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I've currently got a mini clubman- this is I admit now too small for a giant like me
I tried a skoda yeti which was good, though quite pricey
Basically looking for a short small to medium size car you can either get large bikes in, or low enough to get bikes on easily enough. Something like a yeti would work- it would fit where I park, take a bike with a wheel off, and has space up front- but it aint cool.
You have £14000 to play with max!
A3
Prius! Roomy for drivers and very short bonnet.. so the inside of the car is much larger than the outside would make it appear.
Small van? Partner? Ford Connect?
Proud is a bit meh, small van the miss us won't let me, a3 a good shout
Anything else tall like a yeti but not an mpv kid wagon?
Only weird things. Saw a Nissan Cube the other day, that looked quite upright.
After extensive research, we found that Mr Toast (6ft 6) fits into the Vauxhall Astras - but only the 2010 ones onwards.
Seat Altea.
Small van? Partner? Ford Connect?
The connect is OK but the new shape Partner (like a lot of newer peugeots I've driven) is a bit crap for tall drivers. Pedals are to close and you end up driving with your heels behind your knees and toes pointing upwards in the air. Nasty when you first drive one, although I got used to it after a few days.
Astra's used to be good for tall drivers, but I can't remember what the recent ones are like. Zafira is worth looking at if you are thinking of a Roomster, the range of adjustment for the seat is good, although I find the seat itself gets uncomfortable on journeys of 100 miles or so (and that discomfort increase exponentially over the next 400 miles). The seat squabs try to hard to give side support, and the result is you feel like you are hanging from your hip-bones rather than sitting on your arse bone.
Something to consider is whether you are going to have passengers in the back, if not sometimes smaller cars have more room for the driver than mid-size ones. Mid-size motors often sacrifice the driver space to be able to make claims about legroom in the back. I've generally been most comfortable in either superminis or mondeo sized cars
astra is a good shout, don't know why I didnt think of that- used to have an astra estate and occassionally swapped work cars with a mate for his hatchback astra. nice and fast too from what I remember
I parked next to a nissan cube today in blackburn and chuckled at the thought of trying to get Mrs Lankysprinter to drive one!
i bought the mrs a golf at the weekend - for the size of the car im impressed with the driver and passenger room
i can sit with the seat in a position thats comfy - and then climb inbehind that seat and get comfy behind ..... im 6 foot 3 with 34inch inside leg and long arms.
it is how ever a 52 plate golf so this may have changed
i echo maccruisekeen on the pug partner wierd position - how ever i found it silly comfy after a 24 hour race compared to lowering my self into my old hyundai ! was wierd last week after 3 weeks driving a hire scenic - that might have been because it was left hand drive too 😉 - it was shit for rear seat passengers behind me too.
i might be wierd though - i find my 87 LR defender comfy .....
Ok at 6ft 4,
astra, but only the new shape.
focus (any)
A3 is tiny nowhere to put my knees, and since they are not detachable.....I didn't fit,
bmw 1 series large in the front, couldn't have the chair all the way back as i couldn't reach the pedals. However with me driving i need to treat it as a 3 series.
standard mini?
As forvans, both the connect and a caddie are a touch small. the combo I can drive, but is niether comfortable or reccomended. the astra van is also not massive, and there is no new shape one.
New shape golf?