Anyone have any ideas, or similiar problems?

Thanks

 

My brother is 6'4", he drives his everyday. Did you sit in one, are you sure you don't fit.

 

I am 6'3" and weigh approx 300 lbs (I am losing it, I swear!) I just bought one on saturday. It's a sweet car, but I had a couple problems while I was getting used to it. It's fine now, however.

First, my knee was leaning on the side of the stereo console which sticks out like an inch, and it was making my knee sore after riding for a little while. This seemed to go away (heh heh) after a while.

Second, It was hard to get in to, the way I got around that was to stick my rigth leg in under the steering wheel, and then duck my head in and put my right palm on the arm rest (at this point it's a little uncomfortable..) then I swing my ass in to the seat, while sliding my right left deeper in to the car. Then I put my left leg in like normal.

Third, getting out is a good magic trick. I put my left leg outside of the car, then I prop myself up on my elbow or hand a couple inches and bring my right left below the steering wheel and sit back down again.. now my right leg is on the left side of the wheel. Then I get out like normal.

Another thing that I noticed right away is that you sit upright alot more than most cars. There isn't anything you can do about that.. you get used to it.

The last item of discomfort (?) was after a long period of driving where I am in a high gear and I dont press the gas pedal very much my leg got sore from holding my foot back.. In this case I just figured out how to use the cruise control...

Anyways, it's worth it, it's a cool car, I have had a blast with it so far, even though I haven't taken it to 9K yet!!

Chris

 

I'm 6'3", 240 lbs. and I wear my baseball cap with room to spare using the soft top and the hard top!

 

I'm 6'5" and weigh 190 pounds. I've had mine for about two months and drive it everyday, including a 350 mile drive on Saturday. I've moved the seat up a little bit so I can recline the back and fit better. It's a comfortable car. I probably look a little bit like a giraffe in it but I don't really care.

If you're tall and not limber, it's not the car for you. To get in, I sit in the seat and then sweep my legs over the sill and then under the wheel making sure that I don't hit anything with my shoes. If you hit something like the door or the sill, it's pretty much guaranteed to scratch.

You will find that tall people fit better in the black ones. That's another reason why black S2Ks are the best color.

 

uh.. huh.. Maybe if I repainted mine..

 

I'm 6'4" at 210lbs and fit fine. It just takes getting used to and it does help if your S is black.

 

Im 6'3" and mine is black funny enough

I weigh 20 stone (you do the maths) and I have no problems at all, I just wish my garage was wider to allow me to open the door more when getting out. I have to take my shoes off in the car to avoid scratching the interior as I get out (works fine but worth the effort to keep it safe at nights).

Test drive the car for a weekend, you will get over the minor niggles.

 

jayzee - I'm not as tall as you, but have a very long torso, so my head brushes the roof when I sit in my car. This summer, I plan to purchase an aftermarket seat to lower my seating position. Mugen makes a very nice seat that our sponsor King Motorsport will sell, but the price of the seat and rails is aver $1300. Sparco sells a few different seats that may work and it looks like the seat and rails could be purchased for around $750. I have my eye on the Roadster model, but I don't know of anyone that can confirm fitment in the S2000. One of our members has installed the Sparco Sprint seat in their S2000 race car, but the side supports are a bit high on that model for a daily driver. The stock seats are already pretty low, but the bottom line is you can get about 1-2" lower.

When I was test driving roadsters, there was no way that I could fit in a Miata, I fit very well in the Boxster, and I just fit the S2000. Since I loved the way the Honda drove, I figured that for a price difference of $15-20k between the Honda and the Porsche (Boxster S), I could fix my fit issue in the Honda .

 

having a stook is probably the first true benefit to being 5'7... ;-)