Getting in and out
Melting Slicks
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From: Daleville Indiana
St. Jude Donor '08
I always tell people to get both feet out then stand up like your getting off the toilet. When they get it I just sit back and laugh. (unless they touch the paint or window)
Burning Brakes
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From: Boynton Beach FL
Otherwise, her booster seat has arms on it, she can hold onto those.
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Clarksville MD.
Similiar Problem
There's nothing harder than a bride in her over sized wedding gown trying to maneuver in and out of the limo. When I was a chauffeur I had to tell each one to put their butt on the seat while the legs & feet are outside of the car and rotate both legs & feet together into the car. Reverse to get out. Works on Vettes as well.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: Hanger 18 Taxachusetts
I like how my C4 feels as though you are part of the car. When I went to Spring Mountain and drove the C5Z06 it was more like sitting on a buck board wagon 
My knees hurt so bad from bracing myself into the seat
My knees hurt so bad from bracing myself into the seat
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: White Oak PA
Adds another unique character to the C4
I always felt that getting into a C4 was another feature that added character to it. Every time I enter it, I imagine that I am climbing into a race car. This is another reason why the C4 Generation is so special.
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Drifting
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From: Orlando FL
i tell people all the time that you "put on" a C4.
as far as in and out...i try to employ a no hands method. to get in, i put the steering wheel all the way up, right foot goes where the trans tunnel and floor meet...then kinda fold up and sit down...then bring in the left foot...
to get out, reverse the process. put your left foot on the ground and just push out with your right foot...
it scares the hell outta me when someone uses the window to lever themselves out
as far as in and out...i try to employ a no hands method. to get in, i put the steering wheel all the way up, right foot goes where the trans tunnel and floor meet...then kinda fold up and sit down...then bring in the left foot...
to get out, reverse the process. put your left foot on the ground and just push out with your right foot...
it scares the hell outta me when someone uses the window to lever themselves out
Burning Brakes
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From: Wallingford Vermont
I used to commute into work with a buddy of mine. Couple of days a week we'd take my Vette. It was fun watching him roll out on to the pavement when we got to work 
Eventually he go the hang of it.
Later on I replaced my mini pick-up (winter ride) with a lifted full size GMC Jimmy with 35" tires. After my buddy clambered in (took a running start
) he turns to me and says "What's wrong with you?" "Why can't you just get a normal vehicle like everybody else!" 
Eventually he go the hang of it.Later on I replaced my mini pick-up (winter ride) with a lifted full size GMC Jimmy with 35" tires. After my buddy clambered in (took a running start
) he turns to me and says "What's wrong with you?" "Why can't you just get a normal vehicle like everybody else!"
Pro
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Sandwich Illinois
Getting in and out
My wife and I always say, "we can park in any handicapped spot" because if anyone sees us getting in or out of our car they would say, "those poor people can hardly get out of their car". After the first attempt to exit, it becomes harder, due to the laughter at our attempt to get out. Then we are so weak from laughing, that we still can't get out. It usually works on the third attempt. Boy I love these cars!
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Race Director
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
its so much easier to get in and out with jeans. very hard in a skirt and heels. you see those pretty models getting out so gracefully...what a bunch of crap! 
there is no graceful way out. two feet then stand is about it.
getting in...either fall in or do the steering wheel grab - either way is less than graceful
guess i just need to continue practicing
there is no graceful way out. two feet then stand is about it.getting in...either fall in or do the steering wheel grab - either way is less than graceful
guess i just need to continue practicing
-- geting in or out - I look 90 
Pro
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From: Oxford Pa
6'4" 221. If my car was a stick I don't think I'd like it as much as I do.
Cruising
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5'9" and 150 (only when soaking wet though 
) and never had a problem getting in or out (was just kind of natural to me I suppose. Funny thing is that I'm used to "climbing up into" a 1 ton diesel van as a daily driver.
My father, on the other hand, is 6'3" and comes in around 280lbs (not a small guy at all). He gets into the van about the same way I get into the vette. He rode with me ONCE in the vette. Must've been a really sad thing to watch someone my size trying to pull someone his size up out of that thing.
) and never had a problem getting in or out (was just kind of natural to me I suppose. Funny thing is that I'm used to "climbing up into" a 1 ton diesel van as a daily driver.My father, on the other hand, is 6'3" and comes in around 280lbs (not a small guy at all). He gets into the van about the same way I get into the vette.
He rode with me ONCE in the vette. Must've been a really sad thing to watch someone my size trying to pull someone his size up out of that thing. Ahhhh hahahahaha I'm laughing so hard my side hurts reading this thread
Le Mans Master
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From: Hanger 18 Taxachusetts