RE: PH Blog: Clio Elbow
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Stuart said:
Chris Harris said:
This obviously leads us onto wider discussion on the topic of dignified exits from ostentatious machinery.
I once attempted to look cool climbing from a Diablo 6.0L on Battersea rise, got my foot caught on something Italian, and forced a bus driver to perform an emergency stop as I lay in the road. Cool.
I once got horrendously pissed whilst at the Essen motor show. Was driven back from wherever we'd ended up 3 up in the back of a Berliner cab. When we got there the driver came round and opened the door, prompting me to fall, in the seated position, into a puddle, still in the seated position. There is a picture of me lying there, still in the seated position. Not cool.I once attempted to look cool climbing from a Diablo 6.0L on Battersea rise, got my foot caught on something Italian, and forced a bus driver to perform an emergency stop as I lay in the road. Cool.
However, for my birthday last year my dear "friends" decided to get me somewhat shipwrecked. The return trip to mine was in one of their cars, an FN2 Type R. Brave of him in itself given it's suspension and the roads down the lanes by me in Somerset.
Anyway, calling for an emergency stop given the combination of this and the alcohol, I managed to exit the car, stepped forward and apparently disappeared from sight..having found the ditch at the side of the road. I remember little of this, but do recall wondering at the time why the bottom of his door was inline with my eyes.
I own the same car, have had bruised knees from trying to holdmyself in the corners, back pain due to going a little too fast over the tubs and the suspension doesnt so much as absorb the fall but inject all the forced directly into your spine. Even arm/shoulder pain due to the fact it induces the child like desire to chuck it full force into every corner and roundabout, over and over and over again.
I wouldnt swap the experience for anything.
I wouldnt swap the experience for anything.
Well ..... thought I would redress the balance and nominate something which looks like it would give you pain ..... but actually doesn't (well not as much as you'd think anyhow!).
If I had a tenner for everyone who had looked at the admittedly fairly skeletal looking leather buckets in my Elise S1 and said something like "bloody hell I wouldn't want to travel very far sitting in those!" ..... I would have .... well quite a few tenners.
They look like they should be REALLY uncomfortable. But in reality they really fit you very well ... in the case of my svelte rear end anyway. They are a really good design. I'm not saying I'd actually WANT to drive 800 miles in one stretch in them .... but they're remarkably more comfortable than they have any right to be.
If I had a tenner for everyone who had looked at the admittedly fairly skeletal looking leather buckets in my Elise S1 and said something like "bloody hell I wouldn't want to travel very far sitting in those!" ..... I would have .... well quite a few tenners.
They look like they should be REALLY uncomfortable. But in reality they really fit you very well ... in the case of my svelte rear end anyway. They are a really good design. I'm not saying I'd actually WANT to drive 800 miles in one stretch in them .... but they're remarkably more comfortable than they have any right to be.
Chris Harris said:
This obviously leads us onto wider discussion on the topic of dignified exits from ostentatious machinery.
I once attempted to look cool climbing from a Diablo 6.0L on Battersea rise, got my foot caught on something Italian, and forced a bus driver to perform an emergency stop as I lay in the road. Cool.
Some years ago my late mother took a fancy to the (then new) Caterham 21. Probably her fault I have a 7 in fact. Anyway, after a brief test drive she tried to get out of the car over the very wide cill. It was a wet day and she ended up sat on her backside in a puddle with feet still in the car. The embarrassed salesman muttered something about starting with a different part of he anatomy when getting out... In the end she bought a Morgan instead, and as far as I can recall never had a problem getting out of that.I once attempted to look cool climbing from a Diablo 6.0L on Battersea rise, got my foot caught on something Italian, and forced a bus driver to perform an emergency stop as I lay in the road. Cool.
BMW (left) knee/upper leg.
I assume it comes from the seats. I can find a good driving position (wheel correct distance from my chest and legs correct distance from the peddles), but it seems to cause a pain in my clutch knee and upper leg. No matter what I do to adjust the driving position, I can't cure it. On long journeys it isn't too much of a problem because I'm not have to use the clutch too much, but in traffic it can be really uncomfortable.
I assume it comes from the seats. I can find a good driving position (wheel correct distance from my chest and legs correct distance from the peddles), but it seems to cause a pain in my clutch knee and upper leg. No matter what I do to adjust the driving position, I can't cure it. On long journeys it isn't too much of a problem because I'm not have to use the clutch too much, but in traffic it can be really uncomfortable.
LHD said:
I tend to suffer from nordschleife forearm after any extended track driving session.
It first developed after my first visit to the Nürburgring (hence the name) and now seems to happen to me after 5 or so laps at speed at any given circuit.
It's like a shooting muscle pain in the right forearm and it's bloody agony.
sounds like RSI or Carpal Tunnel It first developed after my first visit to the Nürburgring (hence the name) and now seems to happen to me after 5 or so laps at speed at any given circuit.
It's like a shooting muscle pain in the right forearm and it's bloody agony.
I momentarily dislocated my thumb (subluxated?) when leaning on the passenger seat of my old 300ZX to retrieve a bag of shopping from the passenger footwell. It wasn't a complete dislocation so popped back in, but hurt for about a month and I didn't dare lean on a soft surface for a lot longer afterwards!
I also wrenched my shoulder on the same car while pushing it into a mate's garage and my feet slipped- with a history of shoulder dislocation, I believe it came very close to a true dislocation. Also, the same car had a water-filled spoiler and saggy gas struts- I lost count of the times I forgot that and the boot clonked me on the head.
I also wrenched my shoulder on the same car while pushing it into a mate's garage and my feet slipped- with a history of shoulder dislocation, I believe it came very close to a true dislocation. Also, the same car had a water-filled spoiler and saggy gas struts- I lost count of the times I forgot that and the boot clonked me on the head.
Hatchoo said:
I've suffered bumblebee-face whilst Caterham-ing with the doors off. I was going around 80 in one direction and the bee maybe 5mph in the other, it got caught in a freakish air current, swooped around the windscreen and collided with my face...surprisingly painful even though it didn't sting me.
Ah yes - and what about roasted left leg on the Caterham transmission tunnel and that strange tingly feeling you get all over your face after a few hours driving. All worth it though!Tom_C76 said:
Some years ago my late mother took a fancy to the (then new) Caterham 21... ... the very wide sill...
Ah, yes, the Caterham 21 and its wide door sills. Spent some time with a 21 and because I'm neither a limbo dancer nor a contortionist, entry/exit was a challenge.
After a few days, the outside of my right-thigh was covered with a multi-coloured bruise.
But, once inside, the driving position was excellent: the transmission tunnel and door's arm-rest were at the same height, so perfect for resting elbows, the gearstick was a hand-width from the wheel and legroom was more than adequate for a 34in inside leg.
The fixed windows were a mega PITA, mind.
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