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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:04 AM
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6' 2" 190 lbs with room to spare.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:19 AM
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From: Greater Chicagoland. Ich Bin Ein Midwesterner!!!
6'3" here. Seat back all the way.

When asked if I fit in there the response is, "I wouldn't buy a car I didn't fit into!"
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:39 AM
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Wow!!! Everybody around here is so TALL!!!
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:52 AM
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6'2". Only time I'm cramped in the car is if I have the seat moved forward for rear seat passengers to be able to have room for their feet.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by carjoy
Wow!!! Everybody around here is so TALL!!!
Bloody Amazons.

5' 7" (no shoes, no cheating) -- average for the U.S. but tallest in my family.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Fastlane
6'4" here...and I love telling people that the seat is not even back all the way when I drive. They never believe me.
Same for my husband. He says the MINI is comfier than our Legacy wagon...
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueBonnet
6'2", size 14 shoes. I don't ride with the seat all the way back. I have plenty of room at the pedals with tennis shoes . . . actually indoor soccer shoes. I do have a little problem with my hiking boots but then, they're a bigger problem in the F-150 I sometimes drive at work (tendency to hit the accelerator while braking).
My seat is pumped all the way down and is all the way back and the back part is touching the back seat....hehehe I still fit!! Oh i wear size 15..
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by mauberley
Bloody Amazons.

5' 7" (no shoes, no cheating) -- average for the U.S. but tallest in my family.
While I'm 6'4", my dad is about 5'4". I get lots of "mom and the mailman" jokes.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:04 AM
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6'1" with a very fat butt, lots of head room, lots of leg room
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:09 AM
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still looks like im the tallest mini cooper owner....
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:10 AM
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I'm 6'0"
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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I guess I'm a mini . I'm 5' 10"
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 07:50 AM
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5'8", when I stand up strait.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 08:19 AM
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5' 7". Good things come in small packages, (get your mind out of the gutter).
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 08:40 AM
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6'2" here, and I have waaay more leg room in my MINI than in the ambulance I work in!
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Scorch
5' 7". Good things come in small packages, (get your mind out of the gutter).
Woo hoo LOL j/k
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by MiniQuin
still looks like im the tallest mini cooper owner....

Uhhh......
Not so fast there, Bub!!
6'8" here ,too.
Plus I've heard of a few 7 footers owning MINIs.

Jim
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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5' 7" on a good day, just as much room as my old grand prix had. defently more comfy in the MINI.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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I'm only 5'2" but my friends are anywhere from 6'1" to 6'6".....I got the 6'6" guy in the back...was funny watching him to to get out
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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I'm 5' 2" I pump my seat all the way up and pull it Almost all the way forward. My boyfriend is 5' 9" and sits the exact opposite.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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5'10" seat all the way down and i believe about 4 clicks back...maybe...i don't remeber and rarely have to move it...
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:41 AM
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Six foot four.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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I was in Europe on vacation last month. It seemed like most all of the overhead traffic lights were pretty much directly above where you stop at an intersection. I found myself looking out of the (open) roof a lot in the MCC I rented. I'm sure I would have been looking out of the sunroof if I was in my MCS out there...

I can't imagine how much harder it would have been if I was taller than 5'9"...


Originally Posted by MiniQuin
not really...the only problem i have is when i pull up to close to the light, i can't see it.lol so i have to duck my head some.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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6'5" and no issues with the rearview mirror. Quite comical when we pull up to a stop and get out of the MINI. My son who just turned 15 is 6'2 1/2" and sits behind my wife while my other son at 13 is 5'7" and sits behind me as I drive. It requires some serious seat adjustment and comfort sacrifices to ride all four of us. One of my other cars is a 740il with limo-like proportions in the rear seat. When I ask "Which car do you want to ride in?" invariably it's the MINI!
Mine's an end of production run 06 S all stock so far except for a Borla exhaust. My 740 has 282 horsepower and I wanted to see what the MINI would do against it from 60mph on up. My wife was in the Bimmer and my two sons and I were in the MINI so I had 300 pounds extra weight besides myself. We left her in the dust and when I reached 105 I let off and she was 10 car lengths back. I was amazed and accused her of not totally flooring the Bimmer. She said she did have it all the way down and we repeated the same run again with the same results! Guess I broke mine in right as my MA told me to run it as hard as I wanted, just to not use the cruise control and to vary my speed for the first 1200 miles.

Disclaimer: These runs were done on our private track.
 

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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 12:26 PM
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5'7", 160 lbs. My seat is pretty far forward because I like to be right up on the controls. I feel like I could lose it if I'm not right there. How people get their lean on and drive is beyond me. Also, tallest in family. I can sit on the back of dad's bike which has a back seat about 3 inches higher than his, and if I'm wearing Chuck's, I can rest my feet flat on the ground while he has to struggle to touch wearing his boots. Yeah, my old man is short.
 
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