Carrying a heavy passenger
 

Has anyone had any issues with a passenger around 6'4 340lbs? Please let me know of your experiences, thanks!!

they won't fit... at least comfortably

my friend is 6'3" and 220lbs and barely fit inside

He had to duck his head the entire way

He has since not been in my z

Period? You've tried?

per decals, car would scrape?

^edited previous post

oh, good to hear that wasnt your gf...

If that's the case my friend floats around 350 give or take 10 lbs, and is an inch taller than your friend, guess it's not happening lol

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Yea my friend refuses to go anywhere in my car :rofl2:

My best friend is 6'5" and over 350. He rides in my car all the time. Seat all the way back and angled as far back as possible. Totally comfortable, no. Totally workable, yes. Plus it is fun to watch him get OUT of the car. lol

^Now how does he feel about it? lol

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I'm 6'-2" and 250lbs right now and have absolutely no troubles with comfort. Now my entry and exit might leave a little grace to be desired, but they are not that difficult. It's my DD.

Per the owners manual the maximum weight of the driver + passenger is 450 lbs.

Put him in the hatch and drop him off at a gym.

I don't know.. maybe my friend was just being a baby but he seemed very uncomfortable with his head hitting the roof and his knees hitting the glove compartment and he said he couldn't straighten his legs...

after 30 mins of driving he said his legs felt numb lol

maybe the driver side has more room than the passenger side? :confused:

Well, I'll be honest and say that 6'-2" is generous. I'm closer to 6'-1". I sit up pretty straight to help out my back, so I can see that much more torso height could start to be an issue. When I used to slouch while driving, I could have been 4-5" taller without issue. And I'm currently just a tiny bit too wide for the seat, but I'm working on that :tup:

Operating the pedals helps keep the blood flowing in the legs, so that's one benefit for the driver. I will say that I do lots of long distance driving and without cruise control (like in construction zones or lots of traffic) it can make for some aching legs. That being said, driving 900 miles round trip in a day is more comfortable in the Z than any car I've ever driven long distances. And I've rented a lot of cars and done a lot of driving in Texas in the past 10 years.

Come tell HIM that. Strong as an ox and a competitive shooter. Plus he works for the sheriff's office. ��

He loves the car. Says it may not be the most comfortable but he always smiles when he gets to drive it!

This was the same question for my very first post lol. I have a buddy who was around that weight and maybe a smidge shorter. He fit, but not very comfortably. Whacked his head once or twice getting in. I didn't notice any scraping. :)

By myself, I have to be careful not to scrape entering/exiting my driveway. Add any passenger to my Z, and it will scrape :thumbsdown:

I dont give a crap if he is strong or who he works for, hes got a BMI of 42. For his hearts sake, he needs to lose some weight.

This was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title and it made me smile :)

I'm sorry, but BMI is fuckin stupid. In high school I played football and basketball and weighed 250 lbs in peak shape. My BMI was over 30, indicating that I was "very obese". Yet my body fat count was barely over 10%. Today my BMI is basically the same, and I am no where near the shape I was in 18 years ago.

Driver side does have more room than the passenger side! I found this out when I slept in my car in between classes. Passenger side isn't as long as driver's side, even with the pedals.:rofl2:

BMI is outdated.

"The rock" is consider obese and Vin Diesel considered overweight by the BMI

https://www.yahoo.com/health/why-dwa...180855078.html

Some folks are just A holes. Lostsol fits into that category. Keyboard commandos of the world, I guess. Get over yourself.

A friend 5"2 330. Grossly over weight. Everytime I turned right no matter how slow I fender scraped. Will never do again...now I pick them up in my beater...2000 honda accord!!!

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Um yeah me to and she gets angry when guys show no interest. There is nothing else I can do but give her a ride in my Honda when she needs it:shakes head:

Interesting.

I am 6-5 and weigh 220-225 (on a good day) and have no problem. Z cars have been my primary vehicles for more than 30 years also. Plus I am old, jaded and cynical.

^yea i guess it all depends on the body build rather than weight I suppose

my friend's body was not built for a Z lol

I'm 5'8" and weight 213 lbs but have been 235 while owning a Z, winter bulk is leaving my system and even thou I have low body fat I'm considered obese by the 1970 air force chart but athletic built based on the BMI chart so ..my friends who are more into power lifting than bodybuilding like myself have asked me to ride in the Z and I ask them 1st to see if they are comfortable before we take off and 99% of the time they follow me in their SUV or I ride along with them, problem solved like me trying to fit inside a BRZ wont happen :eek:

Good thing I'm 5' 6" and 220. Or maybe not...

lol yeah, a lot of you guys are referencing height similar to my friend but under 300 lb weight class, I think weight also is a big factor as my friend is 6'4 but he floats around 350-360 lbs.

Is 450 lbs really the weight capacity between driver and passenger?

I've had another 250 lb passenger for an easy 500+ lb total. Zero issues on a 25+ mile trip :twocents:

Did you try to floor it with that much weight? :driving:

6'3" 250 here and no comfort issues. Drove cross country too.

^props!

Absolutely. Several times, in fact. If there was any decrease in power it was from the Texas heat. I threw her around some curves as well ;)

f*ck that. would you really want to make your car work harder by carrying a fat@$$?

My 6 foot 6, 360 pound brother in law literally could not fit in my old 350.