Pedal Placement

[Maverick]

Anybody have any issues with the pedal positioning in the R8? I noticed my right leg getting fatigued after a long drive and noticed that the left foot rest is deeper in the footwells than the accelerator and brake pedal. I've just tried tacking a small piece of wood on the foot rest to bring it forward and it improved the positioning. Anyone else have issues and/or solutions? I don't suppose the pedal positions can be moved?

Cheers
Mike

[Rob A]

I took delivery of mine of Friday and drove something like 550 km (say 350 miles).

No problem whatsoever. Everything felt quite comfortable.

[800]

I, on the other hand, felt that the foot rest is too close to me. (we drive on the left hand side though.) it may be the limited space.

The P-car has the pedals positions all messed up for right hand drives too.

[lightninhopkins]

on the 6 speed, the clutch pedal has to go a bit farther than I'm use to. I'm only 5-10", so if I was 6-2" it would be perfect.

Also, when I have to shift and brake, my clutch shoe sometimes taps my brake shoe and it's like a hard unexpected brake. I guess that's how it is in a tight space.

Anyone in L.A. around here ? Any thoughts of getting a few cars together and cruising with no purpose or goal ?

[Rob A]

In other words I'm lucky, but to make everyone comfortable the footrest should be adjustable, and ideally the pedals also -as they are on the original Lotus Europe built in the '60s-.

[r8jon]

There is an issue with the pedal box on the R8 - the clutch is sited to far away, as is the foot rest in RHD cars. You end up with a bent right leg which gives me a bad back ache. Fit bucket seats to help with this.

A poor design by Audi I'm afraid

[AndyW]

And because the standard seat base doesn't tilt up, my thighs aren't supported (especially my right thigh) so I end up with a numb bum!

[r8jon]

You need the Sports seets Andy, in my opinion, for what it's worth

[R8 BND]

My seats tilt up.....
I find the standard seats much more comfortable than the ones in my RS4 were.

[R8 BND]

Thread was pedal placement... got a little sidetracked there for a moment.

I've had to buy narrower shoes to drive in (driving shoes?? WTF??), but now it all seems ok. The footrest is much too far away for me, so a little 'adjustment' will be happening there. Some flightcase foam and black laminate will make short work of that though.