I ponder these things...

[decay]

I'm only 5' 8"

well you're built like an asian lady too, that don't help. <3

but yeah, do you sit with your arms in the "bent extended" position, w/ your back against the seat?

[DatUtahGuy]

Get door poppers. Handle delete. Done.

Wut. Educate me.

well you're built like an asian lady too, that don't help. <3

but yeah, do you sit with your arms in the "bent extended" position, w/ your back against the seat?

Shuddup fool. I dont like sitting back to the point I need to lock my elbows.

[IRON-E]

Stop whinning!

[george graves]

e21's have the best handle ever made.

[Fusion]

I had a Peugeot 605 back in the day nad the handle was the best thing anyone ever constructed. To this day I have no idea why noone else has used this. A vertical handle is unnatural.



The handle is horizontal in the gap between the armrest and pull handle. Whe your arm is layed down and your hand is in the gap, you just pull up on the handle and push the door.
Fucking loved that more than anything on the car.

[DatUtahGuy]

Stop whinning!

I'm not complaining biotch, just trying to figure out the reasoning for putting the door handle so far back.

[CrusherCurtis]

I have the longest arms of any body I know, and I use my left.

[IRON-E]

Wahwahwah, quit your bitching, hoe!

[decay]

Shuddup fool. I dont like sitting back to the point I need to lock my elbows.

if you're locking them a lot, that's too far back- by "bent extended" i mean upper back against your seat with a 10-15deg bend in your arms like this (i know it's just a video game, it's the first thing i found with GIS):



(no offense meant with the height crack)

[DatUtahGuy]

Yes, I drive like that, slight bend on the elbows and my upper back touching the seat.

[mrsleeve]

I used to use my left, but I had to roll my window down 1st so I could get to the outside latch............................................. ....
















































Errrr No wait that was 1 of my old S-10's

[Kershaw]

im not sure how i open the door tbh, but i do agree that it is in a very awkward place.

small car.

[decay]

idunno then. i guess i've never thought about that aspect of the ergonomics that much. but another favorite of mine, the mk2 vw, has it in about the same place:



so open-door goes "pop lever, grab handle, extend arm" with the left hand on either car

[evandael]

i reach over with my right. don't bother me none.

[wikkid]

And another thing, if we are picking nits:
Why are the window controls not on the door, by the window, like every other fucking car on the planet?!