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It is an interesting and enlightening article. I have been suffering from all sorts of "mechanical problems" in my back, shoulders, neck etc. I am also 1.96m tall which does not make for a happy combination when it comes to doing a lot of mileage. And I used to drive really silly numbers for many many many years and that was just on business. So I consider myself a bit of an, self proclaimed admittedly, car seat expert. For the last couple of decades my company car seats get measured up and designed by orthopedic specialists. I am not kidding, finding my seat takes more time then finding and choosing my company car. And even then the result could be less than satisfactory. Remarkably, I have found the car size or age has no bearing on my level of comfort. I am more comfortable in the standard seat of my wife's Ford Fiesta then in my special custom made chair in my company sled. The Fiesta was bought second hand, the company sled is made in Germany by some of the most reputable car boffins and the best specialist in orthopedic studies. Still, I am more comfortable in the little Fiesta! Without a doubt, my 32 year old Little Alfa Romeo Spider with its USA bucket seat offers one of the most comfortable seating experience ever.my wife agrees and falls asleep within 30 seconds of us setting off. And she does not sleep in any other car! My Jaguar is probably the worst as I have to recline my seat just to fit under the roof. Which puts a lot of stress on my neck and shoulders. But damn, that Jag is one hell of a good looking and fast car. So I gladly suffer. Also, its mine and not some boring company sled. Can not bother the company doc for problems with my hobby. Here is the other thing. Car seats need to tend to all kinds of people, shapes, weights, heights, build, preference etc. As I said I am 1.96m, but my wife is only 1.59m. The notion of making both of us comfortable in a standard seat is just laughable. Although, in practice it is going to be painful for one of us, possibly both. You can not judge a car seat unless you can test the car/seat for at least a week and really get a feel for it how it works for you on short drives, city drives, motor way blasts, short/long drives, stuck in a traffic jam for hours etc. I have done so frequently and still got it wrong. The numbers quoted in the headline of this article are quite staggering and I would think they are a little bit fake. Just to use that term. A bit of googling suggest American motorist drive 10-12.000 miles a year. If you would do that for 50 years you end up with 500-600.000 miles total. Still a respectable number. No mistake! People in the Netherlands drive about 12000km a year. So quite different numbers. But no matter how you calculate it still ends up as several decades of man years in your car seat! Our previous company doctor had a rule. Anybody doing more than 40.000 km a year should have a orthopedically measured and adjustable chair as part of normal Health and safety practices! He probably knows, as he got to see all the employees with back, shoulder, neck problems. E.g. yours truly whose right arm stopped working one day completely! Took me years to recover and I never did fully. Since, my company car and seat are prescribed by our doctor. Which means a very special seat and always, no argument here, an automatic gear box. Also, he would prefer I drive a truck or at least some damn SUV over a sedan, just so I get to sit upright! Jeroen Last edited by Jeroen : 7th November 2018 at 00:55. | |
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| Re: How many kms (in total) have you driven? I am in the majority bracket too  Indica 2007-2013 : 1,25,000 km Vista D90 2013 - till date : 50000 km Pulsar 150 2006- till date : 35000 km So total kms driven come to 2,10,000. |
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