26th Jan 2021, 04:33
Also, I should add, to me the seating position is not about age, but is about how you want to perceive the road ahead of you. Really, unconsciously, sitting higher and having to "look down" to the instruments and an inclined steering wheel invites you to look down more at the edge of the hood than far ahead. That's first.
Second, driving as if you were sitting on your desk is not an ideal and relaxed position to me.
And all this is amplified with the fact that the seating is higher from the ground compared to cars of 15-20 years ago, pushed by the safety regulations and the aim of the constructors to extract a maximum length of habitat from a given length of wheelbase.
26th Jan 2021, 03:39
I am 46 and still prefer sitting lower, although getting in and out becomes a bit acrobatic at times. Try the latest 508, lower the seat as much as possible, pull back the seat as much as possible, then pull the steering wheel towards you as much as possible and that's it. I do not want to look at the road towards high up, but to have a sight parallel to the road and always look as far away as possible. Then I am not interested on what's going on at the edge of my bumper.