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Re: Sad Prius news

Keith,

I am in the UK and have had my Prius now for 4 weeks. I am 6ft 3in
and about 200 lbs. I have no problems with fitting into my Prius ..
infact I have the seat "up" as far as possible. The steering wheel is
nowhere near my legs. Is there a different spec for the US market?

Bob

--- In toyota-prius@y..., Keith Soldavin <kas219@e...> wrote:
> Well after work today I finally found the Toyota dealership in
Springfield
> Va. to try out the Prius. I was so excited as I walked out to the
car. As
> I sat in the drivers seat a sinking feeling came over me. I don't
> fit. I'm 6'' 3", 250 pounds with a athletic build. My head and
arms fit
> perfectly but the steering wheel was pressing right against my
legs. Even
> with the seat all the way back I still couldn't fit. Needless to
say I was
> crushed.
>
> Does the front seat tilt forward? I wasn't thinking enough to
ask/try to
> see if it did.
>
> Sadly to say unless someone knows of a miracle cure for this I may
have to
> give up hope for this car.
>
> Keith




Sat Oct 13, 2001 4:20 pm

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Well after work today I finally found the Toyota dealership in Springfield Va. to try out the Prius. I was so excited as I walked out to the car. As I sat in...
Keith Soldavin
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Oct 11, 2001
10:31 pm

wait! (i hear Kate Bush singing in the background..."don't give up") there's a post in here about somebody who carefully dissected the seat and removed the...
Paul Engel
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Oct 11, 2001
10:39 pm

Keith, the seat does not tilt, but the steering wheel does tilt up/down! Did you give that a try? It was not clear in your post. Good luck... Alan ... ...
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Oct 11, 2001
10:41 pm

... That was the first thing I tried. I put it all the way up but my legs still hit the wheel by a wide margin. Keith...
Keith Soldavin
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Oct 11, 2001
10:48 pm

Keith, I found the post where the seat was lowered. Look in the group PriusMods, message #340. It's long, that's why I didn't copy/paste into this group. I'll...
Paul Engel
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Oct 11, 2001
10:53 pm

... ask/try to ... Since you already tried moving the seat, and adjusting the tilt on the steering wheel: From the FAQ section in the Files documents ...
Michelle Vadeboncoeur
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Oct 12, 2001
12:26 am

i poseted something similar a while back... a longtime friend of mine is 6'5 or so, and when he ordered his 70's-ish firebird he asked them to move the seat a...
Mark Binder
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Oct 12, 2001
12:34 am

I never thought of this. Is this something that a dealer would normally consider or is this unusual? Any Toyota dealers out there in the group with any...
Keith Soldavin
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Oct 12, 2001
1:22 am

... <snip> Most damndealercritters (the usual exceptions, of course) would try to steer you into a full-boat, in-stock StupidUselessViolent baby- killer and...
Bill Powell
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Oct 12, 2001
5:16 am

Keith, I am in the UK and have had my Prius now for 4 weeks. I am 6ft 3in and about 200 lbs. I have no problems with fitting into my Prius .. infact I have the...
rbusson@...
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Oct 13, 2001
4:21 pm

Did you raise the steering wheel. It moves upward. George ... is ... the ... don't ... may...
tamata
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Oct 16, 2001
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