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Thread: Legroom!?! Where is it?
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09-30-2013, 09:01 PM #1Junior Member
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Black- 1997 KITT
Legroom!?! Where is it?
Please tell me there is a way to extend the legroom somehow, such aftermarket rails or something that the seat could be mounted to?
I realize a sports car should fit like a glove, but this has my legs bent all the way up! I'm only approximately 6 ft tall, but I need more leg room in a car than most (hardly nobody pushes the seat all the way back in every car, except me).
This might be the biggest disappointment of the car!
SH
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10-01-2013, 04:54 AM #2Senior Member
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I extend mine pretty far back and there really aren't any issues with leg room and I am about 6' as well. Not to sound mean at all but did you test the car out at all before you bought it? A lot of these complaints would have been realized then by testing everything and sitting in the car.
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10-01-2013, 04:22 PM #3expensive tires
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white- 04 2500 4x4 crew cab
I don't have any problems. I haven't even considered pushing the seat back to get in or out. I wonder if you don't have a Saturn? Every time I punch in a search in Ebay for LS1, it comes up with Saturn stuff? 6-0, 275 here.
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10-03-2013, 08:00 PM #4Junior Member
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Sunset Orange Metallic- 2001 Trans Am
I also don't have problems... I am 6'0" 230... I don't push the bottom all the way back, but do lean the back quite a bit.
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10-03-2013, 08:41 PM #5Something Diabolical...
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passenger side, yes
back seat, Hell yea
never had much issue with driver. you do have power seat?
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10-04-2013, 04:56 AM #6Retired NOT tired
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SOM- 2001 Z28 (Sara)
I have a little trouble getting in and out of Sara (2001 Z28) however @ 65 years of age, it's all part of getting older.
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10-04-2013, 05:03 AM #7Senior Member
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Pewter- '00 SS
6'4" and no problems
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10-04-2013, 11:48 AM #8Veteran
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Red- 02 35th LE Camaro SS
6'2 210 with no problems either. I've owned mine since new in 2002.
You sure your seat is going all the way back and there isn't something obstructing it from doing so?Boost gets you laid, unless your name is Jon.
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10-04-2013, 12:08 PM #9Yeah baby! Yeah!
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Silver 2002 WS.6- Red 1989 Formula
If the OP is ever back and checks this thread, his answer is right heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere
Tall people can appreciate this - LS1TECH
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10-04-2013, 12:11 PM #10Senior Member
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Try moving up to the front seat and try that..
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10-04-2013, 12:24 PM #11Senior Member
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Is this post for real?? Im second guessing now. Is my legroom all a gimmick? Im lost...please help
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10-04-2013, 01:26 PM #12Senior Member
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Black/ Silver- 98 TA WS6/ 01 C5 Corvette
I have the stretch edition Trans Am WS6 or should I say TA WS6 SE, maybe that is why I don't have legroom issues....*sarcasm*
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10-10-2013, 06:02 PM #13Junior Member
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Black- 1997 KITT
Thanks for the link and not just assuming that I'm nuts for wanting more leg room...
BTW, I also have a Saturn SC1 coupe and it actually has a lot more leg room!
SHLast edited by spyhunt3r; 10-10-2013 at 06:08 PM.
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10-11-2013, 02:15 PM #1411 years of bangin gears
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Phantom Black Metallic- 2004 GTO M6
Back when a buddy of mine had his 89 Formula, he had the driver seat all the way back and the seat back almost completely horizontal. He was 6'6".
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10-12-2013, 12:06 PM #15Junior Member
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Black- 1997 KITT
Yeah, that's me too, to make up for the tiny leg room, my seat back is very far back also... If getting in the car in a tight parking space, I have to slide down the entire seat back, haha
SH
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10-12-2013, 02:15 PM #16Veteran
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How does sliding the seat back down give you more "leg" room? You are still constrained by where the bottom of the seat meets the back of the seat. Unless you are saying you actually are sitting on the back of the seat. If that's the case, that sounds a bit strange/dangerous. How do you put your seat belt on?
Last edited by 35th-ANV-SS; 10-12-2013 at 02:26 PM.
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10-12-2013, 03:16 PM #17Senior Member
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Black/ Silver- 98 TA WS6/ 01 C5 Corvette
I think he is saying to get out of the car he has to slide out of the seat if the parking space is too tight.
Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS
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10-12-2013, 05:18 PM #18Veteran
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Red- 02 35th LE Camaro SS
I was talking about this. Originally Posted by cammed goat
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10-12-2013, 07:04 PM #19Senior Member
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Oh nvm Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS
I was talking about this. Originally Posted by cammed goat
. In that case I am curious as well.
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10-13-2013, 01:29 PM #2011 years of bangin gears
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Honestly, I wondered the same thing. I was like WTF when I would ride with him. Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS
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