At 6:45 PM -0700 9/10/2002, Max Heim wrote:
>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.
>
>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...
> >
> > 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
I prefer the door on my A. I'm 5'10" and it fits me perfectly. YMMV.
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