Last week, at work, a bunch of supervisors were outside, standing around an electric car that had been brought in for evaluation, or something like that. I forget the actual make of the car, but it really doesn't make a difference...
They were told that this was supposedly "a car for everyone", as in, anyone will be comfortable using it...
I happened to be walking by, coming in for my second half of the workday. Being the "ranking heavyweight" of the bunch who were standing there, I was asked to sit in the car to check it out. I am 6' tall, and weigh 385 lbs (though people wouldn't peg me as that heavy... I "wear it well", I guess...)
Anyway. I sat in, with the seat in its rearmost position, and yet the steering wheel was resting on my belly, regardless of the tilt I gave it. And the console in the middle of the car was so cumbersome that my knee was resting on it in such a fashion that it actually prevented my leg from moving far enough to the right for my foot to reach the gas pedal! I kid you not: I could only have my foot face the brake pedal, and could not move it far enough to the right to press on the accelerator (I guess since it was a fully electric car, calling it a "gas pedal" would be a bit of a
faux pas...) My leg was physically blocked from going farther right by the console!
(Proof, yet again, that cars with a full-size console are not for me...
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