RE: quick poll - MoMo knobs

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

Man sounds like you need a bigger car (grin) I am only 5'8" (short bugga)
and I can shift into 5th just fine with the palm of my hand, and I have the
standard shifter/stick lenghts...

Patrick


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Randy B
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:33 PM
To: L. M. Lloyd; Josh Hignight; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: quick poll - MoMo knobs


I'm not quite that tall, 6'1", but have developed a trick getting into 5th.
The other problem I have had with all my Scirocco's is the distance I sit
from the steering wheel.
In order to sit at a comfortable distance from the pedals I sacrifice the
correct arm angle to the wheel.
Sitting comfortably and wrapping my fingers around the steering wheel at 10
and 2 (#'s on a clock) my arms are fully extended.
The way I have adjusted while spirited driving is I use mostly the bottom
half of the steering wheel with both hands.
I also hold the wheel in my left hand at about 7 while driving normally.
I would eventually like to get the wheel further away from the dash.

Does anyone else have this problem?
I have considered using a removable steering collar becuase it will push the
wheel toward me about 2".
Anyone using one of these?

Randy
81 Scirocco S
81 Scirocco S
87 Jetta GLI 16V - for sale

>
> Ah... I am 6'4" and I know exactly what you mean about the length of
> the throw, especially in 5th! Oddly enough it never occurred to me
> that cutting down the shift knob would solve this problem. In fact, I
> always kind of assumed it would make it worse because the knob would
> be closer to the floorboard, thus further from my shoulder.
>
> So, how much was cut off? Did it make a huge difference, because I
> would give just about anything to be able to shift into 5th with more
> than two fingers, and that is with a short shift kit!
>
>
> The goal is to overcome the deliberate nature of the process.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Josh Hignight
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:56 PM
> > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: RE: quick poll - MoMo knobs
> >
> >
> > I'm in this debate at the moment. I'm a taller guy (about 6'1" -
> > 6'2") and the shifter is almost at the top of my reach going into
> > 3rd and 5th at the moment. I'd never thought about cutting my
> > shifter stalk until I went to waterfest, where EVERYONE's shifter
> > stalk was cut (except Jan's)
> > IIRC. Lucky
> > me, Josh S. let me drive his car while there and I REALLY liked
> > the feel of
> > the cut shifter (Thanks again Josh! If it weren't for that, I may
> > have gone
> > crazy waiting for mine!). It's the grits!
> > So, as soon as I get the money, I'm going to get a nice Momo (or
> > other aftermarket shift knob) and cut that sucka.
> >
> > Joshua Hignight
> > Student Services/Technical Services
> > New Mexico Campus
> > (505) 821-4800
>
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