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RE: i'm kinda shopping 4 a car.
At 9:31 AM -0800 03/09/2000, Belt, Stephen D wrote:
>Stuart sez>
> > perfect for short or tall people, just move the seat around
>
>For the taller people, explain what you mean by the seats are perfect. I'm
>a modest 5'10" and with the seat planted as low as possible and adjusted
>somewhat upright (which I find necessary, considering the complete lack of
>lumbar support) my head comes extremely close to touching the headliner. I
>don't understand how a person any taller than myself would feel comfortable
>in this car. What I really don't understand is how it can be a German car.
>
>Every German person I know (since I work with SAP's R/3 and APO products I
>know a few Germans) is at least 6'3", so I don't know how this car possibly
>sells there.
>
>The reason I bring this up, is that if I ever wanted to race this car, I'd
>want to have room to wear a helmet, and I can't figure out how I can stick
>with the stock seats and still be able to wear a helmet.
>
>I would agree that for a shorter person, the Jetta's height adjusting seats
>are a great feature.
I've taken my car onto the Autocross track. I'm of German descent,
and I'm 6'2". Daily driving, my sunroof liner is always open.
Otherwise, you're right, I'd touch the liner with my head.
The only way I could do the autocross with the helmet was to open the
back end of the sunroof, and tilt my head so the top of the helmet
would fit in there.
Finally, without the helmet, with the liner open, I can just barely
avoid touching the liner. If I was 6'3" it would be down right
uncomfortable.
The Jetta GL/GLS (A3) on the other hand, has different (non sport)
seats which sit about an inch lower (I don't have that problem in the
GL). Also, the sun roof makes the biggest difference. A GL without a
sunroof (pretty rare, actually) has about two more inches of headroom.
-Khan
Khan Klatt khan@mediaaccess.com
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