# Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137 "2010-04-30T00:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grammalinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@grammalinda](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grammalinda)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/1 "2010-04-30T00:59:28Z")
I am writing a novel and need to know: How tall can you be and still be able to drive a VW Beetle (1970’s model)??? ---
**Author:** ![mleich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mleich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mleich)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/2 "2010-04-30T01:27:13Z")
That was on an episode of The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![grammalinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@grammalinda](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grammalinda)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/3 "2010-04-30T01:47:58Z")
and…? i didn’t happen to see the episode and don’t know if it would help me right now. any more info you can give me? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/4 "2010-04-30T03:12:29Z")
Almost any height. They had lots of headroom. Are you asking ‘possible’, or ‘want to’? 6’6" might be a reasonable max. ---
**Author:** ![ZombieWoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@ZombieWoof](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ZombieWoof)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/5 "2010-04-30T04:05:00Z")
Tall enough for your feet to reach the pedals. Sorry about your novel. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/6 "2010-04-30T11:07:36Z")
Cabriolet ? Top Up Or Top Down ? CSA ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/7 "2010-04-30T11:21:47Z")
The old Beetles had lots of headroom. A person would have to be VERY tall in order to be too tall for a Beetle. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/8 "2010-04-30T12:37:34Z")
Also, The Seats Would Go Back Quite Far, Rendering The Back Seat Almost Useless, But Good For Tall Drivers. I Wore Out Two “Old Beetles” And Had Tall Friends. Another trick was to recline the seat back and change the body angle to allow more headroom as long as the driver’s arms were long enough to reach the steering wheel. CSA ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/9 "2010-04-30T21:10:12Z")
6’-4" no problem…If you lower the seat a little, 6-6 ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/10 "2010-04-30T21:41:44Z")
My '61 beetle had plenty of headroom with the seat lsid back. It had no heat, no brakes, no handling, no padding, and absolutely no amenities, upside-down pedal levers, and you had to shut the radio off seperately after you shut the engine off, but it had plenty of headroom. ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/11 "2010-04-30T22:00:14Z")
Unlimited with a sunroof. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/12 "2010-04-30T22:11:22Z")
…and if you had one older than '61, it also would have had no fuel gauge! ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/13 "2010-04-30T22:53:54Z")
Did you ever wonder why Thomas Magnum never had the top on that Ferrarri? ---
**Author:** ![kbarnes22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kbarnes22](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kbarnes22)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/48137/14 "2010-04-30T22:59:15Z")
Ha Ha good point!!