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If you are uncomfortable driving the vehicle you have, no matter how much you like everything else about it...get something that rides comfortably! Life is just too short to put up with it.

Drove a boxster 600mi to a friends and spent a week with him and his fiancé. The next weekend drove my new sedan to go to the wedding and also be a people mover. Driving the new sedan back was excruciatingly painful. I pinched nerves in my lower back causing butt pain, back pain, leg pain, and my feet waking me a night hurting. Got so could not drive the car for longer than 5 minutes before it started hurting.

While the nerves were irritated spent a month driving every sedan known, new and used. Found there were only 2 candidates I could drive. Got rid of he new car and got a different one and it resolved my problem.

Later I found the same seats were in the SUV the company made. Traded the sedan for the SUV. The SUV while not bothering my nerves it giggled me to death with the poor ride. Just driving 9 miles to and from work I felt worn out at the end of the drive.

Saw an episode to Top Gear were the guest star driving a reasonable priced car described having the same kind of nerve problems and having to reluctantly trade his Aston Martin for a Porsche. That really hit home because I had made trips in my various Porsches I've owned without any issues. So test drove some Cayennes. Much smoother and the seats didn't hurt so a Cayenne is my daily driver now.

I liked that first sedan, but freaking ouch! I had to even replace my office chairs and get new seating at home just to be able to sit down for more than 5 minutes.

Again, life is too short to drive a vehicle that is not comfortable.
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