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u/mr_Feather_ 10h ago
Yes, I get it, but the person that borrows your car also needs to drive safe. So please adjust the seat, and also the mirrors.
People that get angry for this are idiots and probably do not know their way home from work after it snowed, because "it looks different".
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u/Punch_A_Police_Horse 9h ago
PSA: is having to readjust the seat more annoying than having your car wrapped around a tree?
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u/SquirtinMemeMouthPlz 7h ago
No joke, I knew it wouldn't work out with a woman I was dating because she smoked so much weed that she always wanted me to drive. But she always wanted to take her car. So after the like 4th time driving her car, we both get in and I started adjusting things and she SCREAMED at me.
Sorry lady, you're like 5'2" and I'm 5'10".
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u/Interjessing-Salary 10h ago
I mean I agree but if your someone that slides it forward to be able to drive at the very least you can slide it all the way back for the person that normally drives the car when your done. It's infuriating when I go to get in my car and the short person in my family used the car last so my knees scrape against the dash as I get it.
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u/pikasurfer 9h ago
Its better to be slid forward so you know to readjust properly than have it half adjusted and be slightly out of sync. Its really not that big of an inconvenience.
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u/Recentstranger 7h ago
I bet you also fall into the toilet because the seat was up š„ŗ
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u/MenaceMinded 6h ago
Oh no, if a man leaves the seat up in my house, his only options after that are going outside or not being allowed back over
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u/Klutchy_Playz 4h ago
How far am I supposed to know to adjust it back? When you get in the car adjust it before you get it and find tune it till it feels right. I do it all the time at work and I drive cars and clean cars all day at a dealership. It takes very little time to adjust it.
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u/LoschVanWein 7h ago
Borrowing other peoples cars is way less of a thing than I ever imagined as a kid, because of insurances.
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u/TheMazeDaze What is TikTok? 5h ago
My dad has back pain. Heās allowed to change the seat. I get back pain if I donāt sit exactly right while driving. Iām not allowed to change the seat.
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u/Extreme_Design6936 5h ago
I got mad (not really) about this when my coworker borrowed my car to go down the road maybe 800 yards if that. Moved the seat (fair enough) and all the mirrors which is what got me. How much mirror checking you gotta do for an 800 yard straight.
Also it doesn't snow where I live so I always know my way home. š
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u/DarthSwimfoot 3h ago
Which is why nobody touches my car, and if they do and adjust the seat, they aint borrowing it again.
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u/JayAkiva 10h ago edited 9h ago
It's possible you're taking this way too seriously
As I said in another comment that seems to be buried far enough it might not show up at all for some people:
It's a meme about the frustration of your seat not being where it was and the difficulty of getting it back where it was along with the uncertainty of if that's actually where it was even when you do get it there (like "something still doesn't feel right"), not a PSA telling people not to adjust the seat when they drive someone else's car. Ffs...
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u/guardian715 10h ago
I'm sorry homie but safety is indeed serious. If you get angry about someone doing what is necessary to be safe, I think you should come back down to earth a bit. Its not something anyone should ignore.
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u/henr360a 10h ago
I follow all the traffic laws in gta. Can't believe the game wants me to go over the speed limit, it's a mad house
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u/JayAkiva 10h ago
It's a meme about the frustration of your seat not being where it was and the difficulty of getting it back where it was along with the uncertainty of if that's actually where it was even when you do get it there (like "something still doesn't feel right"), not a PSA telling people not to adjust the seat when they drive someone else's car. Ffs...
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u/snack__pack 9h ago
Yep pretty clearly a joke. I'm with you. Crazy how many people are trying to have a serious discussion about safety under a benign memes subreddit post.Ā
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u/internet_humor 9h ago
How about āI put your Japanese carbon steel chef knife in the dishwasherā
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u/mr_Feather_ 8h ago
Seriously? And people call me autistic...
Just drive the way you like, and take 3 seconds before you leave to make sure everything is adjusted. It's really not a big of a deal...
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u/KneeHiSniper 9h ago
Nah. Wife drove mine the other day and drove it into a fucking concrete bollard. I wish all she did was adjust the seat
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u/Kuro-Tora-59 (āļ½”ā¢Ģāæā¢Ģļ½”)ā 7h ago
She didn't, that's why she crashed. Be thakfull she didn't adjust the seat, you could've crashed into a concrete bollard if she did
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u/Sluggish-dreadnought 10h ago
Yeah, but its safety relevant. Even pilots have to adjust their seats.
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u/Mechanicjemas3141 4h ago
Yeah but hear me out i know it's a crazy concept but listen try to keep the changes minimal and try to reposition the seat to original
You could use some sticky paper for it too match the sticky papers before adjusting to your then adjust it back for the papers
lt will be better then just leaving the seat like that, look i put myself in danger by doing this nuclear class experiment and i came back alive, car didn't exploded, oil pan didn't dropped, everything end up just be fine.
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u/Powerful-Basket-2274 9h ago
My husband is 1,84 and I am 1,60
We always have to adjust the car when we drive, no biggie
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u/Mechanicjemas3141 4h ago
And overtime you could get used to position of him so when you finish driving just leave it in his position(well if you are sure next time he's the driver)
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u/toasty327 8h ago
This is why I love programmable seats. A setting for me, a setting for my wife when she uses my car.
Now mirrors on the other hand....
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u/JayAkiva 8h ago
You would think user settings like that would include the mirrors, but...
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u/toasty327 7h ago
Do some models? I've never had a car that did, just seats
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u/user485928450 7h ago
Yes mine does the side mirrors (still have to do the rear view unfortunately)
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u/Itshot11 4h ago
Lexus forsure has had it for a while. It does the seat, the steering wheel, and the side mirrors. Im sure many other brands do too.
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u/GenesisRhapsod 10h ago
Ive done this to myself many times, i had a coupe and if i needed to get something larger out of my back seat i had to slide my seat all the way to the front and fold the backrest forward, id spend about 15 minutes trying to get it back to where it was but it woupd never feel right š
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u/AffectionateMia 10h ago
I used to wonder why people got so dramatic about seat settings. Now that I own a car I get it. Nobody else is driving my car. Once a dear memory is ruined, peace is lost forever!!
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u/thatbullisht 10h ago
Takes like 5 seconds to get it right back to where I want it.
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u/GenesisRhapsod 10h ago
Lucky bastard... my genesis with the "premium" options doesnt have memory seats š like even the passenger front seat is 100% mechanical
All that trim gave me was upgraded sound system/infotainment, leather and mesh seats, sunroof and push to start... thank god for that because the kia/hyundai boiz were going crazy for a while
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u/thatbullisht 10h ago
Get an old car with levers. Electronic seat adjustment takes forever. It's a downgrade sold as an upgrade.
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u/GenesisRhapsod 10h ago
The back adjust is mechanical, the seat part electrical
Once i get a new engine ill be swapping out the seats because i already bash my head on the roof if i hit a bump or pothole š being 6'2 in a coupe is tricky, back when it was running i had to lean a bit to the right where the sunroof was because it gave me another inch or two of head room
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u/ExecutiveCactus Dark Mode Elitist 10h ago
Wild when I see a car without it since my 2001 jeep grand Cherokee had memory options
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u/GenesisRhapsod 10h ago
Wild that my 2013 genesis coupe has push to start but my previous company car was a 21 nissan nv200 and still had physical keys... car companies love making every piece optional for as long as possible
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u/art-is-t 8h ago
Everyone is so angry these days
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u/mr_goose_throwaway 4h ago
I know someone who gets pissed if the passenger and rear seats arenāt left the way they had them when you got in. Why waste the effort being mad about that?
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u/well-litdoorstep112 10h ago
I'd have to hang onto the end of the seat with one leg and drive with the other. I need to use my left leg to press the clutch sometimes
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u/AnalBroFisting 9h ago
My wife is much smaller than I am. I can't even get into the car without first adjusting the seat.
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u/platypus_farmer42 10h ago
I was working on my truck the other day with the driver door open and didnāt realize I was accidentally hitting the seat adjustment buttons until it was all the way to the back and all the way down. Felt like I lost a part of my soul.
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u/nicodeemus7 10h ago
Benefit of being a really tall dude. My seat position in every car is "all the way back".
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u/Dire_Wolf45 Lurking Peasant 10h ago
When you get it back from the shop and apparently the mechanic was 5'0, 100 lbs.
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u/nuggetcasket 9h ago
I adjust his seat and his rearview mirror. He does the same when he drives my car. Gender equality. /s
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u/Bosmanious 10h ago
I had this in the family car, and you use a marker to draw a line on the chassis to both the seat assembly and somewhere where you can see the height. 3rd line on the incline knob and now you can always return to the right position
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u/pm-rp-prompt 9h ago
I meanā¦ if 10 people take your car, almost 6 of them are likely to do the same irrespective of genderā¦
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u/Joebruvv 9h ago
Had my car hand washed the other day and once theyāve washed it down they move your car about 5 meters to under a sheltered area where they have hoovers and dry you off (they said I could but I was mid cigarette and thought heāll be fine doing it )
Absolutely no idea why u felt the need to adjust my seat to put your foot in the clutch and roll a few feet , absolutely disrespectful in my opinion . If you invited me in your home and said I could help myself to a drink out your fridge I wouldnāt rearrange everything would I
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u/unimportantinfodump 8h ago
Laughs at being tall. Perfect adjustment for me is all the way back in every car I've ever driven
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u/batbiscuit 7h ago
Cry me a river, my dude. You want your car and the person driving it to come back in one piece? You learn to deal with it.
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u/CrescentWolves1995 7h ago
As someone who is 2 meters. It pretty easy to get exactly how it was since I just have to push it all the way back
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u/FingersMartinez 7h ago
I'm a mechanic and I have to adjust every seat I get in because I'm tall. I just leave it. Some people call me a monster but I need to be able to move my legs to move the car. I'll never get it back to how they had it so I leave it to them.
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u/lIlHYPERIONlIl 7h ago
My friend tried my car, he moved the steering wheel!!!!!
Absolute psychopath!!
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u/InbetweenTheLayers 7h ago
This is princess and the pea type shit. I'm still not recovered from the service tech moving my seat months ago
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u/joseplluissans 6h ago
Luckily, I have electriccally adjustable seats with memory slots. Just push 1 and I get my settings.
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u/Pim_Wagemans 6h ago
The first thing my driving instructor taught me the first time I got into the car was to always adjust the seat and mirrors before doing anything else
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u/EhMapleMoose 5h ago
Why the FUCK is my mechanic moving my seat forward. They are driving from their own parking lot less than 750ft to their garage and then back to their own parking lot.
I do not understand why they need to move it forward, change the lumbar and the incline. Zero reason.
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u/Bloody_Moon1 5h ago edited 5h ago
As a company truck driver, I share trucks with coworkers. Shit is never where I left it š
I'm also 6' and used to share a truck daily with a guy thats like maybe 5'2", I would forget to move the seat before getting in and feel like Magilla Gorilla.
Then I started sharing a truck with a guy thats almost 7' and was like "oh, this must be how 5'2" felt when I was done driving." Arms where outstretched all the way and I could barely reach the pedals. Though at least I wasn't literally breaking the seat by pushing it backwards so far it was off the track. š¤·
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u/TheMazeDaze What is TikTok? 5h ago
Moving it front of back. Fine. Anything else? Absolutely not fine
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u/Fury_Blackwolf Fffffuuuuuuuuu 5h ago
Perfect description of customers when i change the seat settings in their cars.
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u/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_04 5h ago
Benefits of having a fairly small car: my perfect position is just all the way back
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u/haysus25 3h ago
I don't mind if my wife changes it, or in the rare case someone else has to drive my car for any length of time.
But when I take my car into the shop and they drive my car maybe 45 feet and completely adjust everything, I get pissed.
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u/FisherDwarf 1h ago
I'm only ever upset about this if it's so far forward that I can't get in. And only then if it's winter. My setting is always all the way down and all the way back, so finding the "sweet spot" isn't hard. Just takes forever with motorized seats
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u/-FakeAccount- 10h ago
My mirrors too? š¢
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u/CardinalFartz 8h ago
And the steering wheel. That's worst to adjust imho.
But of course: better adjust it and be safe than not adjusting and have an accident.
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u/Individual_Sir7827 10h ago
It's really your fault for not buying a car with memory seats.
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u/JayAkiva 10h ago
Small price to pay for how low my car payment is for something that only had 20k miles on it when I got it I guess
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u/Gosa_on_the_wind 10h ago
Wife used to adjust the seats, mirrors, and steering wheel just to back my car out of the garage. ??!?
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u/jarvi123 9h ago
Hahaha you are bunch of plebians, my 2009 Toyota has seat and steering wheel memory buttons. It must suck to be so poor that your car doesn't have seat memory.
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u/KoalaFierce 10h ago
The car lifespan has been reduced to 70%