Does anyone else feel a difference in the leg room provided in the manual seat version vs the power seats?

on test drives, seems I did have more leg room in the driver's seat/manual, what about the passenger?

I'm trying to fit a 6-3 husband over there...any other ideas for that?

 

The passenger side has less leg room.

On our first test drive in a Crossfire my wife drove and I rode as a passenger. I'm 6'-1 and I was afraid this car was too small, but when I drove I didn't even have the seat all the way back.
You may need to let your husband drive when you are both in the car.

 

It's not just the height of the person you need to be concerned about.
Is your body in proportion???
Nomal/abnormal length legs/torso/arms etc.

 

I too thought the base car's cloth seat offered me more room than the leather seats did. But I didn't discover that until after I purchased my 2004 XF.
At 6'2", I'm never very comfortable in the pasenger seat, where as I'm just fine behind the wheel.
CJB, if you haven't purchased a car yet, try a roadster. It offers a little more head room, even with the top up.

 

I agree with spensley. It depends on your build. I'm only 5'8", but have the seat all the way back on either side and still could use another inch.

 

yep, roadster way to go, but I don't think I can let the hubbie drive, rather see him over there with his chin on his knees than let go the wheel.

 

Unfortunately there is less leg room on the passenger side. I am six feet and definitely always volunteer to drive.

RP

 

To get the hubby "over there" (passenger seat) give him a martini or two. "Of corse ve have other vays of making you do vhat ve vant" (vink-vink) You can do a search on the thread about "average size of XF owners" Everyone told how their's fit for their build.

 

I'm only 5-11, but have very long legs, 34 inseam is quite often not long enough. I cannot comfortably sit in the passenger seat. It's not because of the length afforded, but rather the lack of thigh support in the seating position required. Since the seat is so low and flat, your legs must go out nearly straight if you're tall, which you don't have room for, in order to rest them on the seat pan. Since you can't do this your lower back is always loaded and thus you're very uncomfortable. The solution to this is to, substantially, raise the FRONT of the seat pan, which is not adjustable on the passenger side. Doing this will provide thigh support for your legs and thus be comfortable without adding additional leg room. The trick here is to only rase the front of the pan so that your butt doesn't end up much, if any, higher given the lack of head room. I'm working on front track blocks to address this issue, but it's very cold here now and I'm experiencing a lack of motivation. There is really no other way of fixing the problem. I'll post info when I make them, but I'm sorry to say that your husband will likely be very uncomfortable over there until you change the seat pitch.

 

I started working on prototype seat blocks for the passenger side. After I have something working, I'll post some pics.

 

The other thing is the recline angle of the seat back. These seats don't have adjustable lumbar support. However, there are many aftermarket solutions. Most people recline their seats to get their back comfortable. Lumbar support is a better solution for some, and allows the seat back to be more vertical, which in turn allows more room to push the seat back, granting more legroom in front.