I'm 6'1" and my 2003 Golf is ok. I have a friend who's 6'3" and he seems ok in the passenger seat...Germans are often pretty big people. Size and fit is one of the reasons I bought the VW. I don't fit into Miatas, tho'.
Kurt Nolte wrote: >Dylan wrote: > > >>Another advantage to this "agenda" is that americans would be able to >>drive more fuel efficient cars. Let's face it, the size of cars in >>the united states has increased with the size of people. Many >>americans can't fit into the more fuel efficient cars that are popular >>in other nations. So the savings would be double edged: lighter >>people and smaller more fuel efficient cars. Voila! (that's not even >>mentioning the money saved on healthcare for diseases related to obesity) >> >> > >My contention with this is that I have this problem, and it's not >obesity that causes it. I cannot fit into a new Golf, an Insight, or >anything of similar size, and it's certainly not because the seat's not >wide enough (Usually I have plenty room to spare, actually). > >It's my legs. They're far too long to fit into most of these >ultracompact or even compact cars, which are the highest efficiency >ones. I usually end up with my knees where they hinder my ability to >turn the steering wheel, which is uncomfortable to say the least and >dangerous to say more. I'm not alone in this, either; half of my >coworkers are of a similar height and run into similar problems. (We're >all at least two inches over six feet tall, and mostly leg to a man). > >Thus, actually, legroom was a huge factor when I went looking for a >replacement car. The car I drive now gets terrible mileage by most >"elite" standards (A mere 28mpg combined), but it is after all only a >year younger than I (it's twenty) and weighs in at 3000 pounds. It's >also a station wagon, and it's long wheelbase gives me plenty of legroom >for comfort and safety. > >So beware, please, sweeping statements like that; they aren't always true. > >-Kurt > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
