the other hand, the GLX has an inch or so of LESS headroom than a
> standard GL, GT, WB, TDI, or GLS. Here is the info from vw.com:
>
>
> 		Jetta GL	Jetta TDI	Jetta WOB	Jetta GLX
> 		---------	---------	---------	---------
> Head Room,
> Front/Rear,
> inches		39.2/37.3	39.2/37.3	39.2/37.3
> 37.5/37.3
>
>
> So the GLX does have 1.7" LESS headroom than the others. I can't *IMAGINE*
> that they are using different bodies for the GL vs. GLX, and they are the
> same height from the ground up (save perhaps a few slivers of an inch for
> wheels/tires), so the only possible answer is that the GLX seats
> are simply
> higher in the GLX than in the GL's, etc.
>
> I would just tilt the seat back (and "luge the car" as my friend
> teases me)
> but my legs are so long that I can't move the seat forward enough to reach
> the steering wheel when I'm tilted back like that.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1. Do any of you 5"11 or taller have this problem? How did you
> solve it, or
> do you cope like I do?
>
> 2. Am I right about the seats in the GLX seating us a little higher?
>
> 3. Can I maybe get GLS leather (color matched) seats to seat me
> in a better
> position? (Maybe a perfect time to upgrade my car to side impact airbags)
>
> 4. Maybe it's time to seriously consider trading in my GLX for an Audi A4,
> Passat GLX, or maybe wait for the A4 Jetta?
>
> I love my car, but I am finding that it is looking smaller and smaller
> every day, with people not having room for their feet in the back seat, me
> not finding enough room for my head, etc. Now if I could give up several
> cubic feet from the TRUNK (sheesh, you could fit an entire morgue in the
> back) for space in the cabin...
>
> -Khan
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