Headrests? up or down?

Scareybear · 06-09-2006, 07:37 AM

Just wondered what people do with thier rear headrests? alway up, down if no-ones in the back. I alway keep mine down, ****es me off when people don't lower them when they get out.

MISTA FIESTA · 06-09-2006, 08:20 AM

I have taken them off because no one sits in the back. SIMPLE.

photn · 06-09-2006, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

I have taken them off because no one sits in the back. SIMPLE.

damo has no friends to put in the back any way lol......nah nah just joking.....yer i ****ed off as well when ppl dont put them down.....normally i dont let them out until they put them down

Danny · 06-09-2006, 12:25 PM

I keep the Sides up and the middle one down. A car with rear headrests is a classy car ;) I leave em up for **** factor.

crispymk2 · 06-09-2006, 03:55 PM

OOOO KKKKK..... **** factor? Sorry but i dont see the connection between rear headrests and class...

Teki04 · 06-09-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny

I keep the Sides up and the middle one down. A car with rear headrests is a classy car ;) I leave em up for **** factor.

Haha me too!

That and the fact I normally have mates in the rear... Although all squeezed in!

Basically the '****' factor is that more expensive cars have rear headrests - cheap ones don't (like the cheapest model 206!). With most 'classier' cars, the outter headrests are fully up, and the middle headrest is a smaller one, which therefore sits lower.

I believe Danny and myself try to imitate this haha.

But yea, It's just easier to have the two outter ones up, as like that people don't get their greasy hands all over my leather headrests. It also means they are both up... as I hate when people leave and put only one down

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camerooch · 06-09-2006, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Scareybear

Just wondered what people do with thier rear headrests? alway up, down if no-ones in the back. I alway keep mine down, ****es me off when people don't lower them when they get out.

I flip them around backwards, just to upset everyone ?! :nutsycuck

Ives · 06-09-2006, 04:25 PM

Sides up, middle down.

05MkIIFutura · 06-09-2006, 05:28 PM

never thought anyone had really given it enough thought to warrant a thread about it. Why dont we have one like "At what angle do you have your mirrors at, 22.5 or 22.7 degrees!!!"

crispymk2 · 06-09-2006, 05:39 PM

LOL... yeah, it's not exactly the most critical of vehicle settings...

lukey · 06-09-2006, 05:44 PM

I always keep mine down, makes the interior look much better I rekon. Except for the drivers which I keep up coz of comfort, being tall.

Scareybear · 06-09-2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 05MkIIFutura

never thought anyone had really given it enough thought to warrant a thread about it. Why dont we have one like "At what angle do you have your mirrors at, 22.5 or 22.7 degrees!!!"

LOL, I see probably about 5 different Fiestas everyday, most with one headrest all the way up, the other all the way down, it really annoys me when I'm driving, the Fez having a small rear window you can barely see out of it,
I just wondered what other people thought.

Danny · 06-09-2006, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Teki04

Haha me too!

That and the fact I normally have mates in the rear... Although all squeezed in!

Basically the '****' factor is that more expensive cars have rear headrests - cheap ones don't (like the cheapest model 206!).

Mercedes Benz, and BMW, not to mention Holden and Ford have always put rear headrests on the more expensive models where base models didnt have them.

So Crispy, There ya go ;)

crispymk2 · 06-09-2006, 06:37 PM

Meh... mine will be staying down...

BAFalconXT · 06-09-2006, 06:43 PM

Headrests are positioned so far back, you would have to be sleeping to use em...

Teki04 · 06-09-2006, 06:54 PM

Oh, another reason....

I found that when the headrests of a Fiesta are down - they leave a mark on the seats when you eventually put them up! That ****ed me off.

crispymk2 · 06-09-2006, 07:22 PM

exactly, another reason to leave them down for good... ;)

Danny · 06-09-2006, 07:53 PM

Aahhh but Leave them up from the word dot, and you won't have to worry about those Marks, becasue they won't be there....

;)

LethalLeigh · 06-09-2006, 07:54 PM

The blind spot due to the C-pillars is big enough without having my headrests up when noone else is in the back. So they stay down 90% of the time.

crispymk2 · 06-09-2006, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny

Aahhh but Leave them up from the word dot, and you won't have to worry about those Marks, becasue they won't be there....

;)

But its too late now, and the red cloth is faded compared to under the head rests so they will stay down...

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xurbanx · 06-09-2006, 08:34 PM

Mine stays down.

kiwijohn42 · 06-09-2006, 09:44 PM

What was the question?

Teki04 · 06-09-2006, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by crispymk2

exactly, another reason to leave them down for good... ;)

Um, but you try sitting in the rear with them down! Kills your back

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Teki04 · 06-09-2006, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by LethalLeigh

The blind spot due to the C-pillars is big enough without having my headrests up when noone else is in the back. So they stay down 90% of the time.

Your mirrors should be adjusted so that you don't have blind spots :P So Ian Luff tells me... and I never look back to change lanes. Only to the side mirrors...

LethalLeigh · 06-09-2006, 11:11 PM

My mirrors are exactly where they need to be. There seems to be two schools of thought with mirrors, either with the edge of the car showing or without. I have some of my car showing in the mirrors to allow me to back out of my driveway without hitting things (the process is more complicated than it needs to be) and it also gives me a reference point when checking my mirrors whilst on the move. My boss at work has his pointing out further though which I find unnerving.

photn · 07-09-2006, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by LethalLeigh

My mirrors are exactly where they need to be. There seems to be two schools of thought with mirrors, either with the edge of the car showing or without. I have some of my car showing in the mirrors to allow me to back out of my driveway without hitting things (the process is more complicated than it needs to be) and it also gives me a reference point when checking my mirrors whilst on the move. My boss at work has his pointing out further though which I find unnerving.

i do the same....i have my mirriors showing the edge of my car so i know my boudries and i know ware my car is......if your a good enough driver you should know ware the cars on the road around you are..........that way when you change lanes you know if you have to look or not.....

Steffo · 07-09-2006, 09:48 AM

Rear headrests always down. Can't see out the back window otherwise. As for side mirrors... I didn't even set them up, my dad did. He's been driving for 20 years as a job, 12-14 hrs a day in Sydney (courier & taxi) and racked up over 3 million k's... so I'll take a gamble and say he'd know what's good.

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Teki04 · 07-09-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

so I'll take a gamble and say he'd know what's good.

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Is he the same height as you? Is his vision as good as yours?

Teki04 · 07-09-2006, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by photn

i do the same....i have my mirriors showing the edge of my car so i know my boudries and i know ware my car is......if your a good enough driver you should know ware the cars on the road around you are..........that way when you change lanes you know if you have to look or not.....

Ever heard of bikes? They come up quick and you ain't going to see them

gtfpv · 07-09-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Scareybear

Just wondered what people do with thier rear headrests? alway up, down if no-ones in the back. I alway keep mine down, ****es me off when people don't lower them when they get out.

very very very important . they should be adjusted correctly for differant drivers . they are designed to stop your neck snapping. i hopped into a ford laser . didnt adjust the head rest had an accident at 90 to 100kms an hour . i got hit from behind by a car travelling very fast . dont know how fast but enough to push the back of the car up to the rear axle. my only injury was a cut to the back of my head from the headrest. luckily it was just in the right position for me. it was bent back at 90 degrees after my head bounced off it. the ambos said they cant believe my neck didn't break . thank god for headrest i owe my life to them . just abit of info that people should know about .

View Poll Results: Rear Headrests
Always up	5	10.87%
Always down (if no-ones in the back)	37	80.43%
What do you mean, they move?	4	8.70%
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