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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 08:35 PM
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I'm 5'11" and fit the car like a glove. One small note, the top of my head pops into the slipstream at 80mph w/ top down. It flaps my short hair so hard that after 30 mn or so my scalp is numb
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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 08:45 PM
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6' 0", 207 lbs. long body, short legs. one inch clearance with top up. need to crouch down to see overhead stoplights. need serious seat adjustment mod. any ideas???

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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 09:11 PM
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Matters:

Wear a helmet, like the avatar is wearing. That'll protect your hair. Curious if any members wear or have worn a good full-face helmet like a Shoei, Arai or Suomy while driving the S. My guess is that rather than looking silly, it will intimidate other car drivers. Like-- this guy is dead-serious about driving. Whatever...

5'-11" here- seems to be the ideal size for the S as you mentioned.

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Old Mar 18, 2002 | 11:14 PM
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5'8" 140 makes me feel kinda tall here... I think everyone's going to have a hard time getting in/out of the s2k because it's so low to the ground.
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 01:25 AM
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6 feet 215 here, I have only sat in the passenger seat of Xviper's S2000 but it was really tight (I like it when a car hugs me ) and there was plenty of headroom. Although I had to do a turtle head bob to see any overhead lights... but apart from that.... the passenger seat felt great!
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 03:00 AM
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5' 1" which is perfect 'cause then I can fit a passenger next to me and my purse behind my seat!
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 04:14 AM
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6 feet 215 here, I have only sat in the passenger seat of Xviper's S2000 but it was really tight (I like it when a car hugs me ) and there was plenty of headroom. Although I had to do a turtle head bob to see any overhead lights... but apart from that.... the passenger seat felt great!
Luckily for me my top is down 90% of the time I'm driving. As I saw in a recent quote, if the top is up, the storm outside better have a name. Anyway, I usually pull up enough so I can look over the window to see the lights. I hate crouching forward to look, so I just go when the other cars go. Haven't been beeped at yet...
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 04:33 AM
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6' 210 and this car fits me perfectly, like it was designed for me. I have about 5-6 inches of head room with the top up
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6 foot 2, 215 lbs, and there is at least a couple of inches of headroom. This is remarkable, since I do not have long legs, and carry a lot of height in the upper body.I keep the seat all the way back, and that works fine. The seat itself is generally comfortable, although the bolsters do squeeze the cheeks a bit. Getting in and out is only a small hassle, even when my bad lumbar disks are acting up. The one problem I have is with that drop panel for the sound system. When in the down position, it is a knee cracker. Most of the time I leave it up, but then there is no visible clock.
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 04:41 AM
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At 6'2" and 240 lbs it is a little snug around the butt, but plenty of head room. The seats are still very comfortable for long drives for me.
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Old Mar 19, 2002 | 04:52 AM
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6 Feet, 195 lbs. Perfect fit for me. I even rolled my car and stayed put in my seat very comfortably. The rollbars protected my head too... just got a minor bump when my head grazed the road, so I couldn't be happier with the fit. My only complaint is that the distance from a stoplight to the stop marker on the road seems to be a standard size and my view of the light is obstructed by the windshield frame. I either have to stretch my neck to look over it with the top down, or like LordV said so eloquently... do the turle head bob to look under it
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