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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 2004Tall Accord 2003/2004 Drivers
I'm curious if any taller drivers, especially long legged, have any thoughts after living with a new Accord which includes telescopic steering. Does it really help the tall drivers. In the past, most Accords I've driven really seem to require a reach when the seat is back far enough to be comfortable. Maybe I have long legs, or short arms, but this hasn't been an issue for the many American cars that I've driven. This has stopped me from purchasing Accords and other Japanese vehicles in the past. Fred Unless you are seven feet tall you'll be just fine in an Accord. The Accord actually has 8mm MORE leg room than a Ford Expedition but the Expedition has 15mm more head room. (that's 3/8" and 1/2" for my American friends) So if you have long legs get the Accord and if you have a big head get the Expedition. > I'm curious if any taller drivers, especially long legged, have any thoughts > after living with a new Accord which includes telescopic steering. Does it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Accords and other Japanese vehicles in the past. > Fred On 8/16/2004 8:25 PM LBJGH spake these words of knowledge: > Unless you are seven feet tall you'll be just fine in an Accord. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > So if you have long legs get the Accord and if you have a big head get the > Expedition. FWIW, 8mm is .315 inches, whereas 15 mm is nearly double that, .59 inches. Expressed as fractions, that would be (rounding, of course) 3/10 and 3/5 inches respectively. RFT!!! Dave Kelsen  SignatureFinish your mail packet! There are children offline in India. Sorry... rounded to 1/10" not 1/100" ... I'm sure he gets the point. Kelsen, you must be an accountant.:p 0.315" not 0.325" and 0.590" not 0.50" > On 8/16/2004 8:25 PM LBJGH spake these words of knowledge: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > RFT!!! > Dave Kelsen On 8/17/2004 3:50 PM LBJGH spake these words of knowledge: > Sorry... rounded to 1/10" not 1/100" ... I'm sure he gets the point. > > Kelsen, you must be an accountant.:p > 0.315" not 0.325" and 0.590" not 0.50" Nah! Programmer/Analyst, apparently with the emphasis on anal-ist! ;^) RFT!!! Dave Kelsen SignatureThe closest I ever got to a 4.0 in high school was my blood alcohol content. > I'm curious if any taller drivers, especially long legged, have any thoughts > after living with a new Accord which includes telescopic steering. Does it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Accords and other Japanese vehicles in the past. > Fred Several months ago, someone that was very tall told this group that he was upset with his new Accord because his head rubbed against the roof. Someone responded by telling the person that he should have figured this out during the test drive and purchased another vehicle such as an SUV made by Honda or Toyota. SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. >>I'm curious if any taller drivers, especially long legged, have any thoughts >>after living with a new Accord which includes telescopic steering. Does it [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > out during the test drive and purchased another vehicle such as an SUV > made by Honda or Toyota. i'm a tall guy and i really strongly object to this kind of attitude. i don't like suv's and drive a clunker civic _with_ loads of headroom _because_ i absolutely refuse to be a victim of these not-so-subtle manipulation of availabilities. suv's are excessively wasteful, dangerous both to their drivers and other road users and are merely a product of the oil industry's careful massaging of "demand". it's the same careful manipulation that has seen the dropping of virtually all hatchbacks sold here in the u.s. no more fabulously utilitarian [but economical] hatchbacks = more [gas guzzling] suv sales. please, THINK before you allow yourself to be a channel for such flawed logic. >I'm curious if any taller drivers, especially long legged, have any thoughts >after living with a new Accord which includes telescopic steering. Does it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >many American cars that I've driven. This has stopped me from purchasing >Accords and other Japanese vehicles in the past. May be just a style thing, I believe driving with the arms out is "Italian style". Me, I'm a short guy, comfortable enough in my '04, glad the seat cranks up vertically. J. > May be just a style thing, I believe driving with the arms out is > "Italian style". Me, I'm a short guy, comfortable enough in my '04, > glad the seat cranks up vertically. I'm probably even shorter than J is. At 5'3", I am pleased that the power driver's seat of my 04 Accord not only cranks up vertically to the highest level, but I also have a seat cushion on the seat bottom to raise me up even higher (by about another 2-3 inches). I still have a lot of headroom even with the sunroof. Besides, having the cushion on the seat bottom does help protect the seat leather from the sun and eventual cracking (with Lexol applied every month). > May be just a style thing, I believe driving with the arms out is > "Italian style". Me, I'm a short guy, comfortable enough in my '04, > glad the seat cranks up vertically. I'm probably even shorter than J is. At 5'3", I am pleased that the power driver's seat of my 04 Accord not only cranks up vertically to the highest level, but I also have a seat cushion on the seat bottom to raise me up even higher (by about another 2-3 inches). I still have a lot of headroom even with the sunroof. Besides, having the cushion on the seat bottom does help protect the seat leather from the sun and eventual cracking (with Lexol applied every month). > I'm curious if any taller drivers, especially long legged, have any thoughts > after living with a new Accord which includes telescopic steering. Does it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Accords and other Japanese vehicles in the past. > Fred I'm 6'4" and my 04 Accord Coupe isn't too bad. I do lean the seat back a little, put the rear of the seat bottom all the way down, and the front, partially up. It's still comfortable on long trips. When I first got in a new Accord coupe I eliminated it as an option....however, I went back to the dealer and tried adjusting the seat. Oh, I also have the steering wheel all the way out. I don't know how the new Accord's leg room and head room would compare to a 1986 Acura Legend, but if they're anywhere close, then you should be fine. I'm 6'2" and I have plenty of leg and head room. If you're over 6'6", then you may have a problem, but otherwise, you should be fine. Ironically enough, the Acura is my wife's car. I drive a 1990 Civic, and with the seat all the way back, I'd say my legs are bent only about ? (About a 120-degree angle measuring from the back of my knee, if you want to get technical) and I can reach the steering wheel fine. So, in short, I guess you should be OK with an Accord. Jonathan > I'm curious if any taller drivers, especially long legged, have any thoughts > after living with a new Accord which includes telescopic steering. Does it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Accords and other Japanese vehicles in the past. > Fred |
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