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    Anita, if you drop the seat (there's a mod on here somewhere) it should allow your husband to tilt the seat forward without his head hitting the roof, which would simultaneously rotate his hips and stretch out his legs a little more. It would also give the VX more of a "passenger car" feeling, putting the driver a couple inches closer to the ground.
    Steve

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    Is this necessary for those of us over 6' tall?

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    No, my fiancee's case is the ONLY person I know that couldnt fit in well. There is a great number of tall guys that fit fine in the VX. You have heard already from a few. My Mike is a mutation, I think.

    Anita
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    I think it depends greatly on the inclination of the back part of the seat...basically personal preference. If you have it straight up and down you will hit the roof, if you have it laid straight back of course you wont. I have the seat mod on the drivers side and I must say at 6ft I like the drivers seat much more than the passenger seat. I would definately check it out before you commit to it, however if you truely love the vx, mods are available for just about everything.
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    but you cant relaim and you cant forget."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anita
    My Mike is a mutation, I think.
    Short arm syndrome maybe?

    I'm 6'3", 245 lbs. and have no trouble fitting and find it quite roomy, even when wearing a helmet for rallycross. Heraclid is longer through the torso than I and has to recline the seat to fit with a helmet, but still fits.
    Over 20 years of Isuzu enjoyment...

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    Of course this site is self-selecting, you are unlikely to find a single owner here who can't easily fit in their VX, else they would not have bought it in the first place. People like Anita's guy may be a lot more common in the general population than they are here.

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    Another 6'3"-6'4" here and I have to do the neck crunch to see traffic lights. Seat is all the way back (but not lowered) and while I wouldn't mind a couple more inches, it fits my legs much better than my XTerra.

    Have only hit my head getting in/out once. I DID just bang my lower lip against the upper corner of the door, though. Don't recommend doing that for fun.
    Fuzzy
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    6'2", no problems unless I go over a nasty bump, sometimes hit my head on the roof.

    One thing I did that really helped visibilty is to adjust the hieght of the rear view mirror: grab the mirror and move it up toward the top of the window. Since the mirror has 2 joints, it can be pushed up towards the roof a couple inches.

    when I first got the car, I drove around with it "down" the window for a couple months until I realized it could be moved up.

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    5' 11'' here and no problems

    ok...sorry, I just had to with all these "tallies" replying.

    BUt sersiously, I got in the BACK seat and had plenty o room. Granted, getting back there was a bit much, but I was INCREDIBLY impressed with the room all around. And that seems to be the first thing that people say when they get in, usually in this order:

    1) "ohh...it's nice"
    2) "wow...there's [tons] of room" ("tons" sometimes substituted for "ample", "plenty" or in the case of my friends with limited language skills "a lot"
    3) "geez! even the back seat has [tons] of room" (same story on "tons" here too)

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    Im 6'3" and lost about 1.5 inches on the roof when I got my slide in sunroof installed. When I sit slightly on a lean Im about 1 inch from the roof. No complains here.

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