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Old 06-09-2018, 02:32 PM
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Post Regular or plus sized Miura?

Ok, so first off, I’m not your average sized guy. I’m taller than most at 6’ 5” and 225 pounds. But if I were an average sized guy, I’d build a regular sized Miura. The real question is if a regular sized Miura will be comfortable for me (at taller than average) to drive.

The most obvious way to answer this question is to find a Miura and take a seat. In reality, this is much easier said than done when you’re talking about a car whose value is around 2 million dollars. Well after working hard at this for a few months, I finally this week was able to track down a Miura and check out the fit.

Before answering the fit question, I’ve got to say that the Miura is even more beautiful in real life than in pictures. The car I found just happened to be a finely restored Miura being prepped for show at Pebble Beach Concorso Italiano this year, but still what a beautiful car. It even further strengthened my resolve for this project. I’d like to pass along my gratitude here to Geoff Provo of GP Enterprises (www.gpenterprises99.com) for getting me access to this Miura. He’s a real nice guy and quite knowledgeable about Italian sports cars.

Well the answer to the fit question is that I fit well enough that I could drive it but not well enough to safely drive it or call it a comfortable fit. The input from those in the know is that a 5’ 8” person fits a Miura very comfortably and people up to 6’ fit alright. Above 6’ and the angles in your ankles and knees becomes too great to be long trip comfortable.

So it’s a plus sized Miura for me. Now the question becomes 103%, 104% or 105%? Since the answer to this question is inter-related with the other top level questions, those questions need to be moved along in order to completely answer this question.
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