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hi
owned the 2015 polo bluegt for a month.does anyone else get foot and ankle ache after about 20 minutes.
I have the dsg model,don't know if the accelerator pedal is exactly the same on the manual model.
anyone else find foot ache with the accelerator pedal.
thanks jim

Please do not be angry Jim, thanks, it's a little joke.

I think the topic is very interesting and probably I'm wrong, but I never heard such symptoms after stepping on the accelerator for 20 minutes ... I hope someone will enlighten us about it.

Other symptoms related to the heart is more likely ...

Keeping the foot in the same position for a longer time can result in cramps. A human body is not designed to sit still and the foot is no exception.

Things to try:
- Cruise control
- Left foot braking (lol don't try, just kidding)
- Take shoe of while driving (dont forget to put in while exitting in rain)
- Change the place where you put your heel
- Change height or position of your seat and back rest, and even steering wheel

Thanks iichel, I know you know a lot about these issues, but I think the ergonomics applied to Volkswagen models is sufficient to avoid aches while driving, also I think that 20 minutes is very little time to have symptoms of aches (even by driving with flip-flops ).
Perhaps, muscle tension by nerves?

iichel wrote:Keeping the foot in the same position for a longer time can result in cramps. A human body is not designed to sit still and the foot is no exception.

Things to try:
- Cruise control
- Left foot braking (lol don't try, just kidding)
- Take shoe of while driving (dont forget to put in while exitting in rain)
- Change the place where you put your heel
- Change height or position of your seat and back rest, and even steering wheel

Left foot breaking haha! Lol

Nothing worse, I almost went through the windscreen when I was messing around one day [emoji23]


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Try adjusting the seat to a more comfortable position, I know after a driving for a while I need to move about and adjust the seat to free up my back and leg. But my body is a bit of mess in terms of nerves and muscles functioning properly.

ciclo wrote:Thanks iichel, I know you know a lot about these issues, but I think the ergonomics applied to Volkswagen models is sufficient to avoid aches while driving, also I think that 20 minutes is very little time to have symptoms of aches (even by driving with flip-flops ).
Perhaps, muscle tension by nerves?

It is probably a posture thing, the Polo and any other VW car is not un-ergonomic by nature but a lot of people get their sitting positing wrong or at least sub-optimal.

Nice experiment, evaluate how your co-workers are sitting at a desk.
A lot of companies are ISO 9241 certified (meaning they have good desks and adjustable seats/monitors and allow for comfort breaks etc).
But a lot of people simply do not know how to adjust it properly.

Very intersting reading http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifes ... t-20046169