New To Lexus, Seat Driving Me Crazy

[Z8Dream]

Hello all. A quick story about how I came to be a Lexus owner, and then a couple of questions to see if someone might be able to help me. I am a current BMW (E36 M3 and E52) and Audi (2004 S4) owner and came to own my 1993 SC400 this Saturday when a very good friend told me he was trading it for a 2005 Audi A6 3.2. The SC400 only has 56,000 miles on it and is miticulously maintained. I stilll don't know the color, but it looks like Porsche's Seal Gray. Anyway, he told me what he was getting for it and I told him that I would be interested in owning it for that and that way it would stay within our community.

As far as the performance of the SC400 I would say it is meager at best when compared to the German cars I own. Then again, I don't remember Audi or BMW making a car this nice in 1993, so I am happy with the performance. I intend to keep the car for quite a while and will be keeping up with the maintanance on a timely basis. I am already taking it in next week for the 60k service and new rotors and pads. I just changed the oil over to Mobil 1 5w30 yesterday and will continue to make sure the car is in perfect shape.

I think the only thing that is absolutely driving me up the wall is the seating position. Lets face it, there is no lateral support on these things, but I don't really care about that. What I do care about is that my head is always touching the headliner of the car, and the seat is positioned in its lowest setting. :cries: It also has about an inch of play when I accelerate where the seat back moves (I am guessing that is a seat base motor, but don't know anything about Lexus). My question is this, is there anything I can do to make the seat go lower, or am I going to have to replace the driver's seat with a Sparco or Recaro seat. I would really prefer not to replace the seat, as I am going to try and leave the car as stock looking as possible. Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, and I am very happy to be a Lexus owner.

[Lex3486]

"As far as the performance of the SC400 I would say it is meager at best when

compared to the German cars I own."

Well yeah, the M3 is an amazing car! As for your seat issue, open the sunroof. :P

[Z8Dream]

"As far as the performance of the SC400 I would say it is meager at best when

compared to the German cars I own." 

Well yeah, the M3 is an amazing car!    As for your seat issue, open the sunroof.  :P

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Well, it does rain and snow here, so that idea, while interesting is not a very viable solution. :D As for the M3, it has everything Dinan has to offer for it, but the supercharger, and the S4 still runs circles around it. ;) Thanks for the response and I will still be looking for a way to lower the seat. :(

[Mungrin]

Well how tall are you?IM six feet and i kinda had that problem at first but then realized to set the back part of the seat to the lowest and the front part to the highest and bam problem solved,no more head touching roof.

[Lex3486]

Yeah, I didn't mean to waste anyone's time with that comment about the peformance and the sunroof. Just tryin to have some fun. Seriously though, I would try Mungrin's suggestion. I'm 5'7" so this isn't an issue for me. The SC is the perfect size for me. The thing I like most about it is how stretched out I can be and still reach the pedals and steering wheel, thanks to the telescoping (this is my first car with telescoping steering, and automatic nonetheless! MAN how cool) I feel so cramped up in my ES now...

[Z8Dream]

I know you were just having fun with the comment. I actually like this board as much as the Audi board I use a lot. The one I can't stand is the M3 forum (any of them). I've never seen anything so inmature in my life. I don't care if you have a Lambo Gallardo, it still isn't as good as an M3 to those guys. And if you think I'm kidding, I'm not. That discussion actually came up. The guys on that forum think their God's gift to the world. Needless to say, that's one forum I don't use unless I absolutely have to. The Audi forum, E52 forum, and apparently this forum have people who actually want to help others out and have fun at the same time. I will try out Mungrin's suggestion today, but my guess is that my legs will start to cramp. We'll see though. Thanks for the help and thanks for the smart-!Removed! answer earlier. I got a good laugh out of it. And that's what life is about. Having a good time. :D

Yeah, I didn't mean to waste anyone's time with that comment about the peformance and the sunroof.  Just tryin to have some fun.  Seriously though, I would try Mungrin's suggestion.  I'm 5'7" so this isn't an issue for me.  The SC is the perfect size for me.  The thing I like most about it is how stretched out I can be and still reach the pedals and steering wheel, thanks to the telescoping (this is my first car with telescoping steering, and automatic nonetheless! MAN how cool)  I feel so cramped up in my ES now...

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[bartkat]

I dunno the SC seats, but on my IS I can wiggle the seat cusion tilt button and the seat seems to go down and back a little without changing the angle.

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I'm sure you know the difference between a M3 driver and a porcupine.