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[Gcornwall]

I myself am 6ft I still love driving my mini everyday!

[HarrysMini]

My Dad's 6ft 4, I'm 6ft 3. We both drive Minis comfortably. Although the seats have to be right back and the rear seat sort of turns into a cushioned shelf.

 

Edit: Should probably also mention, I have size 11 feet and he has size 10. Again, no issues, even with a centre console. 

Edited by HarrysMini, 08 January 2014 - 01:02 PM.

[M J W J]

My dad's 6' 2" and had three mini vans in his life. He can comfortably fit in a mini.

 

A mate of mine's dad is 6' and about 20 stone yet has owned several mini's over the years.

 

A lad at college was 6' 7 and he couldn't get his legs under the steering wheel in mine but I think he was an unusual case. He struggled to fit in a ford focus comfortably.

[anotherrick]

I'm just under six foot and find it easy even with too very big front seats so my head pretty much touches the roof lol, need to go back to standard front seats I think. My lad is 6'4" and has no problem, he can't get in n out the back though. But again that's more down to the size of the front seats.

[Sorry officer!]

I'm 6"4. I've got more head room in the mini than I do I the skyline which is almost twice as long...

[IainStallard]

I'm 6' 1" and I can drive comfortably! Although my ankle can get cramp on long journeys

[skinnyminny]

At 5'1" I can't compare my own experience but my 6'4" boyfriend used to drive Percy on occasion and he was fine, and I've had a 6'8" passenger (but I think as the driver he'd have had the same problems with the steering wheel as MJWJ mentioned.

[ChrisCityE]

6ft 5 and most of my height is in the legs. It is a bit of a struggle to get under the steering wheel (particularly with the bus wheel in the Van) but I can hustle a Mini around the roads without too much problem, be it 1960 Van or 99 Cooper.

 

Must say though, it was much easier when I had Cobra seats as they were thinner and could slide back past the rear bins.

[scrumpix]

A comfy 5'6"

[Rexdidacool]

6"1 here. Comfy driving the Mini, no problems other than the seats hurt my back after a while, which to be fair, happens in every car.

 

My dad is the same height but has had a new knee that causes problems with driving it. Doesn't stop him though... he loves it haha.

[Twincam]

I'm 6ft (there abouts) and find my ankles really give me jiff on extra long runs (have seat extension brackets but not installed them yet) but for short journies they're fine (long runs i'm talking about an hour or so). I've also got size 12 feet!

[RedRallyMini]

Don't know about this unit of length called "foot", sounds a bit medieval to me  but I'm 1,85m... 

 

I had to put my Sparco seats way back (with seat extension brackets) and I had to use a steering wheel spacer to be comfortable... 

[RossKnight]

I think I'm 6'1 maybe 6'2 and I could fit just fine, although I do make the mini look a bit small haha