How tall are you driving a defender?

Henry_b said:

Could also be bad posture and or some things being out of alignment, I was stretched 1/2 inch from a few visits to the doc

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How did you get the half inch back what kind of stretching?

Discodevon said:

Wow so you shrunk 1,5 inches?? What age did you notice it?

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Only pretty recently, i'm 67. The docs tell me it is totally normal, it explains why my trousers aren't too short.!
Discs in the back shrink with age.

My loss of hight nothing to do with bad posture I recon, just 50 years of being bounced around in Land Rovers.

The problem with modifying seats and such to make room for taller drivers is that some drivers are tall cos they have a long body and some are tall cos they have long legs. Im over 6ft with a long torso and average length legs so leg room isnt my problem its head room in some modern cars. In my series the small windscreen is a problem cos I need to crouch to see traffic lights etc.

Col

Discodevon said:

How did you get the half inch back what kind of stretching?

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I had bad posture, never stood up straight spent too long bending down to around midget level I guess

Colthebrummie said:

The problem with modifying seats and such to make room for taller drivers is that some drivers are tall cos they have a long body and some are tall cos they have long legs. Im over 6ft with a long torso and average length legs so leg room isnt my problem its head room in some modern cars. In my series the small windscreen is a problem cos I need to crouch to see traffic lights etc.

Col

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Hmm it does make me laugh about about how different some blokes are built, a mate of mine is 6"2 and has long body short legs, used to drive me insane when he'd drive my service pickup, i'm the opposite normal body freaky legs

Stanleysteamer said:

Only pretty recently, i'm 67. The docs tell me it is totally normal, it explains why my trousers aren't too short.!
Discs in the back shrink with age.

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I read up about that after seeing your comment, my dad is 60 and is still my height, so in a few years he will start shrinking a little I guess?

Discodevon said:

I read up about that after seeing your comment, my dad is 60 and is still my height, so in a few years he will start shrinking a little I guess?

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Age related shrinking is caused more by lifestyle than anything else. People who were taught and practiced good posture tend to suffer shrinkage less. Also, hydration plays a big part, e.g those who drink plenty of water throughout their lives dont shrink as much. Smoking causes dehydration of the intervertebal disks so life long smokers who drink little and had labour intensive jobs are most likely to suffer.

Col

Heredity plays a part, my dad's back has been failing for many years he can only go a few yards with a walker now and so is my back is failing, at almost 65 I'm nearly 2 inches shorter. I never had a problem driving the landy 110 at 6ft but do now at 5ft 10in because added to this is duff knees thanks to playing volleyball. An assisted clutch is likely next year, though I'm half tempted to go auto.. But I find I get knee problems on a long journey with not much clutch use just because I can't stretch my left leg in the space allowed.