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Old 08-08-2008, 07:12 AM   #3
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I'm 6'4" and I fit pretty easily into a normal S2000. The reason I say normal is my brother was going to buy one from a lawyer in San Jose and put a deposit down, I drove it home for him since he was in central cali at the time. The shape of the cockpit was kinda cramped for me and I was upset because I was interested in those during the RX-7 mania era of my life. I got it home with a sore lower back and I thought it was just the seats. My stepdad drove it (he's owned a body shop for 13 years and is now a mechanics/shop manager for a large construction company. Immediately he said something was wrong with it. Turns out the lawyer was being the stereotypical and lied when he said there was never any accidents. Carfax showed no accidents either.

We brought it back to the guy (same lawyer who represented the lady vs. wendy's for finding finger in chili). Frame was bent BADLY, and when my stepfather pointed out the evidence to him and he immediately rebuked and gave us the deposit back. I went and test drove an s2000 the next day and it was like driving the 70's corvettes, but with more leg room. I was amazed myself that I could fit in such a small car, but it's fine for me. The reason the seat hurt my lower back was it was twisted since the frame was bent and not straight facing the pedals.
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