• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    I’m 6’3 and abnormally long in the torso, so I sit really tall. I do not fit in a lot of cars without my head touching the ceiling, sometimes crammed into it. I keep trying to save money by renting mid-size cars when I travel and it’s fucking miserable. Literally driving with my seat all the way down and still having to either lean my seat way back and barely reach the wheel or cock my head below the closed visor the entire time just to see straight ahead. Vans, SUVs and trucks are the only vehicles I’ve been able to even sit in comfortably since I was like 15 or 16. I wish I could drive a compact and save money on gas. But there are a LOT of cars that are off the table for me because I simply cannot fit in them.

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      6ft8 here, with most of my height in my legs. I feel you, even large cars often have absurdly large dashboards and I still won’t fit in them.

      I’ve had to ask to swap my rental car several times already.

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      6’1 and similar. I cannot ride in a Toyota, regardless of the size of it.

      My head is out the sunroof in a 2012 sequoia, and those things are bigger than a small truck.

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      I’m also 6’3" and long in the torso. If I lower the seat in my Golf as low as it can go I have 4 inches of headroom and if I push it all of the way back I can barely reach the pedals. I keep my seat back fully vertical as well; I can’t stand for it to be reclined even a little. Either you have been driving the wrong cars, or you are looking for an excuse.

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        Huh. I haven’t tried a Volkswagen. I wonder if that is typical of their models.

        Either you have been driving the wrong cars

        Apparently. I’ve tried many.

        or you are looking for an excuse.

        No need for the sass. Like I said, I have tried. I also drive a van now becuase we were fostering for a while and needed the seating, but I would love to downsize if only for the mileage improvement.

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          Sorry for the snark. I work with altogether too many people who say they have the same reason for driving their huge brodozers, and when I tell them about my VW they dismiss it as too small. I shouldn’t take that out in random internet strangers.

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      6’4" here. My height is mostly in my torso (38" inseam) and I drive a 2017 Mini Cooper and have been driving Minis since I started driving. I don’t fit in most compacts but do fit comfortably there. So, yeah, still not a great reason to be driving oversized cars.

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        To be clear, 38" inseam means fully half of your height is in your legs (6’4" is 76"). By comparison, I wear 36" inseam and the bottom of my pants tuck under my heel when I’m not in shoes. So I think my torso has a few inches on yours.

        Regardless though, I have not driven an exhaustive list of small cars. I have never tried a Mini Cooper. Maybe I would fit fine, idk. I just said that I have tried to drive a variety of rental cars and have yet to find one that fits me. I fit just fine in my Sienna.