# Small car for a big guy **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221 "2009-01-02T10:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fentonbubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@fentonbubba](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fentonbubba)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/1 "2009-01-02T10:57:46Z")
I’m 6ft 4in and big. I’m looking for a small car that gets great gas mileage and has alot of room. Is this possible? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/2 "2009-01-02T11:57:53Z")
There Have Been Recent Discussions Here On This Topic. Here’s Some: [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2022209.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2022209.page) [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/1709010.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/1709010.page) [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/1493809.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/1493809.page) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/3 "2009-01-02T19:55:05Z")
Same here. I’m looking at the Fit and the xB. ---
**Author:** ![realbinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@realbinky](https://community.cartalk.com/u/realbinky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/4 "2009-01-02T20:25:04Z")
I’m 6’2 340 pounds and I fit with extra room in my first gen Neon, and got regularly 35MPG. Not sure about the new gen, but I suspect similar capabilities. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/5 "2009-01-02T22:13:29Z")
One might want to avoid a Neon heir until we see what happens to Chrysler… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/6 "2009-01-03T03:49:45Z")
Avoiding Chrysler products would determine the outcome, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/7 "2009-01-03T16:58:22Z")
I couldn’t fit in the Fit. 30" inseam and didn’t have enough leg room ---
**Author:** ![Xebadaih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d07c76/32.png) [@Xebadaih](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Xebadaih)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/8 "2009-01-04T16:15:53Z")
Scion xB…preferably first generation. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/small-car-for-a-big-guy/24221/9 "2009-01-04T20:16:58Z")
First gen xBs have great room and much better reliability, but their safety is poor.