How do you get in & out of yours

[Chrisn01]

Hey Guys

 

Having recently just put my seats in & tested the cockpit for the first time, is there  set way I should be getting in & out without looking like a wally.

 

I kinda fall into it the seat & getting out involves some serious gymnastic skills 🤔 its also made me realise that I think I need to go on a diet lol

 

 

 

[NigelO]

probably depends on the seats - I have JK Composite seats, so I just stand on them, then lower myself into the seat by holding onto the tunnel and the sills

 

Getting out is rather less elegant though, as gravity isn't assisting and my old bones aren't as strong as they used to be....

[Jude - The Mad Widow]

I stand on my seat and slip elegantly down... Well that's the intention.  Same in reverse to get out holding on to sil and tunnel as per Nigel0. 

Of course getting in or out with the roof on is a whole different event, one that results in one limb being left out... Usually a leg

Still working on that maneuver... 

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

Got in to and out of mine with the roof on once... 😫

 

Fitted an RAC roll bar so the roof no longer fits... 😊

[BugMan]

Before getting in, take your phone out of your pocket and keys or anything else you might need as one your in, forget it.

 

Hang the seatbelts out both sides, over the tunnel and hanging out the side as once in getting hold of them is bl**** impossible and I always forget and think I look like a right whally trying to get the belts out from behind me.

 

In, no problem, try to stand on the exposed chassis rail just in front of the seat, and then hands on tunnel and side, slide your backside down into the seat, then start fiddling around to get everything in place.

 

Out, not so easy.  Bring your knees up if you can to get your feet on the same rail for getting in. Belts hangin to either side and then I sort of "shimmy" up the back of the seat using my hands on the tunnel and side panel and pushing with your legs. Once your legs are about straight you should be able to maneuver a let out, followed by the other leg.

 

I've yet to see a way of doing this by anybody that does not make you look a bit clumsy, let alone with a roof on.

 

One thing I would get in your head is not to touch the steering wheel during either operation, and keep a check on the wheel as WF had a recall notice on the one I was supplied with, where basically the rivets holding the outer wheel to the inner failed and I ended up with it in my hands. (Mountney Classic Steering Wheel)

 

https://westfield-sportscars.co.uk/downloads/mountney-steering-wheel-recall-notice.pdf

 

Graceful is not a description you can use 

[BigSkyBrad]

Living in soggy Scotland, we use our full hood quite a lot and have got very slick at entering and exiting our respective seats. But if we try to do it when we’ve swapped seats, we look like baby giraffes exiting the womb!

[Blatman]

It's a skill (art) you quickly learn and BugMans description is pretty much spot on.

You'll also learn that almost everyone who wants a ride will try and lower themselves in using the screen. Slap them... hard...

[Nemesis]

I wait whilst the sage puts her handbag on my seat.... it stays there until she's lashed herself in..... then I sort of step in, lean back, slide 'n' wriggle, I'm sure one of these days I'll do myself a top notch injury.....

 

Nem..........

[Kevin Pullen]

I’ve found having removable steering wheel helps a lot

[SootySport]

On 27/06/2019 at 07:40, NigelO said:

probably depends on the seats - I have JK Composite seats, so I just stand on them, then lower myself into the seat by holding onto the tunnel and the sills

 

Getting out is rather less elegant though, as gravity isn't assisting and my old bones aren't as strong as they used to be....

Just as I do, just need to keep my toned body in shape 😎

[Captain Colonial]

In... fairly easily.

 

Out...with zero dignity and great difficulty.

[Onliest Smeg David]

Only videos will really show "How to do it"

 

Perhaps there could be a prize for best entry and extraction!

[Andy Banks]

I've a cage fitted these days, so it's kinda like Bugmans description only I use the cage as a sort of crane  and lower and hoist myself in and out like the slick racing driver I am 

[tolf]

1 hour ago, Andy Banks - Chairman said:

I've a cage fitted these days, so it's kinda like Bugmans description only I use the cage as a sort of crane  and lower and hoist myself in and out like the slick racing driver I am 

 

I have a cage also, and it makes getting in and out easier as you can pull yourself up on the frame.  Sometimes it is easier getting in through the side of the cage, other times it is easier climbing out through the top - never very graceful though.

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

On 27/06/2019 at 21:36, Blatman said:

It's a skill (art) you quickly learn and BugMans description is pretty much spot on.

You'll also learn that almost everyone who wants a ride will try and lower themselves in using the screen. Slap them... hard...

In the early days...