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Originally Posted by Grey
Maybe it has something to do with height? I'm only 5' 7 and with the seats a little bit leaned back (100° from floor, max) the headrest perfectly touches the back of my head. First car I've ever owned where the headrest actually rested my head.
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I honestly think it's a body shape thing, rather than a height issue. I know some people think the new style seats are just fine, if not better; but do a Google search for "headrest" sometime. There's a LOT of people out there who can't find a comfortable seating position with these mandated headrests, and their height range from 5' to 7'. For me, it's just painfully uncomfortable to either not rest my back and shoulders against the seat (putting all my weight on my head, and thus neck), or to ride with my head tilted forward all the time. I don't even recline the seats on airplanes, because I can't stand that sort of position.
Mazdaspeed: yeah, I gave it a try (it's free, easy, and reversible... so why not?) While marginally safer than removing them altogether, it would still leave a lot of room for collisions to do bad things to your neck. Though I have to admit, with these seat's shape, they didn't look quite as goofy as I was expecting. So...
maybe an acceptable risk trade-off for others, but I think I'm going to keep looking for a better solution. Personally, I'd rather have the tradeoff of losing my side airbags by installing Recaros, than risk neck injury due to rear-ending. For where I live now, the latter is far, FAR more likely.
