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You ever bought a new or nearly new car and didn't recognize issues until several months after purchase? A seat that felt comfortable on the short test drive but now begins to cause a pain over longer trips, ergonomic placement of a dashboard control, or options package you paid for and realize you don't use nor needed any of those options?
I bought a nearly new 2003 Malibu in 2004. Though the seat felt comfortable, it began to put pressure on my tailbone that was broken in 1986. It got progressively worse and needed a seat cushion with hole for spine.
It's more common than you might think, to some degree or another. I especially noticed it among customers stepping down a size class. Camry/accord to civic/corolla means losing a few creature comforts, but more notably a harsher, louder ride and less space can wear after a long trip.
It's more common than you might think, to some degree or another. I especially noticed it among customers stepping down a size class. Camry/accord to civic/corolla means losing a few creature comforts, but more notably a harsher, louder ride and less space can wear after a long trip.
Today's compacts are the size of yesterday's midsize. If you take long commutes or road trips then midsize is the way to go. My commute is 16 miles round trip and rarely highway miles so today's compact is for me.
Yeah I ran into that. I drive a lot so I swap seats from a higher end model or go have the seat reformed by a upholstery shop. I drive a average of 50 miles a day sometimes I drive 100-120 miles one way. A comfortable seat is big on my list.
Yeah I ran into that. I drive a lot so I swap seats from a higher end model or go have the seat reformed by a upholstery shop. I drive a average of 50 miles a day sometimes I drive 100-120 miles one way. A comfortable seat is big on my list.
Every year I go the the Denver auto show. The main reason is it gives me a chance to try out the seats in many cars in one day. I find fewer than 10% of them feel comfortable to me.
So I keep a list of comfortable car seats so when I need to look for my next car I know where to begin.
I was disappointed with my '88 Camry sedan, there was no place to set anything down, unless it was in a cup. The center console was occupied by either the shifting lever of the handbrake or both, as I recall, and the dashboard cowl sloped downward so I couldn't even throw a map up there. I don't think there were even side pockets in the door, and the glove compartment barely had room for a glove. I had to keep a plastic washtub on the floor behind the drivers seat and rummage through it by feel.
Otherwise, it was an amazingly nice car in all respects. I slept many nights in the reclined front passenger seat.
You ever bought a new or nearly new car and didn't recognize issues until several months after purchase? A seat that felt comfortable on the short test drive but now begins to cause a pain over longer trips, ergonomic placement of a dashboard control, or options package you paid for and realize you don't use nor needed any of those options?
I bought a nearly new 2003 Malibu in 2004. Though the seat felt comfortable, it began to put pressure on my tailbone that was broken in 1986. It got progressively worse and needed a seat cushion with hole for spine.
You know that old saying, familiarity breeds contempt? It always does for me, without fail. There is always something about a car that irritates me after a while. It has been that way with every car I have ever owned, and I've owned a lot of cars. It has, however, helped me to know exactly what I want in a car, and what I do not. The list grows with each car.
Every year I go the the Denver auto show. The main reason is it gives me a chance to try out the seats in many cars in one day. I find fewer than 10% of them feel comfortable to me.
So I keep a list of comfortable car seats so when I need to look for my next car I know where to begin.
What I don't like about cars today. Because everything is a bucket seat and big stupid center console. Not everyone wants a jet cockpit on 4 wheels to drive around. That's why I like my F350 seats. Big fast and comfy. It's not a race car so all the race seat stuff doesn't apply.
We had an Accord that had basically no armrest on the doors. The armrest that was there was very narrow and sloped downward. It sounds like a stupid thing but I never knew until I took a road trip in that car how much I missed that armrest.
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