RE: PH Blog: Clio Elbow
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Eighteeteewhy said:
Chris Harris said:
Ferosferio said:
I may be one of the only people to come out with such blasphemy but... the E36 M3 'Vaders' gave me chronic lower-back ache. No likey.
Wasn't just me then.
Much prefer the seats in E36 M3 cab, they don't look as cool but are much more comfortable..
Oh, but they do look goooood.
Ferosferio said:
I may be one of the only people to come out with such blasphemy but... the E36 M3 'Vaders' gave me chronic lower-back ache. No likey.
Me too mate, not as comfy as they look. An M3 CSL trip to the 'Ring was more agreeable than a 2 hour drive in the E36 M3.Vauxhall Agila - left knee rubbing the centre console, agony, not designed for people over 6'.
My track car - Right Elbow, lower back, both eardums.
ultrastapler said:
no-one else with bucket seat 'nad then?
that dull ache in the b
ks that results from spending hours in a fixed back bucket seat that doesn't allow you any side to side leg movement.
I got something similar on a visit to the Highlands in the new A6 with standard seats, I assume it's some sot of evil Audi ploy to make you regret not bowing to the pressure of the salesman and getting the comfort seats. Not sure what physically caused it, but I had a lot more breaks on the way home than I did on the way up. that dull ache in the b
ks that results from spending hours in a fixed back bucket seat that doesn't allow you any side to side leg movement.Bash Brannigan said:
Dad took me for an early morning blast in his old Westfield when I was about 15, did a half asleep yawn-stretch thing when we got to our destination and burnt thumb on the exhaust. Being an arsey teenager I couldn't see the funny side but the old man was wetting himself.
The awesome Sir 'Tim' Birkin died quite probably as a result of burning his arm on a car's exhaust (whilst leaning out out pick-up his lighter I believe!!)You're in good company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Birkin
See also astonishingly good Rowan Atkinson TV show which never gets repeated and SHOULD
Bash Brannigan said:
ultrastapler said:
no-one else with bucket seat 'nad then?
that dull ache in the bks that results from spending hours in a fixed back bucket seat that doesn't allow you any side to side leg movement.
I got something similar on a visit to the Highlands in the new A6 with standard seats, I assume it's some sot of evil Audi ploy to make you regret not bowing to the pressure of the salesman and getting the comfort seats. Not sure what physically caused it, but I had a lot more breaks on the way home than I did on the way up. that dull ache in the b
ks that results from spending hours in a fixed back bucket seat that doesn't allow you any side to side leg movement.k. The particular design of Recaro fitted as standard is lovely and comfy and very supportive, but is designed to randomly force you to sit on one of your testicles.My girlfriend got so used to me yelping she didn't even bother to ask if I was OK after a while.
I like this topic 
Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart;
Great little go-kart to drive, but the damn cupholder (there ya go Chris) is right where your left leg goes, so after my 55 mile commute either way, I ended up with a bruised Calf. Big bruise too, with all the bumping and bouncing around the car did!!
Solution, pad over it, didnt hurt anymore
Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart;
Great little go-kart to drive, but the damn cupholder (there ya go Chris) is right where your left leg goes, so after my 55 mile commute either way, I ended up with a bruised Calf. Big bruise too, with all the bumping and bouncing around the car did!!
Solution, pad over it, didnt hurt anymore
Kneed the mirror adjuster on the driver's door off, whilst getting into my old Mk4 Golf in a tight parking space, lost the knob and gashed my knee on the jagged broken plastic.
Terrible back pain from doing long journeys in a Fabia VRs, fitted an armrest which helped at the time but caused bad posture so caused more bother in the long run. This has led to what I've decided to term "Fabia flab" which is the pain in the side of your gut when lying down caused by the combo of back pain and twisted spine that I had after driving the Fabia for 2 years.
Saxo eyes: the terrible dry-eye that the screen de-mister gives you when set to hot. Which, if you have a passenger and the air humidity is above 5%, is all the time.
Terrible back pain from doing long journeys in a Fabia VRs, fitted an armrest which helped at the time but caused bad posture so caused more bother in the long run. This has led to what I've decided to term "Fabia flab" which is the pain in the side of your gut when lying down caused by the combo of back pain and twisted spine that I had after driving the Fabia for 2 years.
Saxo eyes: the terrible dry-eye that the screen de-mister gives you when set to hot. Which, if you have a passenger and the air humidity is above 5%, is all the time.
Alfa knee: From driving the alfa for any length of time. The pedals are slightly offset to the right so you have to sit with your leg over to one side, whilst trying to maintain a modicum of modesty you also try to keep your legs together (ooeer) thus bending your knee at a very strange angle.
Classic shoulder: Again from driving the Alfa, but I think it probably applies to many classic car owners, nowhere to rest your elbows and no power steering, so a fair amount of strain on the upper arms.
Still its totally worth it
Classic shoulder: Again from driving the Alfa, but I think it probably applies to many classic car owners, nowhere to rest your elbows and no power steering, so a fair amount of strain on the upper arms.
Still its totally worth it
The Dirty Bubble said:
no-one else with bucket seat 'nad then?
that dull ache in the bks that results from spending hours in a fixed back bucket seat that doesn't allow you any side to side leg movement.
Not just me who suffers in bucket seats then, gets very annoying after a while, there does'nt seem to be any way of positioning the boys to allow comfortable travelling either. that dull ache in the b
ks that results from spending hours in a fixed back bucket seat that doesn't allow you any side to side leg movement.My other one is almost all VW and Audis of around the mk4 golf era to the recent passats one before the current model, where even just an hour in the seats causes awful back pain to the point i'm out of action for at least 2 days after. bucket seats always feel like they will cause the same back pain but never actually do for some reason.
My Caterham with full cage offers a wealth of potential injuries, but the most common is the massive bruising around the knees from a winning combo of non-removable steering wheel, long legs and wet bare ally footwells. Happens on every journey in the wet, and I'm touring Scotland in it next month so expect a further episode of the same...
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.
KTM X-Bow back. Whilst it actually feels pretty supple to drive, I think that a combination of firm ride and the fact that your entire upper body is in fast moving cold air meant that after 5 or 6 hours in one, my already bad back literally seized up.
I had to be pretty much shoe horned into another car (a ZR1 IIRC) and spent the next two days in bed with a spasm so bad I couldn't sleep until a chiropractor got me moving again. It was so bad I even used my wife's TENS machine...
I had to be pretty much shoe horned into another car (a ZR1 IIRC) and spent the next two days in bed with a spasm so bad I couldn't sleep until a chiropractor got me moving again. It was so bad I even used my wife's TENS machine...
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