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Too short to drive a Taco?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by xksrx, May 14, 2018.

  1. May 16, 2018 at 7:58 PM
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    Drunken Chewbacca

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    Gf is 5ft. Had her follow me in my truck to drop my ford off on base and I could barely see her head over the steering wheel.
     
  2. May 16, 2018 at 8:07 PM
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    ALI3N_123

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    I'm 16 and my height is 5 feet 2 inches, I drive my tacoma to school, and I see just fine.
     
  3. May 31, 2018 at 8:42 AM
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    xksrx

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    Update: got the wife to drive one again and managed to adjust the seat and steering wheel in a way that she was able to see better and felt comfortable driving it so... pulled the trigger on a Cement DCLB Off Road (no hood scoop to bock view) with premium and tech! So stoked, picking it up this weekend!
     
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  4. May 31, 2018 at 8:56 AM
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    Captqc

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    My wife is 5'2" and she does sit on a pillow to drive my Taco! Her cheapo Prius C has a manual seat height adjuster and some day I'm going to see if I can mod the Taco seat with that (just have to find a Prius C drivers seat at the junk yard).
     
  5. May 31, 2018 at 10:05 AM
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    cliffyk

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    MY wife is 5'0" with shoes on and has no problems--however I did raise the rear of the seats as described in this post; and here and here...
     
  6. May 31, 2018 at 12:17 PM
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    ZKH

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  7. May 31, 2018 at 1:13 PM
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    My wife is 4'13" and she does fine.
     
  8. Jun 1, 2018 at 2:17 PM
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    mmatheny

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    I'm 5'1" on a low gravity day, and I can see ok - but I DO want to do the front license plate camera mod!
     

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