Anyone upset at Honda for the poor seat design?
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seats are great. I take a 4 hour trip at least 4 times a month. No pains at all. Only gripe would be that i wish the seats were an inch lower. I feel like i'm sitting at the top portion of the windshield and not "in" the car. oh i'm 5'8 155lbs.
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Originally Posted by geminimech,May 19 2008, 10:45 AM
lol....I found it in the NSFW thread. I get constant questions about where it came from. I have no idea. But I know its absurdly funny. All are welcome to jack it as I have done the same!
Why he throws paper on people and then humps them is beyond me but it makes for some excellent comedy.
Why he throws paper on people and then humps them is beyond me but it makes for some excellent comedy.
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Originally Posted by nuklearmaniac86,May 19 2008, 09:43 PM
Only gripe would be that i wish the seats were an inch lower. I feel like i'm sitting at the top portion of the windshield and not "in" the car. oh i'm 5'8 155lbs.
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Originally Posted by RED MX5,May 19 2008, 02:26 PM
The S2000 cockpit is a tight fit, and at a little over 6', the seats let my knees flop around during hard cornering, so much so that I have bruises on the left side of my left leg after a day of autocrossing. For four years I've been threatening to put a pad on the door to make live easier for my poor knee, but I haven't been able to bring myself to duct tape a block of foam to my door panel yet.
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,May 19 2008, 05:11 PM
I don't agree with that, and I've been in some comfortable sports car seats. Besides, its nopt side bolsters, its the seat length to support your thighs. Even my 280Z had expandable thigh support, so its not a contemporary thing - its just Japanese design imo. Mazda and Nissan have historically been the best seat designers, while Toyota is the worst in my experience.
I don't know squat about Toyota seats in general, because I'm not much of a Toyota fan, but our RX-300 has wonderful seats, at least from the perspective of comfort, in no small part because they're almost infinitely adjustable. I'd like the Benz seats better than the Lexus seats, IF we had the lumbar support option, but without that (or a substitute) the Benz gives me a backache after a few hours.
Saki GT, this is the kind of thing about which we should expect disagreement, because it's so subjective. I like certain seats for long trips, because for me, they're extremely comfortable, and I don't like other seats as well, for long trips, because for me, they are extremely uncomfortable. When it comes to sports cars I'm use to putting up with some pretty crappy excuses for seats (try the hard bench seat in an old Super 7 or the hard seats in an Elise), and I'm use to having to add padding here and there, or having to buy aftermarket seats, to get the kind of support I want. For me, the S2000 seats have great support, EXCEPT for my long legs, and for me this isn't an issue of virticle support, but rather one of lateral support.
I like the Bride seats, but they are over priced, and too narrow for my fat behind.
Been trying to decide on a seat upgrade for the S2000 since the day I bought the car, and still haven't found anything that fits (both me, and the car) that I like any better than the stock seats. LOL, may end up putting a set of clubman seats in the beastie.
Anyway, IMO, picking a seat for a car is like picking out an easy chair or a tailor made suit; It involves very personal, very subjective, decisions, and it would be a strange world indeed if we were all in agreement.
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Originally Posted by UMDSuzuka,May 18 2008, 07:20 AM
TBH, I have no idea what problem you are talking about. The S2000 seats are fantastic.