Economical and fun cars for tall drivers

[KwS]

Geez some of you people are full of shit

I've driven an AW11, and its as bad as an MX5. I've also driven an FD Nick


Please note... tall drivers are 6'5" and over, anything less is just average or midget

So far the best option is the BMW...

Mum had a E36 320, had FARK all room.

I am 6,6. I know

Was it a sedan by chance? I know for sure my coupe has a shit load of room in the front once you crank the seat right back. Better hope the rear passengers have no legs tho.

[dnalunchie]

Geez some of you people are full of shit

I've driven an AW11, and its as bad as an MX5. I've also driven an FD Nick


Please note... tall drivers are 6'5" and over, anything less is just average or midget

So far the best option is the BMW...

Mum had a E36 320, had FARK all room.

I am 6,6. I know

Was it a sedan by chance? I know for sure my coupe has a shit load of room in the front once you crank the seat right back. Better hope the rear passengers have no legs tho.

yeah sedan.

[mr2_t]

Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?

[yobbosayo]

My EF CRX was excellent. Moon roof styles though, not sunroof.

Honestly, from my head to glass roof would have been 10cm, and I am 6'4".

[strx7]

jza80's. i'm 6ft 4 and cant comfortably ground the clutch with the seat right back, its do-able but legs are pretty flat

[wordnz]

My EF CRX was excellent. Moon roof styles though, not sunroof.

Honestly, from my head to glass roof would have been 10cm, and I am 6'4".

Yeah Hondas seem to have nice low seats. I'm 6ft 1 and have heaps of room in my EG civic (even wearing a helmet). In my AE101 My head is almost on the roof, and is touching the roof when wearing a helmet.

[NILPSI]

jza80's. i'm 6ft 4 and cant comfortably ground the clutch with the seat right back, its do-able but legs are pretty flat

I agree with the lots of room for tall people, fun to drive? yes!

But the other part of the request was economy, for this they are useless!

[Looonie]

jza80's. i'm 6ft 4 and cant comfortably ground the clutch with the seat right back, its do-able but legs are pretty flat

I agree with the lots of room for tall people, fun to drive? yes!

But the other part of the request was economy, for this they are useless!

Thank goodness someone is paying attention

[sergei]

Toyota IST. fun to drive (handles pretty good) and good economy. Although don't expect to be a very fast car. Plenty of head room.

[strx7]

jza80's. i'm 6ft 4 and cant comfortably ground the clutch with the seat right back, its do-able but legs are pretty flat

I agree with the lots of room for tall people, fun to drive? yes!

But the other part of the request was economy, for this they are useless!

32mpg on a trip is ok for a 3 litre 6 cylinder sports car

[Adamal]

Is that a US or UK gallon?

[NILPSI]

Im not sure what loonie is wanting it for, so I am assuming this will be daily driven more often than taken on "trips"

I wont deny that on a long drive they arent bad, I filled up in Putararu and got back home to Palmy cruising at 110ish with A/C going on just less than half a tank. But just running around between home and Palmy or home and work in Feilding (I live halfway between) I sometimes get over 100kms from $40.

Trueno is fun to drive and consistently gets 450kms + from a tank that hasnt cost me over $100 to fill yet. Ive had mine for coming up 8 years and have no intention of selling it any time soon! Its economical, reliable and fun to drive, not as fast in a straight line as other cars, but you cant have everything!

[dnalunchie]

1987 Suzuki swift.

Has HEAPS of room

[cogent]

look, the answer is aw11

fun? check
leg/headroom? check
cheap? check

[eskimo]

look, the answer is aw11

fun? check
leg/headroom? check
cheap? check

Agreed, not to hard to come by a good one provided some douch doesnt claim its a rolling trd catalog

[~SlideWays~]

jza80's. i'm 6ft 4 and cant comfortably ground the clutch with the seat right back, its do-able but legs are pretty flat

I agree with the lots of room for tall people, fun to drive? yes!

But the other part of the request was economy, for this they are useless!

32mpg on a trip is ok for a 3 litre 6 cylinder sports car

7.3L per 100km? That's really good, surely thats not right.

What are they like around town?

[strx7]

a TRUE gallon is 4.5litres, none of this US "gallon" shit.
its 8.8L per 100k. that is an SZR which sits at 2750rpm at 100kph in 6th. if it was geared to sit at say 2400 in 6th it'd be even better

[Dell'Orto]

look, the answer is aw11

fun? check
leg/headroom? check
cheap? check

Agreed, not to hard to come by a good one provided some douch doesnt claim its a rolling trd catalog

Two here

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 740419.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 595318.htm

[Phat Stu]

I had a '08 Swift Sport and was great. I'm 6'2" and I didn't have the drivers seat all the way back and had a ton of headroom as well. Handled reasonably well and just FUN to drive while being economical. Would get about 6.5 per 100km cruising on the open road, only bugger was it needed 98 but chicks loved it.

[Boosted_162]

I had a '08 Swift Sport and was great. I'm 6'2" and I didn't have the drivers seat all the way back and had a ton of headroom as well. Handled reasonably well and just FUN to drive while being economical. Would get about 6.5 per 100km cruising on the open road, only bugger was it needed 98 but chicks loved it.

I had one too, and my dad at 6'4 had no problem fitting in it. I had no problems cos im a short arse at 5'8

Was good fun with HKS coilovers and TE37s! But nothing compared to the GTR