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trebuchet03 · 03-31-2008, 01:13 AM

^^john - I guess I'm lucky

My height (about 6') comes from an abnormally long "neckular" region

My lower half fits in a miata (older generation - not sure about the new mx5), but my upper half pysically doesn't fit. With a soft top, my head pokes into the canvas

Interestingly, I do fit in a Porsche 944 - in the front seats... Yes, they have two back seats. When I sit upright in one of the back seats, my head sticks half way out of the sunroof (very amusing)

But that said, I've fit in about every other car (including an old old Lotus Europa)

And even with that said - 50%tile (American weight and dimensions) crash test dummies fit the cars for IIHS an NHTSA testing

So the majority of Americans can't claim they don't fit

03-31-2008, 01:13 AM	#30 (permalink)
trebuchet03 MechE Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,151 The Miata - '01 Mazda MX-5 Miata Thanks: 0 Thanked 22 Times in 18 Posts	^^john - I guess I'm lucky My height (about 6') comes from an abnormally long "neckular" region My lower half fits in a miata (older generation - not sure about the new mx5), but my upper half pysically doesn't fit. With a soft top, my head pokes into the canvas Interestingly, I do fit in a Porsche 944 - in the front seats... Yes, they have two back seats. When I sit upright in one of the back seats, my head sticks half way out of the sunroof (very amusing) But that said, I've fit in about every other car (including an old old Lotus Europa) And even with that said - 50%tile (American weight and dimensions) crash test dummies fit the cars for IIHS an NHTSA testing So the majority of Americans can't claim they don't fit __________________ Cars have not created a new problem. They merely made more urgent the necessity to solve existing ones.