This car does NOT make me look cool...

[pushrod]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

lol I think you guys just need to practice more...left leg out, grab steering wheel and push. Just as easy as getting out of a sedan for me.

I grab the A-pillar with my left hand and do what is basically a lat pulldown to raise myself, then it's left foot out, right foot out.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Some of you guys methods are starting to sound like something else.

"Kama Supra"

[Tcoat]

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[gravitylover]

^^ Ya know

...and that's what it's all about.

[awhatzable]

I'm 5'5 and I still manage to bang my feet on the door and my knees under the steering
Column. Also, all my passenger always seem to be banging something coming in the out of the car as well!

[Joyride86]

I have no idea what everyone is talking about. Everytime I get out of the car, I imagine that I do it in slow motion like the smooth hero in movies.

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Sorry. Can't believe a tutorial made by somebody that loves red paint that much.

Everyone knows that red is the fastest color.

[JellyForSale]

5'6 skinny little 18 year old. Must say Even short guys have issues, although I must say my issue is never getting out, but actually "falling" into the car. I couldnt imagine that free fall as a 6foot tall guy!

[Ultramaroon]

6'5" 310lb. No problems here but I've been driving with my ass 6 inches off of the ground for the better part of 30 years.

Like @Dadhawk alluded, never a bad time to practice some deep squats.

[MarcFr-s]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

lol I think you guys just need to practice more...left leg out, grab steering wheel and push. Just as easy as getting out of a sedan for me.

This^ After practicing, this works very well for me, very easy to get out. Also helps to push with your left forearm off the seat too. Lean forward out the door over your left foot, leverage. It's even easier with a grocery bag or two sticking them out there! Counter-balance! There is a slight turn or twist as you exit. The leaning forward and over your left foot/leg, and pushing up with just that leg, is what makes it easy.

Getting in is easier, just kind of slide down the seat in. 6'1", 190

[Vracer111]

Be thankful y'all if you have stock seats which are easy, peasy to get in/out of the car. The Recaro Sportster CS make it more difficult with more vertical side bolsters that are taller - you have to angle just right into the seat make it over and clear the side bolsters going in, unless you like side bolster up your butt. Going out is actually easier and not too difficult to do just using legs (pivot 90 degrees to face the door opening, plant both feet on ground, and lean forward and stand up. I'm 6'2", 180ish lbs, nearing 40... Hand on the door sill bottom does help though.

[kcarlson_sf]

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[RJasonKlein]

The original post cracked me up! As stupid as this thread sounds, I have a few pointers that have made it a lot more graceful (as graceful as I can be at 47 years old, 6'4" tall, and 235lbs) for me. The first step is to rotate my body to the left and put my left leg over the seat bottom bolster suspending my foot above the ground. The second step is to put my left palm flat on the raised portion of the chassis between the seat and door sill. The third step is to use the momentum caused by swinging my shoulders and torso out of the vehicle to pivot and lift my body up and out of the seat while simultaneously shifting my weight onto my straightened left arm and dropping my left foot onto the ground. This is the crucial step, and the momentum causes my body to easily pop out of the seat with my weight further supplemented by pressing my right foot against the dead pedal, basically pivoting so that all my weight is borne by my left arm and right foot. I do not have to use the steering wheel in any way, and I don't use my right arm for anything other than to create the momentum I need. It sounds complex, but it's an extremely low-energy way to get out of the car, and the pivoting and rolling of your body out of the seat really prevents your hip causing wear on the seat bolster as you get out - in fact, that was my original concern and I mastered this technique long ago in my old BMW E46 M3.

Who in the hell posts a tutorial on how to get out of a car? Either way, good luck with the technique!

[kcarlson_sf]

Originally Posted by gravitylover

put my right foot flat on the tranny hump, grab the wheel and rotate out

I am morally opposed to any part of me touching anything called a "tranny hump." Much less "rotating" anything after that. Please stop offending my red-blooded American male sensibilites.

Discuss.

[kcarlson_sf]

Originally Posted by RJasonKlein

The original post cracked me up! As stupid as this thread sounds, I have a few pointers that have made it a lot more graceful (as graceful as I can be at 47 years old, 6'4" tall, and 235lbs) for me. The first step is to rotate my body to the left and put my left leg over the seat bottom bolster and my foot onto the ground. The second step is to put my left palm flat on the raised portion of the chassis between the seat and door sill. The third step is to use the momentum caused by swinging my shoulders and torso out of the vehicle to pivot and lift my body up and out of the seat while simultaneously shifting my weight onto my straightened left arm. This is the crucial step, and the momentum causes my body to easily pop out of the seat with my weight further supplemented by pressing my right foot against the dead pedal, basically pivoting so that all my weight is borne by my left arm and right foot. I do not have to use the steering wheel in any way, and I don't use my right arm for anything other than to create the momentum I need. It sounds complex, but it's an extremely low-energy way to get out of the car, and the pivoting and rolling of your body out of the seat really prevents your hip causing wear on the seat bolster as you get out - in fact, that was my original concern and I mastered this technique long ago in my old BMW E46 M3.

Who in the hell posts a tutorial on how to get out of a car? Either way, good luck with the technique!

You guys totally crack me up. You've actually thought this out pretty thoroughly, no?

Hilarious thing: I did actually go out to my car today and get in and out of it a few times, just to analyze what I was doing. It was a new way to look insane to my neighbors: "Honey, I think the neighbor's been drinking again. He's outside, getting in and out of his car over and over again. Something's wrong with that boy."