Anybody over 6' and driving an SN95

Jun 22, 2004 27 Replies

at 23 Jun 2004, Scudder [ snipped-for-privacy@invalid.hotmail.com] wrote in news:230620041020338241% snipped-for-privacy@invalid.hotmail.com:

I'm 6'1" and I have no problems fitting in my 1995 Coupe. But my body trunk is pretty long. I haven't done the extra legroom mod yet but may now that I put in one of those massaging/heating seat cushions as they take about 1" of space both on the seat and the back. Still pretty comfortable though, my head does not hit the headliner and I can reach the clutch, brake and gas pedel just fine.

I feel extended when it is all the way back. I know what you mean though when you talk about your legs being splayed out. I get the feeling sometimes that I am on a *sit-&-spin*. But with the seat reclined back, I do very well in the drivers seat.

It rides real nice though. I wish I had the bigger engine. Mine has the 3.3 Flex Fuel motor.

Don Manning

2.3Sleeper wrote the following, which while being attributed to fact was none the less being challenged::

Mine has the 3.8 V6. We bought this van new, in '97. A few years went by, and then at 42,000 miles the timing chain broke and subsequently sending a valve through the top of the piston, and that piston's rod through the block. Chrysler stepped up and put another 3.8 engine into it, and I now have a total of 145,000 on the vehicle, but 102,000 on the motor.The replacement motor has ran just fine, and the only thing done to it other than a new timing belt @ 80,000 (preventative, not needed but...) was the fuel injector high-pressure rail started leaking while on vacation, and that particular repair was covered under Recall. That recall saved me $645 ;)

I get around 330 miles per tank, city, and 360 on highway. Those numbers are with a/c, front and rears, on full. Here in NC, a/c is a must. I have noticed a slight deviance in the idle lately, and will be having the injectors serviced here shortly.

Wm

My battery light had been coming on lately...intermittnetly. I had the battery tested and it was fine. Pulled the alternator out and it was fine. That is when I discovered that it has an external regulator. In addition to that, the regulator is part of the PCM. I dread to think what I am going to have to end up spending.

Don Manning

2.3Sleeper wrote the following, which while being attributed to fact was none the less being challenged::

I'd go ahead and start searching/watching those on eBay. You might want to call a couple salvage yards and see what they're asking so you can get a base cost, that way you'll know what they'll be costing locally and wwwebbed. But there is some good news: If my battery light ever flashes at me, I'll know what it is ;)

Now, that might not help you, but it is just one more thing to lock away in this ol' head of mine...

Wm a well of knowledge... useless knowledge, but still knowledge ;)

i drive a 93 which i think is smaller than new ones i dont know, but i am

Yes, you can modify the seat by removing the seat from the car, the rail from the seat, and moving it back on it's mount. I did it on my 98 GT and gave myself about 2" of more legroom.

Regards, HRDLEY

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