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I'm looking for a used car to buy, possibly a 5-10 year old
Honda, and I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me about the
headroom and legroom in the various models/years. I'm 6'4" with
long legs and have been having a terrible time finding a car that
fits me. Any recommendations, including non-Honda, will be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Richard

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RDL wrote:

> I'm looking for a used car to buy, possibly a 5-10 year old
> Honda, and I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me about the
> headroom and legroom in the various models/years. I'm 6'4" with
> long legs and have been having a terrible time finding a car that
> fits me. Any recommendations, including non-Honda, will be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.

A two door Civic should fit nicely. Back in 1998 when I was shopping for
a low price car, I practically sat in every automobile at the auto show
to determine which had the best seating position for my 6'1 frame which
has a very wide back. The two door Civic felt the best and was only
beaten by the high end 4 door luxury sedans (almost all the Merecedes
felt 'right', while seated in the driver seat..unlike the Audi's). It's
intresting that I would become fatiqued on my $2000 leather recliner but
can last all day in my Civic Hatch without any problem.

Pars
98 DX Hatch

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I am also 6'4" and long of leg. My '90 CRX lets me stretch my legs completely
out in the normal driving position..

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 02:48:47 GMT, RDL <landsman+logan@att.net> wrote:

||I'm looking for a used car to buy, possibly a 5-10 year old
||Honda, and I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me about the
||headroom and legroom in the various models/years. I'm 6'4" with
||long legs and have been having a terrible time finding a car that
||fits me. Any recommendations, including non-Honda, will be
||greatly appreciated. Thanks.
||
||Richard
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Rex in Fort Worth

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 02:48:47 GMT, RDL <landsman+logan@att.net> wrote:

>I'm looking for a used car to buy, possibly a 5-10 year old
>Honda, and I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me about the
>headroom and legroom in the various models/years. I'm 6'4" with
>long legs and have been having a terrible time finding a car that
>fits me. Any recommendations, including non-Honda, will be
>greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>

Ditto as Pars and Rex B say. I'm 6'3 with a 93 Civic HB. I do fine but watch
out for sun/moon roofs. They really cut down on the headroom.

John M.

RDL <landsman+logan@att.net> wrote:

>I'm looking for a used car to buy, possibly a 5-10 year old
>Honda, and I'm wondering if anyone here can tell me about the
>headroom and legroom in the various models/years. I'm 6'4" with
>long legs and have been having a terrible time finding a car that
>fits me. Any recommendations, including non-Honda, will be
>greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Richard
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Thanks Pars, Rex, and John for the suggestions. The sun/moon
roof seems to be the breaker. Out of dozens of cars I've "test
sat", I found one Honda ('94 Accord) without the sun roof and
felt comfortable inside. Leg room was adequate, too.
Unfortunately that particular car was not one I'd want to buy.
But at least I know there's a car out there for me somewhere.
Thanks again.

Richard

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