Driving Habbits?, Whats your comfy position?.

G'day Axle
I'm with you on the bare feet, much more comfortable.

I happy any way but with a cup of coffee on the go , with these insulated mugs these days it lasts almost all the way on my daily drive to work.

You definately need your elbow out while driving the troopy . Thongs are a prerequisite . In the old holden HQ though in the seventies i remember it was elbow on the sill and hand on the roof .

Yep, Elbow out the window, Finger tips just touching the Wheel and other hand resting on leg. Very Comfy. Work boots or bare feet, no thongs.
Now, when I went for my driving test some 26 years ago, I drove my old XY the same way. The Copper who took me for my test didn't say anything until we pulled up at the cop shop. All he said was"I see ya driving around town with your elbow out the window, I'll book ya"
Never caught me. ;)

serious for a minute :-)
Adjust the base of your seat close enough so that you can not straighten your legs in emergency braking. (straight legs with knees locked in a collision can push your femur through your pelvis.) Then adjust the back of your seat and your steering column so that, with your arms straight, your wrists can sit on top of the steering wheel. Do not drive with them there, it is just for setting up the proper position.
Can seem a bit close when you start but soon get comfortable with it. Anything is better than the Defender allows!!
I used to drive my HQ with elbow on sill, hand on roof, too, until a neighbour doing the same lost most of his right hand when he was T-boned.

Back to talk of thongs, bare feet, etc

cheers

I remember, years ago, coming across the Nullarbor in the old Kombi.

The Cruise control was a brick on the accelerator pedal. just moved it up or down to get the right weight, and therefore speed.

At least I could have kicked it away in a hurry if needed, unlike the hand throttle on the Troopy!

Paul

If anyone can point me to the law which states one is not permitted to drive a motor car in bare feet I will be very interested. ???

Cheers

Mark

Gotta mate who used to drive with his right arm hanging out the window.

Poor old Lefty........ he doesn't do it any more!

I've always driven with the elbow resting on the door , although not to far as to be obvious, same when I used to drive trucks, after a 8 years in the same one the paint was worn away, on long trips in the Troopy the right foot gets an ache now (old age !!!oh for a cruise control) and I find relief for the left leg to put my foot up on the side of the gear stick well and rest the left arm on the knee,
I just recently drove the Station Owners Triton into town and went to put the elbow out the window.............I felt like a chook with a wounded wing ...the door is too high or am I too short,
Barefoot on a hot day....yes and I one has better grip with contact to the pedals, although it's not something one would do in the old B Model Macks, you'd get blisters from burnt feet the floor in those old work horses, I never drove one but I've always seen the drivers with boots on ,

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My first car was a Suzuki LJ80v and the seat didn't go back anywhere near far enough so my legs were always cramped. The car was so small (and no A/C obviously) so the windows were always down (unless it was raining) and one elbow out on the sill. It used to crack my brother up when he was following - there'd be one elbow out each side until we approached a puddle/creek. The elbows would go inside, the windows would go up, the car would splash through the water, then almost immediately afterwards, the windows would go down and the elbows would come out again!

I upgraded to a 1982 Jack and used to rest my elbow on the window sill but often with the window up. The window sills were too high in my next Jack (1995) so I got used to resting the elbow on the door mounted arm rest - there was a bit of an indent there by the time I sold it!

After a bit of thought have come to the conclusion my wife finds the most comfortable position is the passengers seat.. From there she drives exceptionally well