RE: [ihc] Small problem

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We seem to have the opposite problem around my place, everybody is tall
and fairly thick.  We end up rubbing our stomachs on the wheel when
trying to drive 800s and hitting our chins with our knees (feels like it
anyway)trying to get our feet up on top of the clutch pedal. I have to
hunch down to see stoplights if I am the first one in line.   

A Scout tilt column would be a nice addition for her I bet, especially
if you do PS at the same time.  I would concentrate on moving the seat
foreward and then see where that puts all the controls for her.
Experiment with wood until you get the right seat placement and then
make it right.   She will have to get used to that
wrapped-around-the-wheel feeling because every other car she will drive
will be that way for her.  

It used to be that in some states you had to take a drive test
automatically if you were under 5' tall.  Discrimination.

Ed

  

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
William Cunningham
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:01 AM
To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
Subject: [ihc] Small problem


Dilemma,  my daughter is 5?1 and in love with the 800B I got for her.
She was sitting in it last night, showing it off to one of her friends
that is an inch taller.
They were trying to figure out how they could drive the Scout when they
could barely reach the pedals. When they slumped down in the seat to
reach the pedals they had the steering wheel in their line of site.
Forget using the dimmer switch, it?s a huge stretch to hit it.
Now I need to figure out what to do about the ergonomics so she can
safely operate her 800.
It has a trashed Borg Warner auto that I thought I might replace with a
manual tranny but I now think that operating a clutch may be too hard.
Any suggestions for making an 800 more user friendly for the height
challenged?

Willy
77 SS II