So then why wouldn't it be ok to lower the stock driver's seat to solve the
visibility problem (and BTW decrease Cg)? Why wouldn't it be ok to bend
pedals up for short people (and BTW get better heel-toe setup)? Why
wouldn't it be ok to raise the stock driver's seat? To add cushions? To add
a foamed-in cushion/bolster? Where do you stop?
We've been on this merry-go-round before. There's no equitable way to
adjudicate it. If you don't fit the car, I recommend that you not try to
compete in it. If it's not safe for you to drive at an event, it's not safe
for you to be driving on the street.
KeS
>From: Tom Maycock <tmaycock@interaccess.com>
>Reply-To: Tom Maycock <tmaycock@interaccess.com>
>To: "team.net" <autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Short People
>Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:51:58 -0500 (CDT)
>
> > We're talking comfort and convenience (and safety). I just don't see
> > how removing the mirror is giving someone an unfair advantage - just
> > the opposite in the case of cG impaired individuals. And requiring the
> > original mirror to be in place when you install a Wink is simply
> > ridiculous.
> >
>
>Have to agree with this, and add my thoughts about sun visors.
>
>I'm 6', and drive a Miata. The sun visor blocks about 1" to 1.5" of the
>top of the windshield from my view. When I first got the car, I frequently
>got a slightly sore neck from continuously scrunching down just a bit to
>see traffic lights, avoid that claustrophic feeling of wearing a hat with
>too big a brim.
>
>It was a happy day when, a few weeks into Miata ownership, I discovered
>just how easy it was to remove the sun visor. My neck has felt better ever
>since. If that's not the essence of comfort and convenience, I don't know
>what is.
>
>Thus I would argue that removing sun visors and repositioning interior
>rear-view mirrors should also be on an "allowed C&C mod". And, yes, I'm
>pretty sure I would feel the same way if I were 5'5" and sun visors
>weren't an issue for me.
>
>For me, the sun visor thing doesn't offer any performance improvement as
>best I can tell--that upper 1 inch just doesn't come into play on the
>autox course. For some people in some cars, however, I would guess
>repositioning the rear-view would make an on-course difference, but its an
>"advantage" that I wouldn't have a problem allowing--I'd much rather err
>in favor of keeping course workers from getting run over.
>
>Just MHO. And I agree that spelling it out specifically in the rules one
>way or the other would probably be helpful, even if those rules differed
>with my preferences.
>
>Tom Maycock
>Chicago Region BS
>'99 Miata 10AE
>
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