sowega

6' & 170ish - I'm a little ways behind most of you guys in years, but more than a few motorcycle crashes and sports injuries more than make up for it, haha.

After a little more than a year with the car, here's what I've found to be best for me: I swing my legs out put my left hand on the inner frame rail / door sill and push myself up as I rotate out.

BigF6B

I open the door all the way, I lift my butt off the seat and swing my legs out of the car, then with both feet on the floor, I lift myself out while dodging the top edge of the roof panel..By swinging both legs out, I never have to worry about kicking the door panel or the area left of the foot well.

Revmanii

Getting in and out is a bit of a challenge. I've found getting out, you need both hands free. Trying to get out with anything in your hands is tough. Getting in, I've gotten the hang of fairly well after reading a thread here about doing it butt first, then swing both your legs in. I basically do the opposite getting out. What bothers me somewhat, is that I need to put the seat pretty much all the way back to get in and out. Worried about the seat motor lasting. I go do some errands, and may make 3 or 4 stops.

thrilled

I’m 72. To enter 1 leg, then butt then the other leg. Getting out I bring both legs out then I stand up. One of my exercises is I sit down on my butt then get up without any use of my hands.

FF2000

This also how I do it. A couple years younger than some of you guys, but after sports injuries etc. I find getting my left leg out, then pushing hard on rear door sill/frame rail and then rotating out and up makes it much easier to exit.

My C8 is harder to get in and out of then my formula race car, that you are close to laying down in.

Walter Raulerson

Use the tilt wheel function in a cramped garage it's tuff sometimes

jrizzuto

This post is hilarious - to me. There's nothing worse than pulling up somewhere and everyone turns around to marvel at this gorgeous car... you open the door trying to be a cool dude in a loose mood, and while all eyes are watching, you practically fall out, lose your balance and hop around so you dont fall.

Been there, done that. More often than I want to admit. It's easy to "fall in", but getting out a small crane would help a lot.

Bondojohn

You could use the “ejection seat option” or you could use a Boy Scout to help you if you can find one.

BADBIRDCAGE

For entry and exit. Seat all the way back. Steering column all the way forward. Getting in is not bad. Getting out is a bit of a chore. Swing both legs out if you can open door far enough. Lean forward toward door opening and get weight over door sill. Stand up. Use left hand on door sill to push yourself up if necessary.

Tight spaces where you can’t get door more than half way open can be a contortionist demonstration that isn’t pretty.

tadda

BADBIRDCAGE

Refrigerator Perry bought a Lambo?

pltmgr

75 here. I use the Glen e method.

I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey but i got myself turned around.

ZipZap

63. You're spending more time on this than I did studying for finals.

The Carrier

I am only 55 and can get out with relative ease due to reasonable legwork at the gym. There WAS that one time when i lost my balance on our steep driveway and impaled my thigh on the pointy bit of the "gill" (as my Wife calls it). That bruise took a while to heal. My wife is a couple years older and a head shorter than my 6'-0", so she has a hard time getting out. We had a "booster seat" for her (a 3" thick pad) to get out of the competition sport bucket seat, but that ended up scuffing the bolsters and kidney-touching seat parts :-(. No more booster seat for Wifey!

RC81

Well - if Chevrolet wanted to cater to an older demographic I guess they have succeeded with the Corvette lol. At 63 I almost feel too young to drive one. I know I didn't add one relevant thought to this but that's what crossed my mind reading this post.

vabulldog

I'm not as old as some in this thread, but I'm 6'5", so I have my own challenges. I cheat to get out of my C8. I know where to put my hands to get extra support. For example, when I first turn my car off and open the door, I use my right hand to help me swivel to the left. After that, I reach and grab the door with the same right hand. Left and right legs out and then straight up finding a good place to use my left hand along the way. Basically, I always use my hands for extra support.

khoeysr

I'm 70 and although it can be awkward for me to get in and out, it's awkward for ANYBODY regardless of age. These cars are so low that graceful in and out is almost impossible.

Reminds me of a video I saw of an older guy getting out of a Lambo. He literally did a slow motion fall out of the car and then rolled over and up.

vabulldog

Agreed 100%. When the doors open, there is a catch point that will snag your shoe. I think it's a challenging car to get in and out of period. But, once I'm in it, I'm in it! I do honestly park away from people to help protect my car, the other reason is for a little bit of privacy.

CaptainFester

i put my left leg out the door and use my left hand to push off the door sill - side note, im half your age

iamlegend

Just curious, is the issue because you have the performance seats ? or is it just as bad with the GT2/GT1 seats ?