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MiddleFingerMom

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21. PLENTY of leg room in this baby.
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:52 AM
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If you dress 'em up in enormous shoes and red rubber noses, there's room for about 15 of your friends, too..
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Car shopping for a tall guy [View all] csziggy Sep 2013 OP
2012+ Camaro. onehandle Sep 2013 #1
LOL! A Camaro wouldn't make it up our driveway! csziggy Sep 2013 #5
Yes, plenty of front seat room, narnian60 Sep 2013 #42
It's a two-seater, as far as I'm concerned. onehandle Sep 2013 #43
I was kidding. narnian60 Sep 2013 #45
I replaced my 2002 Vue with a 2013 Santa Fe Sport a few weeks ago... Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2013 #2
'54 DeSoto Firedome Throd Sep 2013 #3
Now there's a thought csziggy Sep 2013 #6
Mazdaspeed 3. Hatchback, roomy, fun. flvegan Sep 2013 #4
Hadn't thought about a Subaru - they're supposed to be good csziggy Sep 2013 #8
Subarus are excellent. flvegan Sep 2013 #10
I've known several letter carriers that had Subarus and swore by them csziggy Sep 2013 #13
Honda Pilot is a great vehicle. I'd rather a Nissan XTerra for the money, though. flvegan Sep 2013 #14
I'll add the Nissan to my list, then csziggy Sep 2013 #15
You can always adjust the seat tracks. fortyfeetunder Sep 2013 #23
I thought about that csziggy Sep 2013 #25
+1 for Subaru! Agschmid Sep 2013 #46
Honda Pilot has the room benld74 Sep 2013 #7
How's the gas mileage? I've heard they're not great csziggy Sep 2013 #9
Vehicles these days have a lot more leg room. What, only 6'1"? DebJ Sep 2013 #11
We had a Dodge Caravan years ago csziggy Sep 2013 #12
We've had Caravans since they came out in 1984. I'm 6'3". trof Sep 2013 #47
We have a Subaru Forester. Husband is 5'11" Heddi Sep 2013 #16
I'm curious gvstn Sep 2013 #18
I like the squareness of the Forester over the Wagony looking Outback Heddi Sep 2013 #19
Thanks! gvstn Sep 2013 #20
If you don't want high-pressure from salespeople when you test drive Heddi Sep 2013 #22
We have a Forester (mine) and an Outback (hubby's) tanyev Sep 2013 #44
Volvos are super up-down-forward-backward seat adjustable. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #17
PLENTY of leg room in this baby. MiddleFingerMom Sep 2013 #21
LOL! csziggy Sep 2013 #26
One good way to test drive different makes at the same dealer is go to Carmax mnhtnbb Sep 2013 #24
Hmm - Carmax seems to list over our budget csziggy Sep 2013 #27
Oh, gee. I'm so sorry about the loss of your father. mnhtnbb Sep 2013 #28
Thank you - I have not wanted to talk about it here csziggy Sep 2013 #29
We have a Sequoia and I have an old f150 NightWatcher Sep 2013 #30
My "truck" is a GMC Suburban 2500 csziggy Sep 2013 #31
I had to use a crv for a week and that was horrible NightWatcher Sep 2013 #32
We didn't even test drive the CRV csziggy Sep 2013 #34
My 6'7" nephew does well........ mrmpa Sep 2013 #33
I've been sort of interested in the KIA csziggy Sep 2013 #35
Jeremy Clarkson (of Top Gear) is 6'-5" kentauros Sep 2013 #36
We recently purchased a 2010 Charger.. my Hubby is madmom Sep 2013 #37
I had a... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2013 #38
My 6'4 husband fits fine in our Honda CRV but LOVES the Volvo most riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #39
What year CRV? The one we looked at was a 2000 csziggy Sep 2013 #40
1999. Its got 289k miles on it and its STILL going.... riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #41
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