I am 17 and going to buy a car, but I am also 6'6. Recomend any cars big enough ?

if you dont mind older cars, pretty much everything from the 80’s. :)

You can go with trucks, or Buicks. I personally like Buicks. Big and comfortable. Or you could buy an older Cadillac. Foreign cars seem to be designed for midgets. I’m only 6 foot one, and I am to tall for most foreign cars. You could get an Explorer or something…. is gas mileage an issue?

Im sorry, german cars work for tall people, but not oriental ones. :)

no mate am 17 I like sport and stylish cars (I DON’T CARE ABOUT PRICE)

Ah well thats different. :)

I drove an 06 Cadillac STS-V for a while. Loved it… great car. A friend of mine had an Audi A4, and it was nice but I was cramped in it. The A6 might be big enough. You thinking new or used?

Are you ok with a nice sporty Sedan, or do you really want a coupe?

Emmm not sure.. But prefer new

@mowens I find the A6 tight.

@dimitris since you DON’T CARE ABOUT PRICE . . .an S-class Mercedes Benz will definitely accomodate you… seats and steering adjust in multiple ways and when you find just the right setting, you can save it in memory, this way, when valet parking people move your seat, all you need to do is just hit the memory button to get your comfortable setting back in place in seconds.

Taken a look at the A5? I think that is a bigger coupe. I never have sat in one though.

@njnyjobs is right, the Sclass is bad ass. Do you mean tight as in, small, or tight as in awesome?

@njnyjobs I like the s class but isn’t it too much for first car? (imagine my second car if my first is this)

@mowens… I mean tight as in small, low headroom.

I have both an A6 and S-class. Use of each one is dependent on my mood and destination.

@njnyjobs I want your job.

What do you do?

@dimitris – “I like the s class but isn’t it too much for first car? (imagine my second car if my first is this)”

Hey if you can afford it, why not . . . for a young adult like you, get an all black one with 22” wheels and custom body works.

Mine is traditionally set-up for a middle-aged person.

Fellas, I had put in enough of my time working so I figure I have to enjoy the fruits of my labor. . . .

Understandable. I’m 26. I went the expensive route on a car, bought a 60 thousand dollar one. Loved it. Now I want a house, sold the car, saving for a down payment. Going to go for an expensive house this time, I think I will enjoy it more. No one ever sees my car. :)

Well i am only 17 so my good dady pays for everything LOOL!

I used to have that. Now he tells me to go F myself when I ask him for money.

I don’t blame him. Hahahaha

HAhahaha

I had a few older (‘85–94) Golfs that seemed to do alright. At “only” 6’0”, I find that most cars required me to put the seat all of the way back and even that isn’t always enough. However, my Golfs didn’t have that issue; I managed to kep the seats only ⅔ of the way back. I even had my friend who was 6’9” try it out and he managed pretty decently.

Subaru tends to be the same way, but I have had bad luck with American cars taht you would think would fit, like a Taurus.

So @jerv a volksagen EOS would be good? Or you can suggest me other model of VW

because I lovee it

The one problem with any Volkswagen is that their reliability ratings are relatively low. We just sold my daughter’s VW because it was always in the shop.

We drive a Chevy Silverado pick up truck, and it has plenty of head room and lots of space to move the driver’s seat back. It is also the best-rated Chevy when it comes to reliability.

According to The Height Site the following 2004 cars have good headroom for the tall driver:

“6ft4 Tester’s Pick: Toyota Matrix
Some say it looks like a station wagon on steroids, but our shortest tester still loved it best—»

6ft5 Tester’s Pick: Honda Element
You’re either gonna love it or you’re gonna hate it because it definitely is a different looking vehicle—»

6ft7 Tester’s Pick: Toyota RAV4
Nimble, sure-footed, and based on the Camry chassis, the RAV4 is great for city driving—»

6ft11 Tester’s Pick: Nissan Murano
Nissan calls this a “crossover” vehicle because it’s an SUV built on the chasis of a sedan”

Also for 2005 they chose:

“6ft3 Tester’s Pick: Honda Accord Hybrid
Sost—»

6ft4 Tester’s Pick: Ford Escape
Our tester liked the gas-only model, but the Escape is also available in a hybrid version—»

6ft6 Tester’s Pick: Honda Civic Hybrid
This car had a lot of buzz last year and it seems that Honda has improved upon their hybrid technology since then. This car was swamped with people clamoring to check it out.—»

6ft11 Tester’s Pick: Jeep Liberty
Limited, Renegade, Sport and the Rocky Mountain Edition models are all available in 2WD & 4WD”

And this is a list of recommendations by drivers who are 6’ 6” tall.

Then this site lists some sportier choices.

woow @Darwin thank you so much!

6’6” is big. Jeeps have good headroom and are affordable used.

@dimitris – You are welcome. We have tall folks in our family, too, with me being one of the shortest at 5’ 8” (I’m a girl, though). My niece is 6’ 1” and her brother is still only 6’ 2” at age 15, so we always look for good headroom.

In fact, the reason why I bought the Chevy is so I could tote the cousins around. It is the 2500HD Crew Cab and they can sit in the back seat just fine.

we have the ford mondeo. PLENTY of room

@Darwin Try parking that thing in the city :P

@jerv – That is one of many reasons I refuse to live in anything that is referred to as “the city.”

Two thoughts:

A friend told me he chose a car without a sun- or moon-roof because it subtracted a good 2” from the headroom.

Make sure there is enough room over your head so that if you become airborne going over a hill or a bump you will still have some space. Spines don’t like surprise contractions.

@Factotum Not always true about the sunroofs, but I think it depends on the car.

@Darwin The ironic thing is that of all of the vehicles that were stuck in my old driveway in NH, none of them were the compact cars I favor. Two of the “stickees” were F-150s, one was a Chevy 2500, and one was a John Deere, all of them 4WD.

@dimitris I am not terribly familiar with the Eos, but then again, I don’t shop out of my price range too often either and pretty much every vehicle listed in this thread by others cost more than the sum total of every vehicle I have ever owned.

@jerv…actually, a top line Silverado’s price is in the price range of a top line VW Eos. you probably just don’t look at other vehicles that don’t interest you.

@dimitris check this out: 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8 2dr Coupe, 42” legroom, 39.3” headroom…and one bad-ass ride.

or 2010 Volvo C70, 42.3” legroom, 38.3” headroom . . . a convertible

@njnyjobs My price range is generally in the “I don’t need no stinking loan!” territory. If there are five digits on the sticker, I ain’t paying! Seriously, there are very few cars I would pay more than $10k on since most modern vehicles have things I don’t want and therefore refuse to pay for.
Actually, come to think of it, you’re right about me not really looking at vehicles that don’t interest me (at least not with an eye towards purchase), and that is pretty much anything made by the Big Three, anything that has a turn radius in excess of 38 feet, anything that weights over 2600 pounds empty (though I will go up to 3200 for 4WD/AWD with a decent engine), anything rated at less than 25MPG highway…. yes, I am a bit picky. The only exceptions to those rules are the Tesla Model S and a few sports cars in the >$50K range.