It may have to do with side intrusion crash standards...
Anyway, the doors on the B are already too high for comfortable "elbow
hanging", at least for many people. I'm 6'1" and I find it uncomfortable for
extended periods -- my elbow is up level with my shoulder. Those with newer
seat cushions (mine has a new diaphragm only), or those who keep the
seatback nearly vertical (mine is raked in order to lower my eye level so as
to see through the windshield), may not have this problem.
Now, a Spitfire has a nice elbow rest!
on 9/10/02 6:24 PM, Bill Saidel at saidel@camden.rutgers.edu wrote:
> Eric,
>
>> The high doors (compared to my 'B) and 'stockiness' of
> the...
>
> This description perked my interest.
> I sat in a Honda S2000 which I do like a great deal but the high door
> prevented me from sitting comfortably with my arm resting on the 'window
> sill' sticking into the breeze (if there were one when the car isn't
> moving). That is one of the many pleasures when driving my B.
> Is this the trend, not to be really comfortably? I don't
> understand the design feature behind this characteristic unless the
> designers are preventing the driver from destroying the aerodynamics. Is
> that possible?
>
> What do you think?
>
> Bill Saidel
> '76B
> NJ, USA
>
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