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[hotel21]

.... its a challenge to get in and out of a Lotus Exige without doing your back in.

Got one as a trade in at the moment and I had to move it.  Not built for big lads, are they...   

[Richie London]

I used to have problems gettin in my sisters old fiat cinquetenta yrs ago. was like trying to fit in a kitchen cupboard. not idiot i ever got in one

[Richie London]

Now that would be a big problem for me. too low and small

[aaronjb]

There is a very comical picture of me in the pax side of a friends VXR220 (same car, different shell, essentially) - me at ~24st and him at ~16st. 1st & 2nd gear was very 'intimate'.

Although the drivers side of the same car (I got to drive it a few years later after it had been made significantly faster) is surprisingly roomy. Still not easy to get in & out over the enormous sills though - I could only do it with the roof off 

[tunnie]

being 6ft5, I struggle with most little sports cars. Usually end up driving with my knees 

[aaronjb]

Quite a lot of leg room in the VXR actually - length wise.. I certainly have to shuffle the seat forward a fair way, and I'm 5' 10" so not that short! I suspect it feels so roomy because of the somewhat sparse interior finishings, though

[Shackeng]

being 6ft5, I struggle with most little sports cars. Usually end up driving with my knees 

I sympathise, at 6'4½", 6' of which is leg! So driving my daughter's MG TF is not fun!

[tunnie]

being 6ft5, I struggle with most little sports cars. Usually end up driving with my knees 

I sympathise, at 6'4½", 6' of which is leg! So driving my daughter's MG TF is not fun!

Most of my height is leg too, the Corsa C i leaned in had no adjustable steering column, I'd actually say it was border line dangerous me driving that!

[Shackeng]

I helped build a Caterham Super7 once, and was given a drive. No chance, as my legs jammed the wheel. Shame. as it was a hot little motor, had the 1340cc Cosworth Classic engine.

[Andy B]

No(t many) problems getting into SWMBO's Smart Roadster, definitely OK once you're in. I know another lad that owns a Roadster & would love to be able to buy an Exige/Elise but can't get his 6' 3" /23st arse over the sill 

[aaronjb]

No(t many) problems getting into SWMBO's Smart Roadster, definitely OK once you're in. I know another lad that owns a Roadster & would love to be able to buy an Exige/Elise but can't get his 6' 3" /23st arse over the sill 

Pfft, he's not trying hard enough.. or had the roof on 

I was probably 26st when I drove Mark's.. 28st 8lb now, good job he's sold it for a 911 (not that I've managed to steal the keys to that, yet..)

[aaronjb]

I helped build a Caterham Super7 once, and was given a drive. No chance, as my legs jammed the wheel. Shame. as it was a hot little motor, had the 1340cc Cosworth Classic engine.

I can't even get near to getting into a 7-esque car .. unless I put the seat on the transmission tunnel and made it a single seater 

[Dishevelled Den]

In the very early 70's I got seriously stuck in a Lotus Europa - despite the bloke who was with me advising me not to try getting into it.

Without exaggeration, it took several people and a fair bit of bollocking about to get me out of it without breaking any bits from the car (or me) and before the onset of cramp.

What a fuppin' car - it must have been designed for those of modest stature.

[aaronjb]

You should have seen me trying out the various Cobra replicas.. it was comical at times! Especially the more 'original' cars with the big wooden steering wheels; I just didn't fit at all.

Well, I did, but steering would have been a problem.

[Gaffers]

being 6ft5, I struggle with most little sports cars. Usually end up driving with my knees 

Finally, the real reason Tunnie drives so slow is out!