Hi,
I have a 2004 Prius and I'm 6'0" tall. I find that I cannot move the seat back far enough to be comfortable. I've asked an independant mechanic and a dealer if they can modify it and they both said "no" because of safety concerns, specifically that this would mess up the air bag timing which they say depends on seat position.
The main problem is this:
Since I can't move the seat back far enough, my legs are bent a lot. This causes my foot to want to rest flat on the ground. So, when driving, I'm constantly pulling my foot up (as to not be flooring the car) and since I drive a lot, my shins actually get soar. If I could move the seat back, I could extend my legs more and my foot would naturally be more perpendicular to the floor.
One silly idea I came up with was to put a bungie chord around the gas pedal so it's really hard to push down and it could support my foot. Although this seems brilliant right now, I have a nagging feeling this might cause some unforseen problems.
Any ideas for either making the seat go back further or other adjustments I can make? Any other big people have this problem (although I'm not that big).
I know I sound like a complainer here, I really love the car and I tried to ignore this but it continues to bug me...
Thanks a lot,
Joe
I have a 2004 Prius and I'm 6'0" tall. I find that I cannot move the seat back far enough to be comfortable. I've asked an independant mechanic and a dealer if they can modify it and they both said "no" because of safety concerns, specifically that this would mess up the air bag timing which they say depends on seat position.
The main problem is this:
Since I can't move the seat back far enough, my legs are bent a lot. This causes my foot to want to rest flat on the ground. So, when driving, I'm constantly pulling my foot up (as to not be flooring the car) and since I drive a lot, my shins actually get soar. If I could move the seat back, I could extend my legs more and my foot would naturally be more perpendicular to the floor.
One silly idea I came up with was to put a bungie chord around the gas pedal so it's really hard to push down and it could support my foot. Although this seems brilliant right now, I have a nagging feeling this might cause some unforseen problems.
Any ideas for either making the seat go back further or other adjustments I can make? Any other big people have this problem (although I'm not that big).
I know I sound like a complainer here, I really love the car and I tried to ignore this but it continues to bug me...
Thanks a lot,
Joe