Here's an interesting little experience I'm having; I'm a little bit curious to know if anyone else is experiencing this. Hey, this is intended to be a fun thread, not a moan session. But it is happening ...

I'm getting a bit of nerve pain in my right lower leg and foot when I get into my car.

Now, I'm not terribly tall; I'm about 5'9". I'm not terribly fat; I weigh about 185. But when in order to get into my 8, I have to sort of point my right leg/foot diagonally toward where it has to wind up. Then I sit down in the seat which is a sort of shimmy/twist maneuver. This twisting of my leg is basically to get my knee under the steering wheel.

That's it! I'm selling this piece of trash .

 

OMFG. I can't believe that mazda would make it so hard to get in your car! Ridiculous! Totally understandable. Off to the 350z forum to spread the news.

 

Take your wallet out of your back pocket. I had the same problem. My neighbor, a chiropractor, gave me that tidbit of advice.

 

Now, I've known about that for 20 years. Worst thing for the spine; that freaking wallet. Specially when you carry around the huge wad of cash that I usually do ... NOT.

 

I've got a similar problem. I'm 6 feet even, and a bit overweight. I have a few issues with fitting into the seat. But I've solved them with two methods:

1. Cognitive dissonance. All the reviews say the car is comfortable, so I can't possibly be having this kind of problem.

2. Nerve damage. The nice thing about nerve pain is that you eventually damage the nerves, so the pain goes away.

Give these methods a try. Worked for me.

Ken

 

Problem? What problem? I have no problem. No pain at all. I may sleep in this seat tonight instead of my bed.

 

Or maybe this will work: open the door and stand straight up, facing away from the car (with your butt pointing towards the stick shift). Bend down at the knees and put your butt in the seat, with your two feet still on the ground. Then swing your legs in.

 

Yeah.......good call.....ya know, with the whining and everything.................

 

Is this a first manual for you? I had some weird knee and back issues when I started driving my eight for a month after I bought it. It was my first manual, so I guess it just took some time for my body to get used to.

But the issues were small and then they dissapeared after a month and everything was fine.

 

No, not my first manual. But it is the first car that I've owned which sits lower than a go-cart

 

I've been watching "From the Earth to the Moon". It's still easier than getting into an Apollo spacecraft. (Plus it seats one more person.)

 

Sounds like you need one of these...

 

Oh gosh, remember those bead seats? They were supposed to massage you and solve all your back troubles while you drove. Never could get my body directly on one of those; usually wound up all tangled in them. And the beads would break off and you'd find them all over the place The seat itself in the 8 is extremely comfortable; just getting my right knee under that steering wheel which is the problem. I've kinda solved this by either moving the seat way back and then moving it forward once I'm in ... or getting my butt down with my right leg still on the left side of the steering wheel .. then carefully maneuvering it down and over. Gotta love it.

 

I've done that, and learned an important lesson. Stop the car first.

 

I assume you have the tilt wheel all the way "up" as far as it goes.

 

You know ... I thought of that after I posted earlier. I'll be sure to check that immediately when I get out of work. I don't think I've seen a tilt lever. If that's the solution here, it's a perfect one !!! Great point! By the way, New Yorker ... I'm a Staten Island boy .. born and raised.

 

Cool! The tilt lever is directly under the wheel. Hard to see, but if you put your hand under there and feel around a little, you'll find it. Pull it DOWN to tilt the wheel where you like it, then push it back UP to lock it in place.

 

Just went to check it out. It was all the way up but hey; at least I know where the tilt wheel lever is now. Thx again. danH

 

Lamest thread ever.

 

butt first, legs last. kinda like a -prude- girl in a short skirt would do :D

 

After owning a Triumph Spitfire, getting into an RX-8 is like getting into a Cadillac by comparison.

 

Funny you should mention the Triumph. The car I owned before I bought my 8 was an Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce (not my primary car as is my 8). I had no problem getting in/out of that car. Of course, every freaking part in that Italian sports car exploded at least once during the 8 months I owned it and you needed the feet of a Lillipution premee to be able to clutch/brake/gas.

 

Just do what they do in scary movie 4

 

Anybody ever climbed into an Elise?? I had the pleasure of sitting in one at an autoshow the other weekend, and even for someone as skinny as me it was a serious pain to get into, and getting out was like pulling yourself out of a trashcan. Definitly not a daily driver car, but hell, sitting 3 inches from the floor like that is cool!

As for sitting in the 8 my only problem is my legs are so long I kick the door everytime I swing them out to exit the car. Got a nice reoccuring scuff mark on my drivers side speaker.

 

your nerve pain is comming from your back problem.
Has nothing to do with the 8. Your probably out of shape and over weight.