07-21-2015, 03:42 PM | #113 |
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It's all about technique, I've found. Im 5'11 and 185 lbs, a bit heavier than I'd like but not a horker. My method for getting out is:
1. Park with at least 1 empty spot between me and next car over. 2. Open door as far as I can 3. Pivot in seat and put both feet on the ground 4. Exit by standing up/walking out in one motion. Now, getting out of the car in the much tighter space of the garage at home is a different story. I look like a ferret with four broken legs then. But only my wife is around to laugh at me when that happens. Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk
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07-21-2015, 04:51 PM | #114 |
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I'm 33, 6', 230 lbs, disabled(5 fractured vertebra, degenerative spine disease, 4 bulging discs & an impinged nerve root at L5)... and I have no problems getting in & out of my BRZ. (My girlfriend does, though)
All of your excuses are deemed invalid. I suggest you guys do some squats or lunges to improve your leg strength. Otherwise, I foresee walkers & tennis balls in your near futures.
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07-21-2015, 05:06 PM | #115 |
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Fortunately I find this car a lot easier to get in and out of than the Fiero I drove for two years. That car was like the FRS but more so in every way. I basically had to roll out of that thing and almost end up on my hands and knees on the ground afterwords, and that was a successful exit. You should have seen some of the older people that drove Fiero's, they really had a challenge.
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07-21-2015, 05:09 PM | #116 |
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It's a science. Spin and lunge. Every one I know gets in and out with a grunt, though. I got a good friend (girl) that complains every god damn time. I just tell her to shut up. I tell em' all to shut up. Comes with the territory and it's worth looking like a buffoon every now and again when I'm carrying beers in one hand and my keys in the other, pushing the door open with my shoulder. Meh.
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07-21-2015, 05:59 PM | #117 |
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LOL I've found getting out isn't my issue... its more getting in and getting situated. But even that's nothing to complain about.
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5'5" 230lbs and I can get in and out like a fluid ballerina
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The SARD seat covers make a HUGE difference. The stock seats make you feel like you are velcro'd into car...
My frs is slammed, yet it's not a problem getting out- swing the legs out both hands on the door sill and push. |
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I'm really tempted to make a video just for shits and giggles...
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20 years old, 6'1" 150lbs.... i think its kinda annoying getting in and out... but i love the car too much
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Ehh, you get used to it. For me it's actually easier to get in and out of the FRS than it is cars of a more sensible ride height. It's just practice really. Although, if you don't have much space to open the door, that does make it a lot trickier.
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Im 27, 6'2 and 170 pounds and I feel like I look stupid getting out of this car ha.
I have gotten used to it that its not an issue, but its no Transformer dramatic camera upshot sexyness when I get out. |
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same problem
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