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Any really tall owners?


Chad82
06-24-2006, 07:50 PM
So next month I will be paying off my daily driver (01 4runner) and I am now looking to buy something fun. I have about $13k to spend on my toy (lower the better, of course), so they are within my price range (I could finance the remaining if necessary or just wait a few months). I am 23, have a secure well paying job and all of that. I am specifically looking at the 98-02 if I decide to go with a camaro

The problem is that I am 6'8", which means most of the fun cars are impossible to fit in. Is anyone else really tall and able to fit in them? I am not against getting racing seats to allow me to get lower and further back. Also, because of this, do any models come with a telescoping wheel?

stone_mound_camaro
06-24-2006, 08:29 PM
i have a 94 and i am 6'6 and 1/2. All i do is put the seat all the way back and tilt the seat so that the front is higher than the back.

666_speed
06-24-2006, 09:00 PM
I'm 6'4 and that's what I do, slide it back and tilt the seat a little. I don't have any problems but I'm shorter than you two.

Chad82
06-24-2006, 09:16 PM
So how is your head/leg clearance with that? I am about 260, so I have pretty big thighs, so wheel clearance is obviously a concern.

stepho
06-24-2006, 09:17 PM
Best way to find out... go sit in one.

666_speed
06-24-2006, 09:20 PM
I'm 180 so I don't know, I agree to go find a car lot with one and sit in it and see what you think.

92zcamaroperson
06-25-2006, 12:38 AM
if nothing else you can modify the seat rail to slide back even farther... but ive seen some pretty tall guys drive camaros around.

FormulaLT1
06-25-2006, 05:26 PM
I'm 9 feet tall and weight 600lbs :uhoh:





Ok, thats not true but you bastards are making me feel like less of a man :frown:. Anyway, my head brushes the roof in my Formula, I have no idea how you guy fit in there nicely and I am only like 6 foot to 6'1

stone_mound_camaro
06-25-2006, 09:04 PM
I'm 9 feet tall and weight 600lbs :uhoh:





Ok, thats not true but you bastards are making me feel like less of a man :frown:. Anyway, my head brushes the roof in my Formula, I have no idea how you guy fit in there nicely and I am only like 6 foot to 6'1

haha... tall torso... your inseam must be like 20 or somethin...freak

Jcrane88
06-25-2006, 09:04 PM
im 6'5 and 250 Lbs like they said all i do is slide the seat all the way back and tilt it a bit...the biggest problem i think is your knees ..most of my height isnt in my knees so thats not a problem...but i just sit in my 3rd gens..i dont know about the 4th gens

stone_mound_camaro
06-25-2006, 09:10 PM
3rd gens seem a bit more cramped to me... My friend has a 91 and i wanted to get in, but didnt think i was fit for the task

ikeyballz
06-25-2006, 10:47 PM
dude. wtf. i thought i was sort of on the tall side. i feel like a fuggin midget.

im just 6' >_<.

well, maybe its cuz im freakishly tall for an asian in a short-people-ruled state.. (hawaii). =D

well whatever the case, im taller then 85+% of the population in hawaii...

and you guys would fuggin freak me out =D. lol jk.

stone_mound_camaro
06-25-2006, 11:16 PM
i dont understand how people that are 6'0-6'3ish think they're tall.... seems average to me.. i see it all the time

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