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Friends, as I look to book a rental convertible for a vacation, I found a 2007 Mazda MX-5 in my destination city. The Turo app does not allow any direct connection to the owner, apart from booking the rental. So, I'm looking to the members here for size opinions. I would rent for three days, only for casual driving in the vacation site, primarily in the Smoky Mountains. Do you think a long-legged galoot might fit in this well-regarded vehicle?This message has been edited. Last edited by: 4MUL8R, ------- Trying to simplify my life... | ||
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I’m 5’11”. 220. I’ve had two of them. A 1997 and a 2007. I barely fit in either one. I’d think at 6’4” you would be very uncomfortable at best. Not sure your feet will be able to manage the pedals. I’d buy another in two minutes if I was smaller. Very reliable and fun to drive. | |||
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I rode in a friends MX5 'one' time. I'm 6'4" 250 and if he hadn't had the top off I would have never gotten into it, and even at that I seriously doubt I could have ever fit behind the wheel. _____________________________ "The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin | |||
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I owned a 2003 for about two years. I'm 6'1" 210 and was "snug" in the car. My 6'5" son could barely fit in the passenger side. In spirited driving I would sometimes get my left leg pinned between the door & steering wheel when shifting gears. I sold the car before I drove it off the road... _______________________________________ Flammable, Inflammable, or Nonflammable....... Hell, either it Flams or it doesn't!! (George Carlin) | |||
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I'm 6'2" and sat in one...once. Way too small both in length and width for my preferences. They are nice to look at though. I'd probably look at a Mustang convertible or something a bit bigger. | |||
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Once upon a time , I took my 1991 Miata in for an oil change..... The young mechanic who came up front to drive my car on the hoist had to lower the top to get in. He looked over the windshield to drive it into the shop. !!! He was about 6'5". Looked like he was driving a go-cart. I don't know if the newer models are that tight ! | |||
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No go for me at 6'2" and 185lbs and a 34" inseam. I could do it, but it wouldn't be as enjoyable as a Mx5 should be. _________________________ An unarmed man can only flee from evil and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. - Col Jeff Cooper NRA Life Member Long Live the Super Thirty-Eight | |||
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In high school, a friend had a 1993 Miata, I had a VW Jetta. We traded cars for the drive home once. I'm 6'3, had to have the top down to with my head above the roofline, the top of the windscreen blocked part of my vision, could barely maneuver the clutch to shift gears. Unless they've grown significantly, you'll never fit for more than a brief drive. | |||
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My wife’s current car is the Mazda built fiat spider which I suspect is roughly the same size. My friend who is 6’3” and I used it a few times. The only way for him To get in was with the top down. He could tolerate it for an hour ride max. | |||
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Thanks everyone. I will keep looking for a suitable fall foliage convertible! ------- Trying to simplify my life... | |||
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I am 6'3“. I don't fit in them The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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I have been told 6'5 fit in a BRZ. Similar car. Try one. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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This. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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What rental car agency has a 12 year old car? P229 | |||
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None, it's Turo, a private rental app like Air BnB for cars. I had a '90 and at 6'2" 210lbs I fit perfectly, but I have a 31" inseam and I'm not sure 33" would have worked. There was almost no extra room, and I removed the visors to be able to see better through the windshield, but it's a roadster, not a sedan. Perfect size for C-stock autocross. More room in that Miata than in the current generation Vette. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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No BRZ convertible made yet. It’s too tiny anyway. Try a BMW Z convertible. Not minority enough! | |||
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Correct, no BRZ convertible. If what is sought is a small, lightweight sports car, then try it. It has plenty of headroom. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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I'm 6'4" and, much to my surprise, I actually fit in a Honda S2000. But that was with the top down, and getting in and out was tricky. And it was over 25 years ago. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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