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  • #16
    I can't remember where but I remember reading or hearing a comment about a 6 footer having room to wear a tophat in our cars. Best part is that it isn't even an exaggeration. At 5'5" (so long as the moon's gravity gives me a little tug) I feel like I could damned near stand in it if the seat was out!
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    • #17
      Originally posted by link5186 View Post
      I can't remember where but I remember reading or hearing a comment about a 6 footer having room to wear a tophat in our cars. Best part is that it isn't even an exaggeration. At 5'5" (so long as the moon's gravity gives me a little tug) I feel like I could damned near stand in it if the seat was out!
      The Top Hat comment was made by Jay Leno in his Shogun video.

      One of the things I thought was cool when I first bought a Festiva was I could reach across and touch the passenger side door from the drivers seat which is great for me because I am short and don't have a far reach.
      '90 LX

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      • #18
        The driver can not only touch the pax side door, but he can roll down the pax side window while also rolling down his own!

        In what other model of car can you do that?
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        • #19
          Originally posted by Zanzer View Post
          I'm 6'1" and 240 so it's not quite as bad but when people talk about how small the car is I tell them a Festiva is the ultimate optical illusion. It may look small but it's all room inside. I then have them sit in the car and close the door. Everyone who does is amazed by how roomy the interior is.
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          • #20
            Originally posted by AlaskaFestivaGuy View Post
            The driver can not only touch the pax side door, but he can roll down the pax side window while also rolling down his own!

            In what other model of car can you do that?
            Not to mention, the driver or passenger can tilt the seat back and pop the rear quarter windows without getting out of the car!
            '93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
            '93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
            '92 Aqua parts Car
            '93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
            '90 White LX Thanks to FB71

            "Your God of repentance will not save you.
            Your holy ghost will not save you.
            Your God plutonium will not save you.
            In fact...
            ...You will not be saved!"

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Pu241 View Post
              Time Lord Technology!
              LOL
              I rather like the thought of driving around in the ancient precursor to the TARDIS.
              :cheers:
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              92 L 5sp "Red" RIP
              95 Grand Prix SE DD
              Wife's Stuff:
              89 L 5sp "Carby Car"
              97 Aspire auto "Pink Panther"
              Build Thread

              Spring 2013 IndyStiva:
              http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...eet-April-20th

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              • #22
                Originally posted by AlaskaFestivaGuy View Post
                The driver can not only touch the pax side door, but he can roll down the pax side window while also rolling down his own!

                In what other model of car can you do that?
                Well my work truck has power windows....

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                • #23
                  My funnest is when somebody starts to yelling in traffic and I get out. Then they get all quiet for some strange reason.
                  91 Festiva GL "Scrat"
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by kartracer46 View Post
                    My funnest is when somebody starts to yelling in traffic and I get out. Then they get all quiet for some strange reason.
                    You're a Midget? Excuse me "little person"??
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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Zanzer View Post
                      Good one! I'll have to remember that! Much better than when I tell people "my car makes gas" LOL Everyone laughed at mine until gas hit $3.50. Now they all want to buy it I have 7 at my shop and I've had 2 people stop this week wanting to buy one. I typically get about 1 person a week who stops in looking for one





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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Charlie1717 View Post
                        You're a Midget? Excuse me "little person"??

                        Nope about 6'1":laughing6: I get alot of the how do you fit in there. Most of the Carolina Posse know I just have this burly, rough and half pissed off look about me most of the time even though I am perfectly happy.
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                        • #27
                          Dean and Sam used to get a lot of looks driving around in a Festiva. Both big guys over 6 foot. Never had a problem with space even when I was along.
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Safety Guy View Post
                            Most don't have the kind of room I enjoy in my Festiva because they are crammed with consoles, armrests, etc., ..... Not much room to me!

                            Festivas are small on the outside, but roomy enough on the inside, and the simplicity keeps that room REAL!

                            Karl
                            I whole heartily agree. Most newer vehicles have a "cockpit" feel to them and make me claustrophobic. I've been in a few new vehicles where I can't sit comfortably for a few minutes, let alone a trip. I'm also a little on the large size 6'2", 250 and enjoy the interior space of the Festiva.
                            Rick
                            1993 Ford Festiva
                            1986 AMC Eagle Wagon 4.2L/4.0L head, AW4,NP242, Chrysler 8.25" rear. SOLD
                            1981 AMC Eagle Wagon-As Seen on TV Lost In Transmission
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                            • #29
                              I drive an s2000 daily & the first thing my girlfriend said when she sat in the festiva was 'woah this thing is so much roomier than the s2000'
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                              • #30
                                There's more headroom in my Festy than in any other car I've ever driven, save for a late 90's s-10 that had about the same amount.

                                I can feel my hairs touch the roof in the Grand Prix occasionally where as the festy, I've got 5+ inches
                                Buck.
                                -1993 Ford Festiva GL, ~200k, B6, Aspire rear, Rio front, 5-speed. '87 Prelude alloys. Happy to be back on the route!!!
                                -1999 Toyota Sienna XLE, 346,000
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