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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Where do you find one of those? (Other than the '70s Toyota "Sport Truck") All the pickups I've driven or ridden in pretty much force a bolt-upright posture on you. Of course people are different, but to me that's quite uncomfortable.
But for this sort of commuting, it's hard to beat the original Insight. I spent a couple of years doing a 250-mile drive over the Sierra to the Bay Area. (Not every day, of course, about once every two weeks.)
The autostop also makes it pretty good in stop & go (freeway) traffic, once you master the trick of it, which is not to stop & go in lockstep with the car ahead, but let some space open up and smooth things out.
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By far the best seat was in a 97 Expedition, the second best was a 2001 Silverado. The 2006 Impala feels OK around town but after 30 miles or so you start noticing that the hips and lower back a stiffening up. A co-worker had the same complaint and he had an upscale model with adjustable lumbar support that mine didn't. Another coworker didn't have a problem with hers and she was doing about 45 miles each way. For me the more vertical seating of a truck can't be beat if your feet are straight out in front of you. But maybe something like a "zero gravity" chair is very comfortable so there maybe a way to get recumbent. well supported and fit various sizes of bodies for extended periods of time and protect them in a crash. If I could design he car I would start with an Expedition seat and build a tubular steel cage (NASCAR safety frame) with a foam reinforced fiberglass body.
But that's just how I would do it.