MX-5 Owners - Over 6ft?

[Puzzled]

Hi, I know there's a few of you on here so hopefully at least 1 of you is tall.

I went for a drive in 1.8 Mk2 yesterday, and one word.... WOW! It felt great with the top down, listening to that lovely exhaust. Plus the feeling of speed with being so close the ground made me go about 20mph slower while feeling 20mph faster. All in all, I loved it!

But...it's a bit small. I'm over 6ft, probably about 6ft 3 and did feel quite cramped with the lack of legroom. I currently drive a focus which has loads of room, but the mx-5 was equal to this with headroom it could just do with a few more inches for my legs.

I did fit in it, and I was pretty comfortable. Getting out was a pain, but I could get use to that.

But my question to you lot is, are any of you over 6ft and if so do you use the mx-5 as the daily driver? More importantly are you comfortable, can you still walk after a long trip?

I think I would be ok with it, I'm just not use the driving position but I admit it did feel rather cramped. I wish i was shorter..

 

[Puzzled]

Is yours a fun weekend car, or daily driver?

I'm 95% sure I'd get use to it, my 1st car was a Nova and I managed to squeeze in that for long enough. Probem I have is that I'm all leg, I really am just 2 legs and a head, that's it!

Was such fun though, I'll have to do some more test drives so I can look at it practically and not just think "I want it Nooowwww!!"

Do you know if the mk 2.5 was any bigger, or is it only the mk3 that has a serious difference?

 

[Puzzled]

Ok thanks guys, you've helped settle some of my worries.

It was just a normal 1.8 I was in yesterday, when I'm really after a 1.8i or 1.8iS so I'm trying to find one locally for another test drive.

I doubt I'll do many long trips in it anyway, I've only been on 2 longs trips since I got the focus last year. Most of the time I just drive to work (it's only 9 miles) or hoon about on country roads for fun.

Now...back to Autotrader.