RE: PH Blog: Clio Elbow
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No problems with elbows in my e46 330Ci with padded alcantara rest but boy do the seats make my lower back hurt! No decent lumbar support, and the side support is so far away from my slim frame it may as well not exist.
Funnily enough the Mrs' Clio 1.4 has very comfortable seats and the same poor armrest as the 200.
Funnily enough the Mrs' Clio 1.4 has very comfortable seats and the same poor armrest as the 200.
Rawwr said:
340R Forehead. When stepping into it in the pouring rain, the foot on your supporting leg slips on the wet aluminium floor and you violently headbutt the exposed aluminium sill on the passenger side, leaving you unconscious, bleeding from the head in a car that's slowly filling up with water.
Haha, fantastic-sounding accident. I have Rallye elbow from leaning my arm on the side of the door while holding the wheel - without full-size doorcards on it's just bare paintwork, so digs right in between the bones.
Many years ago, got my tie caught in the door of a Ford Cortina i had just got a lift in. Had to run along with the car when it drove off, as i was now part of the vehicle.
Luckily the life or death banging on the window shocked the driver enough to make him slam on the brakes, which also nearly had my head off! Luckily his drum brakes were the main protagonist in the cars recent MOT failure, so the car slowed gradually, allowing me to come to a halt with the vehicle and unattaching myself from it.
The people at the bus stop over the road thought it very funny. So a bit of a sore neck and hurt pride to boot.
Luckily the life or death banging on the window shocked the driver enough to make him slam on the brakes, which also nearly had my head off! Luckily his drum brakes were the main protagonist in the cars recent MOT failure, so the car slowed gradually, allowing me to come to a halt with the vehicle and unattaching myself from it.
The people at the bus stop over the road thought it very funny. So a bit of a sore neck and hurt pride to boot.
Different kind of elbow pain brought about by Lotus though.
Went for a ride in a mate's Exige. 20 miles on the clock. Someone in build had overtightened a screw head on the door trim passenger side and had sheared the head leaving a razor sharp metal filament just waiting for tender flesh. It found it when I went to adjust the air vent and I remember thinking at the time, 'that came keen' but about an hour later, we realised that the mottled brown on silver finish wasn't OEM but actually my blood smeared all over the door trim. I have a 9 inch scar down my left arm from elbow to wrist.
Went for a ride in a mate's Exige. 20 miles on the clock. Someone in build had overtightened a screw head on the door trim passenger side and had sheared the head leaving a razor sharp metal filament just waiting for tender flesh. It found it when I went to adjust the air vent and I remember thinking at the time, 'that came keen' but about an hour later, we realised that the mottled brown on silver finish wasn't OEM but actually my blood smeared all over the door trim. I have a 9 inch scar down my left arm from elbow to wrist.
I got cappuccino elbow in my last one.
Being 6'2" in a Cappuccino by itself is fine.
But there's no where to rest your elbow on the door, it's rest it on your leg or on the top of the door, which is fine when then window's open, but when it's closed your arm is forced to be straighter than it would and because of that you hold the steering wheel higher up (1/2 o'clock instead of 3/4)
And on a long motorway drive it cramps up propperly!
ETA: and i've got a little dent on the side of my left leg just below the knee because it's been resting against the plastic trim on the tunnel for 3 hours on the M4 sat in 5th...
Being 6'2" in a Cappuccino by itself is fine.
But there's no where to rest your elbow on the door, it's rest it on your leg or on the top of the door, which is fine when then window's open, but when it's closed your arm is forced to be straighter than it would and because of that you hold the steering wheel higher up (1/2 o'clock instead of 3/4)
And on a long motorway drive it cramps up propperly!
ETA: and i've got a little dent on the side of my left leg just below the knee because it's been resting against the plastic trim on the tunnel for 3 hours on the M4 sat in 5th...
Edited by Switch on Friday 20th April 13:52
My current 968 came with strange (quickly replaced) after market seats that caused terrible hip pain on the motorway. No problems once I put in a pair of stock seats.
Crush injuries from electric passenger seat in rented Rover 75 that decided to pin me against the glovebox of its own accord on the M6 a few years back.
Electrocuted myself on the HT leads of my first car (Nova) through sheer stupidity.
Many moons ago my dad was picking me up from cubs and I managed to open the door of his Escort ('86 I think) into my own face and broke two teeth
Crush injuries from electric passenger seat in rented Rover 75 that decided to pin me against the glovebox of its own accord on the M6 a few years back.
Electrocuted myself on the HT leads of my first car (Nova) through sheer stupidity.
Many moons ago my dad was picking me up from cubs and I managed to open the door of his Escort ('86 I think) into my own face and broke two teeth
ever driven an audi a3 (8P) shape with sports seats and no lumbar support?
if not give it a try and welcome to the world off chronic back pain if your 6ft!
it was so bad that I stripped my brand new audi's seat and retrofitted it, even audi said it couldn't be done, how I showed them!
GP
if not give it a try and welcome to the world off chronic back pain if your 6ft!
it was so bad that I stripped my brand new audi's seat and retrofitted it, even audi said it couldn't be done, how I showed them!
GP
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