How tall is too tall

[enginearin]

Considering making a switch from the kit car world (Dax Rush Cosworth, Sylva Phoenix Cosworth previous cars... and Westfield Megabird current car) to an Elise in the hope of getting a bit more use out of the sports car. I think i'm going to palm the daily driver off on the missus and get something i can use for the short daily commute (used to no creature comforts... used to have the Dax as an everyday car)

At 6'6" I'm fairly used to being a little cramped in my cars but with all the kit cars you can just modify pedal boxes and steering columns to suit and take out fixed seats and make moulded foam ones to suit...

The long and the short of it is am i too big for an Elise?

Are there any mods that people have done to make driving a bit easier?

Any experiences / opinions greatly appreciated

[bogie]

quite a common question - but I know many guys your height you have Elises as daily drives.

Most fit a removeable steering wheel and shortshift gearstick (that you can adjust to the left a bit so it dosent touch your leg) ...other than that theres enough leg room...you would have to drive roof off on track though with a helmet on.

go for it ...the Elise is highly useable daily - more owners use them every day than not ..I used to do 30K a year in mine..slowed down a bit now though

[J1mmyD]

I've been giving such serious thought to this car, but I'm tall too (though not as tall being just 6'4".

This is a nice idea, though:





(and ain't that lil thing just seriously good looking??)

[beachbum]

I'm 6'4" and fit OK. 6'6" maybe pushing it a bit TBH. Would suggest getting down to a dealer and sitting in a few.

The Exige would be the same whatever, however the Elises will vary depending on whether they have the "Insulated" rag top or not. If they have it, I would guess that would reduce head room slightly too.

[enginearin]

Thanks... i guessed it would have been done before but the search wasn't working.

I'm gonna head over to a garage this weekend to sit in some cars... will come back on here and post up prospective modifications to see if there are known solutions.

Cheers

Tim