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Old 05-27-2010, 04:04 PM   #29 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by texanidiot25 View Post
I'm not sure if you're talking about vehicle hight or ride height...
Vehicle height. I've never looked that closely at ride height/ground clearance, though I'm pretty sure that my old Austin-Healey, for instance, had less than most modern cars.

No, with modern cars it's primarily seating posture. The seats are made for an upright posture (like say dining room chairs) so your knees have to bend instead of allowing your legs to stretch out comfortably. Then they jack the seat up farther from the body pan than it needs to be. And if on top of that they add a couple inches to the ride height, then 17" rims for more "sit up high"... Well, if the trend continues, in a couple of decades I expect cars to have become motorized high chairs :-)
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