Headroom question
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Headroom question
I see that the headroom on the leaked performance stats is 37.9 inches and have some questions about it. How is that headroom measured? With the seat all the way down, in between or all the way up? Also does anybody know the range of seat height adjustment for the C8? Or the C7?
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Melting Slicks
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Ok, thanks. I'm just confused about headroom right now because my C6 has about 38 inches (not totally sure, just looked it up quick) of headroom and I fit fine. But I was in a friend's new 2019 Ram 1500 recently I looked it up and it has 39.8 inches of rear headroom but my head was touching the roof. So that's why I'm confused. Since the rear bench seat in a truck doesn't go up or down, that is the actual measurement. I'm wondering if the headroom is measured differently in the rear or not?
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Ram 1500 rear headroom is listed as 39.2".
C6 was, indeed 38". I'd have more confidence on the dimension within the Corvette family than comparing it against another brand.
Go to one of the C8 road shows to see for yourself.
C6 was, indeed 38". I'd have more confidence on the dimension within the Corvette family than comparing it against another brand.
Go to one of the C8 road shows to see for yourself.
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When at Laguna Seca at the Historical Races, where GM had a Zeus Bronze car, a 6' 5", 275 lbs. man and his physician wife came to have a look at it. We were all there on Wednesday during the set up. The crowd was non existent yet and we all got a chance to sit in it and speak with several GM technicians and engineers. After the wife, sat down in it and declared her attraction to it, the husband admitted to us that she was going to part with a Ferrari to get a C8. When he, at my prompting, got in himself, he was pleasantly surprised. Not only did he fit in nicely, partly due to the extra inch of backward motion in the seats, he pleasantly declared that he had room over his head.
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Melting Slicks
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When at Laguna Seca at the Historical Races, where GM had a Zeus Bronze car, a 6' 5", 275 lbs. man and his physician wife came to have a look at it. We were all there on Wednesday during the set up. The crowd was non existent yet and we all got a chance to sit in it and speak with several GM technicians and engineers. After the wife, sat down in it and declared her attraction to it, the husband admitted to us that she was going to part with a Ferrari to get a C8. When he, at my prompting, got in himself, he was pleasantly surprised. Not only did he fit in nicely, partly due to the extra inch of backward motion in the seats, he pleasantly declared that he had room over his head.
