The daily grind of entitled wankers

Interesting reading this. I remember my 4ft 11 mum having to drive with sitting on a cushion! I'm short too, 5ft 2, but my Kia is fine, and maybe because i have massive man feet (size7) for my height.

Are you going to have all your lessons in an automatic? If you take your test in one, you'll only have a licence for automatics.

I had a row with some entitled wanker in a Land Rover a couple of days ago. Apparently I should have pulled in to let him pass even though it was more convenient for him to pull in. He wound down his window to tell me off because as "his car was bigger" it would have made more sense for me to let him pass. I told him if his car was too big for him to drive then he shouldn't have bought it and then drove off quickly because I am a coward really

Good, well done!

PCP plans...hum...think very carefully about whether that really makes sense for you, and beware the upselling. There's a lot of people nowadays driving around in flashy cars they can't really afford, I'm afraid.

5 -3 My Hyundai i10 is fine.
You could get a grey wig and keep it in the car. Much less trouble since I stopped tinting blonde.
Advice now is hold steering wheel with bag at 4:40 save breaking both arms on bag in the event of crash.

DH is 6 foot 7 and I'm 5 foot 4 - you can imagine the fun we had car shopping recently for a car for both of us.

DH does not believe how differently other road users act toward you in different cars - I used to get a relatively easy ride in an old Merc... loads of horns blared, fingers flicked and headlights flashed irrately in a stereotypical "woman's hatchback" (Nissan Note for anyone interested)... minimal aggro in DH's lumbering Zafira (but god it's awful to drive) and I get loads of sworn comments if I'm seen anywhere near school in my 4x4 style current car (because of the "little women in huge cars" stereotype I assume - despite the fact we have the car as regularly need to go down dirt tracks and because of DH's height). It's amazing the different way other road users react.

I have a Hyundai incidentally - adjustable seat height and steering wheel mean me and DH can both drive it comfortably - although the fact I've not bothered to tell DH where half of the adjustment levers are means I get to keep things mostly set how I like them in terms of seat height! (He's too lazy to read the manual)

Pink, inferior in function, and more expensive.

And if you do find tools redesigned for a female hand, they are pink.

(Though OTOH pink is a brilliant colour for gardening tools. I can always find my trowel and hand fork!)

Does everyone have random boards lying around? grin

No, but a place called B&Q has them neatly stacked up. But then you need an electric jigsaw to cut the board to shape, and the jigsaw is heavy and its grip is too big for your female hand...

Not kidding, the design of power tools, hand tools, and even musical instruments is for men not women.

Lol dh is tall we hit the min and max on these bloody things.

At least he can see though!

small car fits small person.

Agreed on this!

I've not driven a Japanese car for a while, but they used to design to a shorter average height, so I was fine driving Toyota Celica and Honda Civics. The Celica used to cripple my 6'3 husband.

Despite all my whinges about Astra's, Vauxhall Corsa seemed to have a lot of adjustment for shorties. Seat Ibiza are ok so I'm going to take punt and say the VW Audi 'cousin' models are probably fine too as they re-use a lot of design elements.

If it's only you who will be driving the car it gets a lot simpler to put in adjustments like the board under the mat etc.. add in a 6'3 husband and it's a nightmare.

My Micra K12 has tilt on the driver's cushion so I tilt the front edge down as far as it will go. It's a great feature for the short-legged and stops the seat edge from digging into the back of my knees.

The shoulder area of the seat is terrible, as is the headrest. My shoulders don't touch the seat whilst my head is pushed forwards if I wear my hair in a mid-pony or bun. Weirdly, the K11 I had before had a much more comfortable seat.

I'll try that suggestion of a board under the mat, as the pedals sit too close to my toes for my liking.

Large cars are more expensive and so they have to feel comfy/ just right / great for whoever is driving them?

Women drive range rovers a lot I always assumed for fashion/ show, I mean they cost a bomb, but maybe there's more to it, maybe they are really good for women to drive and so women with £££ and choice buy them. And I was being sexist. Gah!

Anyone on here got a range rover? The evoque is the one that women seem to like. I mean they're lovely cars. I'd have one of I could afford it and wouldn't feel a touch guilty about emissions (although we have 2 cars so I can't talk tbh at all so let's shrove that).

Op do you have oodles of dosh? Something high end and electric might fit the bill!

it's not necessarily the case that small car fits small person.

Yes - I've sometimes wondered if larger cars have room to accommodate more adjustment mechanisms. Or maybe more care goes into their design?

Another thing I've remembered for short people to check if they're buying a hatchback is whether they can close it without standing on tiptoe.

Grace do try lots of cars is amazing the difference even an extra inch of height adjust gives, also its surprising how different they are in terms of whether you can see any / some / most of bonnet for eg.

Seems big cars attract less aggression than small.

Also we've got a big and a little and they are fairly similar in terms of comfort for me, it's not necessarily the case that small car fits small person.

Look at skoda? I felt like I fitted really well in octaviA Estate someone else on thread flagged skoda octavia as well.

Good luck with your new instructor!!

Yy I've never driven a car where the seatbelt didn't cut into my neck.

I adjyst the side thing and also prefer an upright seat position so am as 'tall' as can be, still the whole neck cut thing.

Shit design isn't it let's be honest here.