Re: The 97 A4Q: My Fi

[dan_masi@MENTORG.COM (Dan Masi)]

On Nov 21,  8:41am, Bill Castellano wrote:
> Subject: RE: The 97 A4Q: My Fi
> hi,
>
> i'm about 5'10" and i crank the seat way back and all the way down
> as well. there's a LOT of headroom for me, even with the sunfoof.

> > Time for a little more experimentation on seat adjustments?
> > I'm 6'6" and the amount of head and leg room in the A4 was a
> > significant selling point for me.

As I was driving in my A4 last night, I was looking around and
trying to figure out what the person who was complaining about
leg and head room could have been talking about.  I have the
sunroof, I'm over 5'11", I have a long upper body, and I have
the seatback fairly upright, as I don't like driving while
lying down.   ;-)

If he really does have his seat adjusted all the way down, the
only thing I can figure is that he has a *very* forward
driving position.  The *only* way I could see to get my head
to touch and my knees to be into the dash was to move the
seat much too far forward.

If this is the case, the original poster might want to consider
getting used to a farther-back driving position.  I'm not
talking about arms-straight-out-reaching-for-the-wheel.
But if you're too far forward, you're not set up well for
an emergency; arm manuverablity is too restricted, and you're
too close for the airbag to protect you (and you could possibly
suffer additional damage from the airbag).

Just a thought-

Dan Masi
'96 A4Q