I ponder these things...

[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

[Kershaw]

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

small car.

[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

[DatUtahGuy]

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

[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)

[IRON-E]

Wahwahwah, quit your bitching, hoe!

[CrusherCurtis]

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

[DatUtahGuy]

Stop whinning!

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

[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.

[george graves]

e21's have the best handle ever made.

[IRON-E]

Stop whinning!

[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.

[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?

[325ix]

Left hand, in and out of the car.

[E30_Pare]

Get door poppers. Handle delete. Done.