Patent ID: 8918231

Claim:
A first vehicle comprising: at least one component having an adjustable position; an actuator coupled to the at least one component to adjust the position of the at least one component; a memory configured to store a vehicle setting for the first vehicle that represents the position of the at least one component; a telematics unit configured to: receive at least one user setting from a device remote from the first vehicle, wherein the at least one user setting relates to: user identification data including the identification of a user of the first vehicle, vehicle profile data including a distance measurement that corresponds to a deviation of a distance between at least one of the first vehicle or a second vehicle and a standard vehicle, and the stored position of the at least one component on the first vehicle or a related component on the second vehicle; and update the vehicle setting of the first vehicle for the at least one component of the first vehicle with the at least one user setting; and a controller connected to the actuator and configured to control the actuator to adjust the position of the at least one component of the first vehicle based on the at least one user setting when the vehicle setting of the first vehicle does not correspond with the at least one user setting.