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drivers handle
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 5:52 am
by russ257
ok you know how there is no hand hold for the driver but there is an indent in the headliner has anyonw bought a passenger side handle and then installed it, just curious
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 6:25 am
by ragingfish
I think it is intentionally left out to deter the driver from removing both hands from the wheel...
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 7:07 am
by satur9
yeah, but is anyone willing to pull down the headliner to see if there are mounting holes for the handle behind it.
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 7:29 am
by ragingfish
quote:But the wird thing is Most F-150's have them on both sides.. ?? Go figure.Umm, hello? FORD? There's a reason they're in so many crashes...
Re: drivers handle
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 7:54 am
by Devlop
They have the handles on the driver side to help get in the truck. Unless you have a lift kit on your vibe, I don't see why youd want a handle when your supposed to be driving.
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:15 am
by ragingfish
quote:RagingFish stated that Fords get into accidents a lot. Not a very well thought out idea.AHH! Come on dude, lighten up! I wasn't being serious now... I never realized people use those to aid entering and exiting a vehicle...always thought they were there for sharp turns and the like...
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:31 am
by ragingfish
quote:My grandma calls them " S H I T" handles. Now THAT's funny!
Re: drivers handle (ragingfish)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:56 am
by MadBill
My wife's Park Avenue Ultra also has only 3. Guess they assume the driver is not a complete feeb. Bad assumption!
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:49 am
by Sputnik
quote:They are used for that also..My grandma calls them " S H I T" handles. Yeah we refer to them as "O/S" bars here - oh ****
Re: drivers handle
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 11:27 am
by NSimkins
This is probably more than likely done as a safety feature so the driver keeps their hands on the wheel where it is supposed to be... not on an overhead handle. In regards to a truck, I can see use for them being higher off the ground, but for a passenger vehicle, nah.
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 12:06 am
by esjones
quote:I would doubt there are any... Why would they not put a handle there then. The indent might be for the Voltz.
Re: drivers handle (NSimkins)
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 12:07 am
by pwarren4
I would expect there to be mounting holes. In the world outside North America we are sitting on the passenger side. They possibly just made a universal headliner it fit all of the vibes/matrixes regardless of where they are destined to be sold.
Re: drivers handle (pwarren4)
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 12:51 am
by esjones
quote:They possibly just made a universal headliner it fit all of the vibes/matrixes regardless of where they are destined to be sold.I believe I just said that.- ESJ
Re: drivers handle (pwarren4)
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 1:16 am
by KSNeptune
I think pwarren4 nauiled it. But I'll add that it probably saved them a dollar or two to NOT put one in. In my Nissan Altima, one D-ring was missing from the trunk for nets to hook into. I complained to my dealer and he put the missing one in. But it turns out they were missing from every Altima. And for every person who didn't notice and didn't complain, they saved a couple of dollars.KSNeptune
Re: drivers handle (silverawd26)
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 3:27 am
by ragingfish
Someone already had removed it to install XM...wonder if they happened to notice?
Re: drivers handle (esjones)
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 10:59 am
by pwarren4
quote:I believe I just said that.- ESJSorry, forgot about the Voltz. That is the Japanese or European version of the Matrix isn't it?