Le Chef

I'm pretty sure I've got most of this seat position thing right as I fiddle around for ages when I change cars until I think I've got it right.

My question is how important is it to you to see the top of the right front fender and to use that as a siting point? A friend told my my seat was positioned too high, but when I have it as low as he thinks it should be I can't see the right front fender.

It may be a small thing but I would love to get another opinion.

MTIA

D.D.

How long have you been driving?

birdman

Set the seat height so you feel in control of the car.

CL55fornow

really?!?!? i'm 6'3" tall and i always have to sit as low as possible, which for me in the 997 means i can just barely see some white of the body over the dashboard

Jerry Fisher

I never paid attention to the seat position relative to fender sight. I just set the seat where I have the most comfortable pedal/steering wheel/gearshift combo. Probably sitting too low BUT I have not
kissed any polls with my fenders YET so I guess it works.

That said..when I test drove the Cayman S I thought the windshield pillars were huge and they certainly blocked my sight line looking out toward the passenger side. It bothered my enough that
I doubt I could have bought one. Guess I will have to suffer with the 997S...

Le Chef

Driving? 35 years.

I'm 5' 10" and normally proportioned.

The reason for asking is that feel comfortable with the car as it's set up, and that includes site of the top of the right front fender. I'm happy with this position on that track. It was just the "you should sit lower" comment that threw me.

PAULSPEED

Hi,
Forget what people tell you. The lower
you sit in a seat, the faster you will
go around a courner.
Paul

W211

rear part of the seat adjusted as low as possible, front part as high raised as high as possible for maximum thigh support.

John NY-Naples

I also have heard that the "proper" seating position on a Porsche is to be able to see both front fenders. In my 964, both fenders are clearly visible, regardless of how low you position the seat. In my 997, I have to move the seat much higher to see the right fender, which I find to be a bit uncomfortable. I ultimately settled on a position where I can see the left fender, but not the right.

larrytrk

In Florida, you must sit so low that only the tip of your head covers the rim of the steering wheel from front or back!!!

D.D.

And have silver/blue hair with a ball on your antenna!

Jerry Fisher

and put your turn signal in the permanently ON position

nkhalidi

Exactly. Some call this the 'martini glass' position, but I like it. I'm 6'0 (mostly in my legs) and I have to adjust the steering wheel to the highest and closest position (pull up, pull toward self) so that my knees don't hit it.

Incidentally, this position doesn't work with GT3 seats, but because of the big side bolsters, my legs don't hit the center tunnel anyway. Works out fine.

I find that Porsches (987, 955, 997, CGT, etc) have the best driving positions of any cars out there. I test-drove a 987 and was immediately comfortable in the car, zero learning curve.

himichael

forget what parts of the hood you see. adjust seat height as low as is comfortable. adjust forward until you can comfortably depress the clutch pedal to the floor with you RIGHT foot. this will probably feel closer than what you are used to, because most people sit too far back. adjust seat back almost vertical; you should sit very erect. adjust steering wheel so that with your shoulders back against the seatback and your arms held out straight over the steering wheel, the wheel hits your wrist. again this will feel close. THAT is proper driving position.

Le Chef

Do all of that - standard practice from Day 1 about 1000 years ago. The issue is "seat height as low as is comfortable". I prefer to see the fender tops, but have been told the seat should be as low as it can go. And that's the part I'm not comfortable with.