Manual gearbox - OK for lanky people?

diceyDC · Post by **diceyDC** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:08 pm

Thanks both - I think I’m going to go for the manual, just because, and from the sounds of it I should be ok. I’m probably not quite 6’2” anyway, I think when you get to 50 you’re shrinking….

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:13 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:00 pm
john-e89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:35 pm I'm 5'6 " with me shoes on and with the seat all the way back on the E89 I can't even reach a pedal let alone press one...
Ah.....bless!

f**k off....

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:16 pm

john-e89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:13 pm f**k off....

At least there's one left with a sense of humour!

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:24 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:16 pm
john-e89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:13 pm f**k off....
At least there's one left with a sense of humour!

Sadly an an ever decreasing number Pondy....woke, snowflake and the simple inability to have a laugh and to be ultra serious about everything brigade are having a worrying grip it seems....it's very sad tbh....

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:47 pm

john-e89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:24 pm it's very sad tbh....

And I wonder why all my daughter's 17 year old friends have 'mental health issues' (including her TBH). No-one is allowed to just have a laugh at life anymore and that will bring you down pretty quickly!

diceyDC · Post by **diceyDC** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:51 am

Smartbear wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:15 pm
diceyDC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:58 pm Thanks Jason - I am actually an Essex boy but defected down to Somerset 8 years ago, so now miles away sadly
It’s not a bad move is it
Rob

It's bloody marvellous. Although the grass is on steroids!

diceyDC · Post by **diceyDC** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:55 am

Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:47 pm
john-e89 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:24 pm it's very sad tbh....
And I wonder why all my daughter's 17 year old friends have 'mental health issues' (including her TBH). No-one is allowed to just have a laugh at life anymore and that will bring you down pretty quickly!

Looks like we're safe on here though chaps, thank the Lord...bloke at work (nicest guy you could meet too, would do anything for anyone) had strips torn off him by a woman for referring to his grown up daughter as 'girls' - I mean, mental - they are! He's ex-SF too, so even if you were a an ultra-PC, he deserves a bit of leeway. Oh well...

Pyranha · Post by **Pyranha** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:48 pm

I am 6'3 and have plenty of leg and headroom. I dont have the seat all the way back, almost but not quite.

Pyranha · Post by **Pyranha** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:50 pm

I am 6'3 and have plenty of leg and headroom. I dont have the seat all the way back, almost but not quite.

diceyDC · Post by **diceyDC** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:00 pm

Pyranha wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:50 pm I am 6'3 and have plenty of leg and headroom. I dont have the seat all the way back, almost but not quite.

Nice one, thanks for the reply

mcbutler · Post by **mcbutler** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:50 pm

im 6'1" my 23i was a manual, no problems at all. Apart from the box being notchy into 2nd gear (normal) and whining a lot....

Oilyfingers · Post by **Oilyfingers** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:01 am

My car is a 2.3 manual
I am 192cm and managed to find a comfortable seating position. Have been doing 1000km daily trips regularly

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:35 am

I'm 5 10 with 32 inch leg, the main problem is the tilt back. My seat is about and inch from touching the rear deck. (If it touches becomes a source of tapping noise).
The seat at the bottom is about 5 inches from the rear, a cover and extinguishers resides there.

diceyDC · Post by **diceyDC** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:30 pm

Thanks again all, appreciated. I've taken the leap and it should be arriving tomorrow so hopefully all good...

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