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EdwardBlume
post Feb 19 2012, 07:55 AM
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OK... I was thinking about it..


Have you EVER...

Gotten into a 914 as a passenger... and moved the seat forward?

Doesn't make much sense does it....

If for some reason you have..., why?
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mepstein
post Feb 19 2012, 08:04 AM
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So the seat can tilt back?
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post Feb 19 2012, 08:04 AM
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I have short legs and it's more comfortable to sit with your feet on the foot rest rather than resting on your heels.
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post Feb 19 2012, 08:09 AM
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To both replies (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif)

Also it helps to brace yourself into the seat for quick corners, etc
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post Feb 19 2012, 09:50 AM
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Never been in a 914 new enough to have a moveable pax seat...
But there was a reason fixed-seat cars came with the removable footrest.
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post Feb 19 2012, 10:15 AM
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I still don't get why a passenger would need to move forward. Midgets included. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Feb 19 2012, 10:30 AM
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Because passengers don't like flailing around in a high-performance car any more than drivers do - maybe less. Drivers get a wheel to hang on to, and a brake pedal. And either a dead pedal or a bit of wheel well to brace with the left foot.

Early 914 seats don't have much in the way of deep bolsters for lateral support, and the non-retractable belts were such a PITA to adjust that they were almost never as tight as you'd like. Being slammed against loose belts under hard braking just isn't fun. There aren't even good door handholds.
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post Feb 19 2012, 11:07 AM
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My wife does. It makes it easier to slam her foot onto the imaginary brake pedal.
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post Feb 19 2012, 11:19 AM
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the non-retractable belts were such a PITA to adjust that they were almost never as tight as you'd like.

I like the non -retractable in my 1970...i can get them very tight . even more then the retractable models


I agree! Passenger does drive no good if he sitting in his lap............plant your ass over there
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post Feb 19 2012, 11:49 AM
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I like the non -retractable in my 1970...i can get them very tight . even more then the retractable models

Yes - me too.
And OKfine in driver-mode.
But somehow it seemed like the pax seat was never right for whoever was there.
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post Feb 19 2012, 12:13 PM
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Put a six pack behind seat?
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post Feb 20 2012, 07:13 PM
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QUOTE(RobW @ Feb 19 2012, 08:15 AM) *

I still don't get why a passenger would need to move forward. Midgets included. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)


Rob - a prior GF of mine in the 1970's was only 4'-11" & definitely needed to move seat forward to put her feet up on the front wall/footrest area when I drove the twisties! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Having the adjustable p-seat allowed them to delete the movable footrest block which was supposed to be leashed in the p-side floor, but mostly ended up in the front trunk or lost in the garage somewhere! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Feb 20 2012, 08:04 PM
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Feb 20 2012, 05:13 PM) *

QUOTE(RobW @ Feb 19 2012, 08:15 AM) *

I still don't get why a passenger would need to move forward. Midgets included. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)


a prior GF of mine in the 1970's was only 4'-11"

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post Feb 21 2012, 12:51 AM
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Feb 20 2012, 05:13 PM) *

QUOTE(RobW @ Feb 19 2012, 08:15 AM) *

I still don't get why a passenger would need to move forward. Midgets included. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)


Rob - a prior GF of mine in the 1970's was only 4'-11" & definitely needed to move seat forward to put her feet up on the front wall/footrest area when I drove the twisties! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Having the adjustable p-seat allowed them to delete the movable footrest block which was supposed to be leashed in the p-side floor, but mostly ended up in the front trunk or lost in the garage somewhere! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)


Is she not 4'11" anymore?
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post Feb 21 2012, 01:29 AM
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That's so when you build a 914 limo in the future you can move the seat forward for some more legroom in the back.
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post Feb 21 2012, 08:29 AM
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QUOTE(ArtechnikA @ Feb 19 2012, 09:49 AM) *

QUOTE(6freak @ Feb 19 2012, 12:19 PM) *

I like the non -retractable in my 1970...i can get them very tight . even more then the retractable models

Yes - me too.
And OKfine in driver-mode.
But somehow it seemed like the pax seat was never right for whoever was there.

Because most setting over there were like how do you work these things and what this funny thing on the floor,,and you basically have to strap them in ...which is OK if its my smoke n hot wife in a short skirt. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ..and not some fat instructor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

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post Feb 21 2012, 12:26 PM
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Put a six pack behind seat?


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or you can fit two 30-racks vertical in the front trunk WITH a radiator.

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