Like most of you, I've gotten my seat and mirrors exactly in the position I want them. Any disruption to this sends me fidgeting with levers until I can reach bliss again. I have a long road trip coming up and my wife wanted to volunteer driving so we won't have to make as many stops. I would like my seat to be easily reverted to my preferred position when I take the wheel again.

Are there any tricks or markings to make it easier to find your seat position? No memory seats here.

 

I wrote the following guide to provide a method for intelligent dynamic driver's seat memory, at no additional cost and with no additional gimmicks:

1. Slide the seat to its full back position with a relatively straight back and flat butt angle.
2. Sit in the seat and assume the driving position (are the back and butt angles comfy? Adjust untill comfy and good posture is found).
3. Slide the seat forward until your left foot heal reaches the bottom of the dead pedal comfortably with a slight bend in the knee (ensure you can still depress the clutch pedal to the wall, and your right foot is comfortably positioned to handle the the throttle; your shifting hand (left/right-hand drive dependant) should be able to comfortably maneuver the shift knob into all 6 gears without moving your torso (if it can't: adjust seat-back posture until it can)).
4. Adjust the steering wheel telescope and height for a comfortable 8/4 o'clock hand position.
5. Adjust the side mirrors so you can see the lane to your left and right; such that if you tilt your head to either side you will see the rear door handle for the given side.
6. Adjust the rear view mirror ((preferably a convex mirror that allows vision into blind spots,) so you can see out of the rear-left, rear, and rear-right windows with minimal head movement).

 

Great tips and everything, but I may have been misunderstood. I already have my sweet spot. If my wife or someone else takes the wheel and messes up my sweet spot, I will literally spend days adjusting and fine tuning it back. Are there any tricks to saving my position since these cars don't have memory buttons or power seats?

 

Dynamic!
*I'm going to print this list, laminate it, and use double-sided tape to place it on the sun visor.
I have to reposition everything every time my tiny wife or daughter borrows my keys.
Sometimes I wish I drove one of those fancy cars that remember your position and automatically adjust when you press the Driver #1 Button.

 

I didn't expect to see a reply from a 7 year old thread. I traded in my Fit 3 years ago but I found a way. I took a silver sharpie and made a straight mark on the side of the seat that goes from the moving part to the stationary part. That way you can line up the seat if you don't mind having a bit of sharpie on it.

 

I'm going to make stickers. Little Triangles facing each other, so they line up in my position, and a different color for theirs. (Starting a new Trend) |><| (Driver 1)

 

I do find it very annoying when I go to Honda (or some other shop) and find that their employee Godzilla has adjusted my seat for his comfort in the 60 seconds he's going to be driving my car.

 

We all come in different shapes and sizes. Even on that 60-second drive, I would assume you want "Godzilla" to be able to reach the pedals, see in the mirrors, etc. so as not to endanger your car or other humans, correct?

On the more general topic of seat position, I don't have one "best" position and it changes depending on how far I'm driving, what activities I am going to or returning from (e.g., I'm a runner and if I just did an long trail race my body isn't going to sit comfortably in the same seat it sat in that morning), and so on. It even changes depending on how often I'm driving the car, as our other car (Nissan Leaf) despite also being a smallish hatchback, has a much higher seating position and so it takes me a while to adjust back to the Fit.

 

Also clothes affect to the most comfortable settings. If I'm wearing boots or winter shoes I like to move seat one click more rear than with black formal shoes or with thin-sole summer shoes. Luckily we are close to same size with my wife, so that we don't need to adust seat when jumping into each others' cars.

But what annoys me slightly is that the height adjustment in my GK5 goes down during time and requires pumping up at least once a week.