Drivers seat position help!

Elessar

This might sound strange but since I bought my car (vw golf with comfort seats) I cannot for the life of me get a 100% comfortable driving position.

I've got it 90% there but I find that even though the seat has side cushions, I'm a very slim person so I don't fit snugly in. This means that at every turn my body is moving side to side. I never had this with my old bmw which admittedly had terrific sports seats.

Is there a product on the market that will bolster the side cushions on the seat to provide a more snug fit for people like me?

antodeco

McDonalds?





Seriously though, is it happening no matter you're wearing? Does it feel like you are slipping along the seat or just bouncing around?

MarkR

If you moved closer to the wheel, the pressure from your legs and arms on the floor / wheel should push you back in the seat a little. Does it have adjustable lumbar support on it?

dr.fuzzenstein

antodeco wrote: »

McDonalds?

Beat me to it!

LilMrsDahamsta

It's not just me so! I had to get rid of my Passat for the exact same reason. I loved the car, had a great spec, but I was doing a lot of miles at the time and the constant movement within the seat gave me awful back pain. I've a bog standard 5 series now and the seats are incomparable; I can stay where I'm sitting and there's none of this swaying around. Unfortunately my solution was to sit into a load of alternative cars until I found one that was comfortable; never could manage to find a way to get the VW seats right.

Chris_Heilong

Maybe your are taking corners to fast if you are been thrown about in the seat.

Elessar

No I'm driving the same as I always did, I'm not a terribly fast driver and don't take corners fast.

I'm slipping slightly along the seat, side to side. It's just my back. Doesn't matter what I'm wearing. The side supports are too far apart.

I can move the seat back a bit but then I get back pain, and tbh considering how long it takes to find that position again I'm reluctant to go moving around again. I've been trying to find a decent position for weeks.

Is there an add-on I can buy, like the strap-over cushions, that will increase the size of the side supports? Or even an all-over seat covers that will help?

Mr Benevolent

Elessar wrote: »

Is there an add-on I can buy, like the strap-over cushions, that will increase the size of the side supports? Or even an all-over seat covers that will help?

Not really tbh. Side bolsters are hard to extend.

Jesus.

Does anyone else have a constant problem trying to get a comfortable seating position in their car?

I can't get the seat right for the life of me

dr.fuzzenstein

McDonalds?

Jesus.

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

McDonalds?

Mine's more the opposite problem. Slim fast perhaps

Elessar

Never thought I'd see this thread again!

I ended up selling that car a year later (the seating was a big factor, but not the only one) and bought a 2009 BMW 3 Series MSport. The difference is night and day. Seats are amazing this time around (heated too)! Honestly I'm not sure I'll ever leave BMW again...

Jesus.

Elessar, were those Golf seats the low down "bucket" types?

Elessar

Nope, just the "comfort" seats. Which were anything but comfortable.

Noccy_Mondy

It's hard to find a comfortable position when other family members use your car, especially the mother who rolls the seat up as close to the steering as possible, adjust the back and puts a cushion under her...

Stheno

Or the OH with midgety legs who has the seat so close to the steering wheel you are kneecapped everytime you step in

Bpmull

Stheno wrote: »

Or the OH with midgety legs who has the seat so close to the steering wheel you are kneecapped everytime you step in

Everytime my dad gets in to drive my car he has to let the seat forward deep down it kills him to have to do it :pac:

downwesht

Have driven golfs since 1997 and have got an extended seat runner put in after my first.I am 6'5 and was doing a lot of mileage and it made a huge difference.It doesn't cost the earth either.....200 euro...cheaper than physio!

black & white

Very interested to see this thread, I had a 2010 Golf Bluemotion (UK Import) that I had to get rid of due to the seats being so uncomfortable that it started to affect my hip. Moved to a 2012 Focus and the difference is huge. I found with the Golf that adjusting the seat only raised and lowered the rear part of the seat, not the front. Not sure if they were sporty seats or not. Strangely the person who now has the car has hip problems.

traprunner

Change the seat cover. If they are leather put in cloth. More friction therefore less likely to slip.

jca

Bpmull wrote: »

Everytime my dad gets in to drive my car he has to let the seat forward deep down it kills him to have to do it :pac:

Why? Because he's not a boy racer with the seat Waaay back laaaad.

dr.fuzzenstein

There is a serious problem with people having the seat way forward and hugging the steering wheel to their chest.
If you sit back in the proper position (arms at a slight angle, not completely straight) and you crash, you are propelled forwards (well, strictly speaking you are still moving forwards while the car has come to a sudden halt around you) and whilst you approach the steering wheel, the airbag deploys.
This is timed in such a way that it goes just beyond maximum inflation when you hit, because that way it gives when you impact.
Now, the people who like very intimate contact with their steering wheel are already within the inflation zone of the airbag, so they have nowhere to go.
Have you ever seen this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6YLIwzbbyM

Yep, that is exactly what is happening to them, so the airbag turns from a soft cushion to the equivalent of being shot in the chest with a canon.
I bet if these people knew that, they would keep far, far back from the steering wheel. All wheel huggers should be shown this video.

Jesus.

I'll take my chances Doc. I'm a wheel hugger. Can't drive comfortably any other way