 Steering wheel and seat positions, why aren't they lined up? |
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| mobymutt |
 Jul 26 2014, 08:19 PM
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Why is the steering wheel not centered left-to-right on the driver's seat? Is this normal? I find it a little strange, and a couple other people have commented on it.
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| jmill |
Jul 27 2014, 06:11 PM
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Green Hornet Group: Members Posts: 2,449 Joined: 9-May 08 From: Racine, Wisconsin Member No.: 9,038 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(914_8 @ Jul 27 2014, 04:54 PM)  There much worse. Like My dads pant era or my brothers Maverick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) The 914 isn't bad at all. The Pantera is much worse. It was the first thing I noticed when I jumped behind the wheel of my fathers 72 Pantera, not to mention the small foot wells. A second after I fired it up, it was the last thing I was concerned about. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jul 27 2014, 11:26 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(jmill @ Jul 27 2014, 05:11 PM) The Pantera is much worse. .... not to mention the small foot wells. I believe the foot-well is the reason. If you have to have the driver's feet offset toward the center of the car (to make room for the front wheels), you probably want to move the wheel axis slightly as well. --DD |
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| johannes |
Jul 28 2014, 05:33 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France |
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Jul 27 2014, 09:26 PM) QUOTE(jmill @ Jul 27 2014, 05:11 PM) The Pantera is much worse. .... not to mention the small foot wells. I believe the foot-well is the reason. If you have to have the driver's feet offset toward the center of the car (to make room for the front wheels), you probably want to move the wheel axis slightly as well. --DD You are 100% right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) |
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