Height problems

[matthayden1019]

Hello,
Long time lurker here. I've been looking for the right Elan for the last year or so. My main hesitation on pulling the trigger is the comfort. I'm 6'3" and about 200 lbs. Now according to Harry's Garage...he says there is plenty of room for someone of my size to fit comfortably in an Elan.

I live in Minnesota (USA) and there aren't many Elans around for me to test out or sit in. Obviously I don't want to buy one and find out I won't be able to drive it. My father has a Fiat X19 that I barely fit in, and I had some trouble fitting in a triumph TR4.


Does anyone have any input on this?

I apologize if this topic has been discussed on here before, I couldn't find anything on it.

Thank you!

[sng]

I am 6' 2" and about 186 lbs and fit no problem, I don't have the seat on it's max setting so you should be fine.

I also put 80 plus thousand miles on an X19 in the 80's when I was much lighter and more supple, when I sat in one recently it was very tight and I wondered how I use to drive it so far. A great car that I miss very much and always thought the Elan much more fragile than it ever was, the X19 always delivered.

[smo17003]

I'm 6' 2"/180lbs and my head just touches the headliner in my Coupe, with the seat fully back. I'm tempted to try it forward one notch as my legs are at a bit of a stretch.
I recently spent two very uncomfortable hours as a passenger in a friends MX5 with far less leg room.

[vstibbard]

I’m 6’4” 190lbs and have seat located in rear most channel and most reclined setting and also column moved ~1” out towards the driver. I’ve driven ~500 miles in day in comfort.
Cheers
V