Discodevon
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I’m about 6ft and find it difficult with leg room sometimes, granted I see a lot bigger guys driving them than me which must be uncomfortable at times
How tall are you driving a defender?
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You need to get some seat risers ... and a smaller (diameter) steering wheel.
Like these https://www.mudstuff.co.uk/products/mud-seat-rails there are other manufacturers ....
Like these https://www.mudstuff.co.uk/products/mud-seat-rails there are other manufacturers ....
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You mean a cushion?
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I struggled to get comfy in a 90, but the 110 CSW doesn't have the bit behind the seat so it can go further back, plus I think the exmoor seats might be a bit higher
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You mean a cushion?
No, I mean seat risers that lift the seat rails over the lip where the seatbox attaches so you can move the seat back an addition 2 to 3" and to fit a 350mm steering wheel.
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I have just re-read the title .....
I'm the same height as when i'm not driving it - boom boom
I'm the same height as when i'm not driving it - boom boom
Discodevon
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Cheers guys, may look into some seat risers , the most I drive at once is about 45 mins which seems enough even though I aren’t that tall at all
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6"6 and no my work had three defender 110s, a bloody nightmare to drive with your knee wedged between the door and wheel.
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That's not a bad price for a simple mod. Cheers!
Yeah but bloody expensive for a few of feet of square box steel and a few shiny bolts
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Land Rover solved this problem twice.
First time was the Range Rover
Second time was the Discovery.
You'd likely be much better off with either of them.
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I'm around 6ft (well, I was when I was young but may have shrunk a bit now I'm old) and I've never found the Land Rover particularly uncomfortable. I've done a lot of miles in it and a number of long trips which have involved 700 miles or so a day. Mind you, my last major exposure to cars was when I was young, involving things like clapped out Triumph Heralds, Morris Oxfords and Vauxhall Vivas which were 20 years old or so by the time we got them. So maybe my bar is set rather low.
I am very similar to the above. I am 6ft tall and heavily built and do not find any issues with comfort driving the defender. I do about 30k miles a year in it, and have several times driven down to Morocco which is about 1500miles and takes about 36hours. However similarly to @Brown my exposure to other vehicles is limited. Although I have driven other cars and had hire vehicles and vans etc, I bought the 110 when I was 18 and it has been my daily drive ever since. I am extreme in this regard to the point where i adjust the driving position of other vehicle to be as close the the defender as possible with an upright 90degree seat back and as high a seat height as i can get without hitting my head on the roof (the wife hates it when I driver her X1)
Land rover solved this problem before it was ever a problem in the series vehicles. The lack of room for a knee and an elbow was created when people started wanting fancy modern accessories like windows that go up and down rather than the correct back and forth. I have series style split doors in my 110 with military ali door tops and sliding windows. This give 2-3 inches of additional width each side as you do not have a window mechanism and door card getting in the way. This gives you enough room to have your elbow by your side and plenty of room for you knee even with the larger diamiter original NA/TD black plastic steering wheel, with the more modern padded smaller diameter steering wheels there would be even more room.
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Thanks that’s what my legs hit is the steering wheel
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When I see my 5ft 9 friend in his defender it looks perfect fit for him, he doesn’t even have the seat all the way back lol
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Over the last 10 years I've only driven the Land Rover (plus a JCB and an articulated dumper truck) with the exception of one occasion about 2 years go when I got a hire car because the Land Rover had an ECU failure. The hire car turned out to be a Peugeot 2008 about three years old at the time. It was a weird experience indeed. Controls so light you hardly knew they were there. Except when I had to wrestle it out of lane to overtake on motorways.
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After a brief flirtation with cars in my 20s I didn't have one at all for many years as I lived in big cities with a lot of pubic transport and was being kept very busy with my work. It was only when I was approaching 50 that I thought I might as well get a Land Rover seeing as I liked them and wanted one to enjoy while I was still hale and hearty enough to do so. I still can't quite get over the novelty of being able to get in a metal box out of the rain and merely press the pedals and the car takes me there, with very little effort on my part. Consequently I'm not very good at finding fault with it.
That is because there are no faults with them. They are perfect and anyone that tells you otherwise is has either been seduced by modern plastic auto everything, or is such a boring individual they see problems as annoyances rather than interesting opportunities to tinker with tools.
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