Also, a rolled up towel behind your lower back helps.
Hi all,
have recently passed my driving test! yay! i brought a cheap 106 to drive around and have had fun fixing the rear brakes and replacing the head
gasket.
however now that i drive alot more miles a week than i orginally did, (i have a new job) my back is starting to really ache, i am sure that the seat
is properly adjusted, i sit upright etc.
is there anything i can get to help? am considering putting a new driver seat in, but don't want to spend alot of money and i want to make sure
it will help the problem.
any help and opinon would be appreciated
tom
you need your ass as far back on the seat as possible! I started to slouch once and within a few hours i was so bad i ended up visiting the
chiropractor!
Also, a rolled up towel behind your lower back helps.
I do about 2,000 work miles a month on the way to meetings all over the country and I have started to use an ostiopath. My first appointment was last
week and I got snapped and cracked all over the show. Felt better all week, got my next appointment tomorrow.
Its £30 a pop, so not locost, but I'm hoping half a dozen appointments a year will see me in better shape.
Oh and I can recommend the seats in:
SAABS (any year I've used, old M reg 900 was particularly good)
AUDI A4 (02ish onwards)
as comfy for long miles, they are really firm and suportive, which is better than an arm chair.
[Edited on 11/1/08 by Dangle_kt]
one of these will help keep your arse in the seat.
http://www.cg-lock.co.uk/
The 106 is common for this as the pedals,steering wheel and seats dont line up. Get a bucket seat it will make a difference. EBAY 
I can second the saab seats here in surrey the police fit them to their range rovers for that very reason
the strange thing is that my restoration/modifying project is a saab 96, which does have very nice seats if a bit knackered, wonder if they will fit in the 106? i also own an audi but i can't take the seats from that as my girlfriend drives it and loves it to bits!
Saab seats are seriously good - if I wake up with a bad back in the morning, after my 1/2 hour drive to work in the morning with the seat heating turned up to 3 in my 9-5 its all better by the time I get there...... not sure about fitting them in a 106 tho.... but if you do the old 9000 ones are actually better than any of the newer models
i find sometimes its just that you're not used to sitting in a different seat. I think you'll find it more comfortably once you get used to it
I had the same problem with my old mk5 fiesta. Then i brought my jag
You need a beaded seat cover
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
You need a beaded seat cover
I once had a Fiat Stilo for a weekend (hire car) spent the next week with lots of back pain. Some cars are just bad for some reason.
Careful replacing the seat, especially with a bucket seat, as it counts as a modification to the insurance companies and they will sting a new driver
for hundreds (completely unnecessarily 
) - not declaring it counts as not having insurance if you have a prang and they spot it.
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i find sometimes its just that you're not used to sitting in a different seat. I think you'll find it more comfortably once you get used to it
Root of the problem may be the car in the small pugs the pedals are too far off set to the left (in a RHD car) as a result it puts a twist in your
spine.
The pedal offet is inevitable in small FWD cars but Pugs are particularly bad.
My step daughter had the same problem it went away when she changed cars.
just to continue the topic i have just picked up a pair of bucket seats, hopefully they will help the problem, they are certainly comfy in the sitting room!
Must be a peugeot thing, my mrs had a 206 for all of a month before we sold it on, simply because she couldn't drive it for more than 15min or so
without coming out in agony.
I had a citroen AX way back, that had really nice (as in comfy, they looked like they'd just arrived from the seventies) seats. It's
basically a 106 in disguise, so I don't know if there's anything useful to be had from one?
[Edited on 14/1/08 by martyn_16v]
SWMBO had an AX which I had to drive 250miles after injuring my back , I was impressed with the seats in that. It may be if you have a base model the seats are not as good as one with better spec? Check out some AX seats they should fit the 106
quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
I do about 2,000 work miles a month on the way to meetings all over the country and I have started to use an ostiopath. My first appointment was last week and I got snapped and cracked all over the show. Felt better all week, got my next appointment tomorrow.
Its £30 a pop, so not locost, but I'm hoping half a dozen appointments a year will see me in better shape.
Oh and I can recommend the seats in:
SAABS (any year I've used, old M reg 900 was particularly good)
AUDI A4 (02ish onwards)
as comfy for long miles, they are really firm and suportive, which is better than an arm chair.
[Edited on 11/1/08 by Dangle_kt]