Tall drivers (inseam) - extendmyseat brackets

[pauldun170]

We've always had problems car shopping due to lack of legroom.
After passing up several vehicles, including the Toyota Sienna we settled on a Highlander after the wife gave the thumbs up on the test drive. However after a day of driving she dealt with some discomfort due to the legroom and the placement of the pedals.
Found a company that makes extension brackets for all sorts of vehicles.
Unbolt existing seat rail, drop in and bolt extenders into the existing mount point and the attach the seat rail to the brackets.
Took about 10 minutes to install and bumped legroom.

For those with long legs who have ruled out vehicles due to legroom or if you are cramped in your current car, you have options.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Out of legroom? In a Highlander? Who's your wife, Ekaterina Lisina?

On a more germane note, those seem like a pretty neat idea - seems like they'd be sacrificing headroom or backseat room though. Link to company?

 

[pauldun170]

Out of legroom? In a Highlander? Who's your wife, Ekaterina Lisina?

On a more germane note, those seem like a pretty neat idea - seems like they'd be sacrificing headroom or backseat room though. Link to company?

She's 6'2 and all of her height is in her legs. I'm 5'9 and I tower over her when we sit next to her. Yup, even a Highlander was an issue even though I think some of that discomfort was going from a car she drove for 12 years to something new.
We originally shopped Siennas but the pedal area was cramped and she had no place for her left foot.

There is no impact on seat height and the impact to the back seat passengers only pops up if the seat is all the way back.

Will post info in a sec

 

[pauldun170]

Here's the install for the highlander

Company
http://extendmyseat.com/

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Oh, that's clever.

 

[bradly1101]

She's 6'2 and all of her height is in her legs. I'm 5'9 and I tower over her when we sit next to her. Yup, even a Highlander was an issue even though I think some of that discomfort was going from a car she drove for 12 years to something new.
We originally shopped Siennas but the pedal area was cramped and she had no place for her left foot.

There is no impact on seat height and the impact to the back seat passengers only pops up if the seat is all the way back.

Will post info in a sec

I noticed that in my Sienna about the left foot. I found a comfortable place for my size 13-14 boats. I'm 6'4" with long legs and torso. I have the manual seats and lift up the front edge of the seat (giving a longer place for legs) and recline the back just a bit. It works, and I knew a 6'8" dude way back with an eighties Accord. I don't know how he did it, but he did.

The Highlander and Sienna are very similar and share that nutty, intentionally schizophrenic engine. For me, I can't think of what would be a better car (I need the MANUAL sliding door for manual wheelchair disassembly/assembly).

I think you will be very happy with it.

 

[pauldun170]

Wife had an 85 accord 2dr. She spoiled in that thing with legroom. Same thing with my 1990 mx6. No safety stuff taking up space

 

[uclaLabrat]

I'm 6'7 and I just got rid of my Kia spectra. I've driven a jetta before as well. Just bought a Ford flex cause we need a third row now, thing has too much leg room. I don't even have it all the way back. Check one out, they drive like a dream, not at all boaty like you might expect from other SUVs.

 

[pauldun170]

I'm 6'7 and I just got rid of my Kia spectra. I've driven a jetta before as well. Just bought a Ford flex cause we need a third row now, thing has too much leg room. I don't even have it all the way back. Check one out, they drive like a dream, not at all boaty like you might expect from other SUVs.

We did find cars where legroom was acceptable. However, we did have some requirements that included 3rd row seating, spaciousness in both second row and 3rd row as well as long term reliability (We hold onto them. We were only car shopping due to her totaling her 12 year old Mazda and my car is a 2002)
I initially wanted to include the Flex in our search but it got dropped due to 3 reasons.
1. Limited availability
2. Dealers were simply asking more than we were willing to pay.
3. We never bothered doing an extended search and the "sit down" test because the front leg room numbers on the Flex were less than the cars that we tried out. So If it was tight in the Highlander, didn't make sense to bust our asses looking for a Flex.

GM Lambda platform was fine but considering how those things age in the hands of people we know....I wasn't buying it.

 

[Yuriman]

I'm amazed, so many tall people here. Less than 2% of men are 6'3" or taller, yet it seems there' a very disproportionate number represented on this forum.

 

[pauldun170]

I'm amazed, so many tall people here. Less than 2% of men are 6'3" or taller, yet it seems there' a very disproportionate number represented on this forum.

Complicating this is that you have torso vs inseam.
Folks that are taller than my wife yet have shorter legs.
These brackets are great for those with inseam challenges and want more room.
Best paired with a car with telescoping steering wheels.