E46 and the shorter driver

[woots787]

Hello, I've just bought an E46 touring which I'm very happy with. However my wife can't fully depress the clutch and hence can't drive it. She is 5' 3" which is short but not freakish?! The seats are the sports ones and the passenger one seems to go an inch or so further forward than the drivers. Any solutions? Not sure she'd be happy with a booster cushion!

John.

[mike325112]

My father is 5" 0' and has driven my non sprot E46 no problem. Is the leg support thingy that the sport seats have on the seat base full back?

[Frances The Mute]

People can be taller or shorter, but it's all about the proportion of leg length to your body as to whether the car will be right for you.

If the seat is fully forward, there's not much you can do save for modifying the sear bracket to help gain some ground. Failing that, it's modding the pedal box. Or buy some hooker shoes...

[woots787]

Cheers for the replies.

Yup the thigh support thing is back and tried seat at full height. I'd hoped there might be some clever lock to stop you sitting too close to the airbag or similar to get the same adjustnent as the passenger seat. Seems a shame as she's driven all my previous cars.

Problem is the hooker shoes would end up living permanently on the back seats which might give work the wrong impression about my weekends. So blocks of wood tied to pedals it is then...

[Jobbo]

Presumably you've tried the tilt function for the seat base? I'm a bit of a shortarse and have relatively short legs even for my height, but I'm nowhere near the front of the seat travel.