I'm thinking of that scene in "Police Academy" where Hightower takes out the front seats of the Civic and drives from the back seat.

 

I'm 6'4", my wife owned a diamante, I've driven a galant, been in a montero and an eclipse. They are all built for people under 6'. I had to lean the seat back in the diamante and galant to get my head in. The eclipse and diamante my knees were buried in the dash, and the montero, by the time I got the seat far enough back my head didn't scrape, my arms couldn't reach the steering wheel.

I should try getting into a Focus sometime when I'm at a dealer. I've even found the lincoln town car to not have enough driver leg room in it (in laws have an 03).

 

I can just hear chris farley singing fat guy in a little car and see the car rocking side to side with him in it.

 

ME TOO!!!!


I tried search forever for a picture of that scene to post here.....

 

I had that visual too, but didn't want to say anything.

 

http://chrisfarleycoat.ytmnd.com/

 

I liked my Focus. I'm about 6'1" and 270ish, and I fit alright in it. Headroom was kinda tight, but I made due. Although I'd be ready to shoot someone if I went from my F150 daily driver to a frickin' Focus loaner car.

 

my first car... a 91 ford tempo..beings that im 6'4'' that was a tight fit. My mom and sister were just making fun of my last night how i used to have to peel myself out of that thing. Wish i had it back though....good beater car.

 

D!! Are those really your legs??!! We finally get to see a small part of big D??!! That's the closest thing to a picture of the real you that I've ever seen!!

Seriously, sorry for your troubles, I drove a Focus a few years ago and I liked it. It was zippy and had a decent stereo for stock...course I'm only 5'3".

 

we did get to catch a peek at his hand in that video of him trashing the rental in 1st gear when he flipped it off....

 

I recently had to bring my truck to the dealer, twice. Both times I got a Focus. It's seems a little funny, we spend decent money for our trucks and they give us an econo-box.

The first Focus was a wagon. It had 11k on it. It felt like it was a ten year old car. Noise? This thing practiclly drove me insane! I am an hour from the dealership where I got my '04 F150. There were so many squeeks and rattles. More than my work van loaded up with all my tools and material. It was GOD AWFULL!! And to top the Focus experiance off, this one smelled like a$$.

Well, this "wonderful " dealership wasn't able to adress the issues on the first visit so I had to go back again. Eighty miles away. I guess I should have found an '04 Lightning closer to home, BUT THER WASN'T ANY!!! So, once again I went to this dealership, delt with the attitude and got to drive another Focus home. This one wasn't as bad as the last one. Smelled better. Not as many squeeks and rattles, a few though (7k on this one). This one had cruise, which helped a bit on the drive. Cheap though. Wow!

I understand the need for inexpensive transportation, but this Focus.... It's a poor example of what Ford is capible of.

 

After a member has posted quite a bit, I kind of form a mental image.
I have met several members over the years and it's never what I expect.
You may not know this but, there are at least two Fords driven by owners with a third eye in the middle of their forehead.

A bandanna is a dead giveaway I tell ya'.

 

Exactly! Makes me want to hit other dealers to see if the other automakers put out this crap for the compact segment. I mean hell, the Focus has been on the C&D 10 best list a few years running (mainly due to the SVT they admit). What are the other automakers like?

Yup, that's me. With the hand, legs, and maybe various other body parts I'll post you can have Kobi create a whole picture.

 

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Kobi where are you?? Get in here and photoshop a picture of D out of that little sample!!

 

oh my! when did Rose become a leghumper?