> On Oct 3, 2020, at 9:59 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10/2/2020 20:25:08, [email protected] wrote: >> On October 2, 2020 5:09:55 PM PDT, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 02:58:03AM -0400, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Boris Liberman Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:32:55 -0700 wrote: >>>> >>>> My late father was 172 cm tall and considered himself an average >>> height. I >>>> am 180 cm tall and I think just like my dad. >>>> >>>> So, yes - he could fit comfortably in Ford Escort circa 1980es, while >>> I'd >>>> prefer bigger Ford Focus. >>> >>> I'm 180cm (5' 11"), about the same height as my father, and neither of >>> us >>> (or my younger brother) had any problem fitting in, or driving, our >>> 1970 >>> Ford Escort Estate. >>> >>> My brother ended up owning that car - when I left home I chose to take >>> my >>> mother's Morris Minor 1000 Traveller at no cost, rather than purchasing >>> the Escort at a nominal price. >> Just a few days ago I watched a bit of a hoonigan video where someone >> upwards of 6'4" got into and drove a 1966 MG midget. >> He actually got better than he would have in a Miata. > > I've shrunk to somewhere between 5'11" and 5'10" ** and I have trouble > fitting in a Miata > > ... and it's not just because I'm too wide now, so shut up you face.
With my first daily driver miata, I had to cut foam out of the driver’s seat cushion because it sat me so high the wind over the windshield blew my hat off. > > I couldn't use the gas & brake pedals without my knee hitting the side of the > console. I ended up with a MGB instead (which also cost me about 1/10 what > the Miata would have). I had a friend who was 6’6” who had MGBs. -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
