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seat adjustment

Post by sarahndaz » Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:55 pm

hi everyone

well we are loving betty bongo so much and are clocking the miles up ,but as im a long legged git has anyone ever moved the drivers seat back any and how was it done ??????????? i will be looking at doing this in the next week so if no one has done this then i will publish the results and whether i can manage to do it

thanks in advance

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Re: seat adjustment

Post by bigdaddycain » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:30 am

Belter! :D I only have a 34" inside leg, and i can only JUST get comfy in the bongo without feeling a bit squished... I call it "Snug cruising" :D

I seem to recall in a past life that some bongo's drivers seats seemed to adjust more than others... I think i test drove maybe half a dozen with the seat fully back, then another till i realized i was actually comfortable! :D So did some bongo's have different seat runner's or something? :-k
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by aitch » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:41 am

I am very short so have the seat at about the halfway position as I have long arms and rake the seat back to get comfortable cannot say what you long legged people have to do remember lot of japs. are short!!!!!
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by helen&tony » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:45 am

Hi
Japanese Diet:
Rice and Fish
English Diet:
Pies, Chips, Burgers,Chips,Spam, Spam,Spam and Chips, Casseroles and Chips, Roast Dinners and Chips, Bacon'n'Eggs...etc.
English people NEED to be taller to cram that lot in!

Mazda Bongos therefore need less seat adjustment
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by sarahndaz » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:15 am

helen&tony wrote:Hi
Japanese Diet:
Rice and Fish
English Diet:
Pies, Chips, Burgers,Chips,Spam, Spam,Spam and Chips, Casseroles and Chips, Roast Dinners and Chips, Bacon'n'Eggs...etc.
English people NEED to be taller to cram that lot in!

Mazda Bongos therefore need less seat adjustment
Cheers
Helen
mmmmmmmm chips and pie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bacon mmmmmmmmmmm dribble dribble
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by nicstrike » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:05 pm

never got the point of the adjustable steering wheel either. in its "up" position , its still too low. why would anyone want it by their ankles in the "down" position?
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by bigdaddycain » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:27 pm

helen&tony wrote:Hi
Japanese Diet:
Rice and Fish
English Diet:
Pies, Chips, Burgers,Chips,Spam, Spam,Spam and Chips, Casseroles and Chips, Roast Dinners and Chips, Bacon'n'Eggs...etc.
English people NEED to be taller to cram that lot in!

Mazda Bongos therefore need less seat adjustment
Cheers
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by bigdaddycain » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:28 pm

nicstrike wrote:never got the point of the adjustable steering wheel either. in its "up" position , its still too low. why would anyone want it by their ankles in the "down" position?
=D> =D> =D> Dropping the column does help when cleaning the crumbs from under there though Nic! :lol:
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by Diplomat » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:38 pm

nicstrike wrote:never got the point of the adjustable steering wheel either. in its "up" position , its still too low. why would anyone want it by their ankles in the "down" position?

It's so that little Japanese ladies can see over the top of it.

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Re: seat adjustment

Post by karena » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:31 pm

well if you steer with your ankles it frees up your hands so you can eat chips with one and burger with the other.
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Re: seat adjustment

Post by nicstrike » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:29 pm

karena wrote:well if you steer with your ankles it frees up your hands so you can eat chips with one and burger with the other.

=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> ..... does it work with kfc too?
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