Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[Hal-9000]

it's a sad day..going to get the new car appraised at a dealers as a "used car"....I've had it for 23 days. I estimate the bath will be about 8000 lost

and then I'm going to ask the service department if they can remove that stupid left hand floor hump thing ....I think it's just plastic on top of the floorboard..

[KevinD]

You're going to have the floor fixed AND you're going to trade it in? What gives?

[Hal-9000]

one or the other..


drove a 2014 Toyota Camry Hybrid today ...extra special fancy trim level

man, that was a sweet ride

[Muddy]

Hal.. You need to calm the fuck down and not do anything stupid..

[Hal-9000]

excuse me?

[Richard Cranium]

Hal.. You need to calm the fuck down and not do anything stupid..

This..

[Muddy]

You know what Im talking about..

[Hal-9000]

yeah, good advice when I'm in so much pain I can't walk...


okay, here it is friends of mine:

Bought this car, liked it for the first day and then started having some sciatica nerve pain after driving. Left foot went numb/tingly/cold, lower back and above my ass cheek was white hot pain and then my knee started to go. All within 5 days of driving the car. Don't drive the car for a few hours, symptoms subside...get back in and pain returns....to foot/ankle/calf muscle, hamstring and lower back...all on the left side. My calf muscle seizes up every night...and throughout the day. It cramps until I almost piss my pants.




pic of car with seat all the way back...I'm 6 feet tall, 215 pounds and ummm semi-muscular. Little cramped but should be ok, right?

[Hal-9000]

bump or riser on the left hand side of the floor of the car....note how large and severe the angle is

[Hal-9000]

I can't put my foot closer to the brake or the gas pedal....as my left foot will then sit under the brake

[DemonGeminiX]

Here's how shitty people are:

I'm down in Florida in one of those outdoor shopping centers. I'm looking for a store so I mosey on over to one of those free standing directories to see where the store's at. There's a middle-aged looking woman and her (maybe) 10 year old kid standing there looking at the directory slightly off to the left side. I roll up to slightly off to the right side, just close enough to (what I believe) not cause discomfort for anybody and I start looking over the directory listing and the map. Keep in mind, I'm like 3 yards away from this woman and her kid and about 3 yards away from the directory. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice the woman staring at me. I pay no mind and just mind my own business. Not but 5 seconds later, the woman cuts and stands in front of me intentionally, her back turned towards me, and gives a hard look over her right shoulder at me, as if I have no right to be in the same general area as her and her kid. It took me every ounce of restraint from screaming at the bitch. I wanted to whip my knife out, gut her in the kidney, and leave her child motherless. I just turned around and rolled away to go look for another directory that wasn't owned by any aging inconsiderate bitches.

I hate people.

[Muddy]

You're freaking out man.. You need to walk away for a minute before just throwing 8G's in the trash.. Borrow moms car for a bit..

[Hal-9000]

the idea with the Toyota bump is to create an equal distance for your legs...one on the pedals, one on the bump.

this bump throws my left leg back 2 or 3 inches, then cants my foot up at a 35 degree angle. It actually shifts my hip back, when your ass should be relatively equally dispersed on the seat...

[Hal-9000]

You're freaking out man.. You need to walk away for a minute before just throwing 8G's in the trash.. Borrow moms car for a bit..

not finished yet...you think I complain about pain mildly? I live with it daily....and then this happens

this is my trunk...there are 6 different kinds of car seat cushions...obusforme, meditech and some foam I used to try and fashion something for the seat..

[Hal-9000]

if you google 'car seat causes leg or back pain' you'll come across a million sites featuring all sorts of cars...and the users develop sciatica or leg pain from driving for 30 minutes...

Toyota is prevalent as an offender...along with Honda, Kia...anyone who makes compact cars...

further research explains that the seats are too narrow, they have too much bolstering on the sides and the angle of the 'bucket' is too severe....your knees should never be higher than your hips.