Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

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Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

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I'm aware this is a weird question, but I have a coworker who is interested in buying my AW11. However he is 6'4 and asked about if there would be enough headroom for him to drive it comfortably. As I'm 5'7 I've never even thought about this haha so I'm crowdsourcing. If you're around that height can you comfortably drive your AW11?

To clarify why he cant simply jump in and try it out, the car is in Christchurch and we are in Wellington, so doing it a little blind.

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Re: Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

Post by thorns »

im 6ft 3 and fit comfortably head height wise, although another inch may be close to hitting the roof, tough one as can depend where his height is I guess.
One thing though is if its the stock wheel he may struggles turning it easily, my knees where jammed up against the bottom on the stock bus sized wheel.
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Re: Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

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I'm 6' and it's a tight fit for me. Why, tall body, short legs. So when I sit down I'm taller than most people.
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Re: Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

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Depends on where your height is. I borrowed a friends AW11 years and years ago and fit comfortably and I'm 6'1", my height is in my legs though.
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Re: Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

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I’m 6’4” and have long legs & big feet. When trying to sit into the AW my knees interfered with the steering wheel and had trouble shifting. It’s was one of the reasons I bought a SW20 instead and even that was a tight fit. Eventually installed a set of Recaros to gain an inch or two where I needed it.
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Re: Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

Post by james_zemah »

6'6" and length is in the legs. Fit in the car fine, stock wheel and seats (91 sw20).
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Re: Tall MR2 owners? (Headroom in an AW11)

Post by MIKEP »

Its not the size of ya leg ... its the way ya use it. No seriously Im 6.1 and a have a big guts and i fit ok with stock wheel I fit easy peasey into my SW20 but the Spyder is a little problematic Still ok though
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