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Postby GT4-Addict » Wed May 26, 2010 11:29 pm

Im looking at picking up a 1993 ceres as a daily driver.
Its got the silver top 4age and 5 speed manual.
just running on to 190,000kms.

Aparrantly they dont have much head room? im 6'2 will this be a problem? its 4 hours away so i dont really wanna go see it unless im pretty much gunna buy haha!

Peoples opinions etc on the car would be great, as i dont know too much about them!

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Postby frost » Wed May 26, 2010 11:36 pm

6'2 might be a problem, im only 176cm(5'7) and my hair just touches the lining,
prefect for small asian girls tho :P
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Postby GT4-Addict » Wed May 26, 2010 11:48 pm

hmmm might have to go track one down at a car yard tomorrow and have a sit in it and possibly a play if they let me haha.

I honestly dont mind the look of them either, minus the spoiler.
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Postby frost » Thu May 27, 2010 12:10 am

if you adjust the seat to a lazyboy style then you might be fine,
even a ep starlet has more room,
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Postby GT4-Addict » Thu May 27, 2010 12:39 am

I really hope it is comfortable haha, im not sure why i want it so much as a daily. guess its just my love of 4ages haha
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Postby thegreatestben » Thu May 27, 2010 8:46 am

My brother has one of these and we are both 6'2" and it's not bad, I dont have to have the seat all the way back. Some people are weirdly proportioned. All torso and no legs :lol:
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu May 27, 2010 10:23 am

If it's got a sunroof I'd say buy some goggles :P
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Postby 79rolla » Thu May 27, 2010 10:51 am

im around 6 foot, my mate had one and only troubles i had was in the back seat, go try one out and see if YOU are comfortable in it
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Postby Leon » Thu May 27, 2010 10:54 am

Definitely make sure you're going to be comfortable driving it! I made the mistake of buying a car after a really brief test drive, only to discover that after 20 minutes driving the car I needed a chiropracter.
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Postby cat007 » Thu May 27, 2010 11:49 am

Leon wrote:Definitely make sure you're going to be comfortable driving it! I made the mistake of buying a car after a really brief test drive, only to discover that after 20 minutes driving the car I needed a chiropracter.


Bloody hell. I've never known any car to have that effect on someone.

Either you bought a sh|tter with nails for a seat, or you're 8foot tall lol
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Postby GT4-Addict » Thu May 27, 2010 4:09 pm

I went and had a look at one in a yard today, and i fit fine inside it. to be really comfortable i tilt the seat back a little bit more than usual but nothing "Boy Racer" style
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Postby frost » Thu May 27, 2010 10:15 pm

haha its not boyracer, its lazyboy,
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Postby thegreatestben » Thu May 27, 2010 10:19 pm

cat007 wrote:
Leon wrote:Definitely make sure you're going to be comfortable driving it! I made the mistake of buying a car after a really brief test drive, only to discover that after 20 minutes driving the car I needed a chiropracter.


Bloody hell. I've never known any car to have that effect on someone.

Either you bought a sh|tter with nails for a seat, or you're 8foot tall lol


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Postby BZG Wagon » Sat May 29, 2010 9:30 am

haha - my 6ft 5 inch uncle couldn't fit into my sisters GSR Cordia back in the day. No matter how far back the seat went, his head had to be on an angle.
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Postby Leon » Sat May 29, 2010 1:57 pm

cat007 wrote:Either you bought a sh|tter with nails for a seat, or you're 8foot tall lol


Option 3, I'm just a pussy.

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Nah, I was exaggerating for the sake of making the story more interesting. Don't really know why.

Car was a EF CRX and for some reason it just hurt me to drive it.

My mum on the other hand loved it, and used to vtax to the shops in it.
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