s4one

Does your steering wheel cover the top of your gauges? I sit with my seat all the way down, I'm 6'1. To get in a comfortable position, I need to lower my steering wheel to the point where the gauges are blocked on top.

I know everyone's position is individual but curious how many people drive like this.

Jay-S

I'm 6 feet and my ideal seating + steering wheel position blocks the top of the gauges. I've tried tweaking it over the last 6 years but always end up back in the same setup.

good2go

With the GT steering wheel I don’t think anyone can see the gauges. I use digital gauge for temp, and speed. So I can’t see gas.

s4one

Perfect, glad I'm not the only one. I would assume these cars are designed for the Europe body, which avg are slinder and tall. Not me, I have a bigger athletic build. But I guess race car drivers are small and on the shorter side.

Bob Z.

I am 6'2" and mine are blocked as well since my seat is set all the way down and the steering wheel is lowered a bit, which makes me feel like I am sitting in the car and not on the car, just as the engineers desired.

Gordon Shumway

I don't think I've ever owned a car that I could see the tops of the gauges. That is why I was so thrilled when heads-up displays started appearing in some vehicles. I could finally see how fast I was going w/o having to look over or under the steering wheel. Most all modern vehicles now have a digital speed readout around the center of the dash, that negates the problem.

bkrantz

Blocked for me too (6'2"). As as most of the side gauge faces. I miss the classic 911 gauge layout.

minthral

5 10 and I can see all gauges with GT wheel. The 'bumps' on steering wheel block the small ones on the side a little, but you can move head a little to see them.

worf928

Gauge Blocked here too.

usccharles

wow you guys must really like your steering wheel low to the body. I'm a short 5.7ft asian and also slam the seat all the way down but i keep my steering wheel just low enough that I can see the entire tachometer gauge. It is super irritating if I cant see the full tach clearly, especially driving in manual mode on track. i find this driving position perfectly comfortable though. how are you guys shifting if you cant see the tach?

Valvefloat991

The top of the gauges being blocked is a small problem which I gladly accept in exchange for the ability to get the steering wheel in the right position. If you think about the kinematics of steering a car, your arms are connected to your body at the shoulders, so an imaginary extension of the steering column should intersect your body at a horizontal line that extends form one shoulder joint to the other. In other words, somewhere in your upper chest.

The 991 layout allows this, which makes for a great driving position and is fairly unusual these days. In many other cars, even with the steering column adjusted all the way down, the steering column is pointed at your face. Makes for awkward steering when you are driving hard.

Bob Z.

“Feel the force!”

– Yoda
(and sound, too).

Pmorritt

Pretty much the same here, few guages are blocked as i sit up tall (6’), not liking the way my grandkids sit low behind their cars. Never got that, must be a generation thing. Anyway, for critical instruments, oil temp, coolant temp, oil pressure and battery charge, i have them displayed on the right side readout, so no problem.

usccharles

lol haha

Scottish Pete

My sport wheel pretty much blocks out the outer gauges on either side of the tachometer so I rely on the digital gauge readout for engine monitoring.
The digital miles per hour readout has become my sole source of speed with the 30 mph gaps on the speedometer on the left . . . and once I have exceeded the posted speed limit I am watching the mirrors not the speedometer anyway!