European here, over 6 feet tall - I've never had an issue with any car, ever, because of my height. I've driven a tiny Kia Picanto, small Renault Clio, a VW Touran, various estates ("station wagens") a massive BMW X5 and many more; yes, bigger cars feel more spacious, because they are - but my height has honestly never been an issue, getting in, getting out, or whilst driving.
Unless you're literally 7 feet or so, I just can't see how this is a problem.
The average American male is 5 foot 9 inches. I’m average height and easily fit in sub-compact cars. Yes some people need the extra space, but that’s a minority of drivers.
You know, as someone tall enough to walk into doorways in older buildings, and too tall to fold oneself into a compact car... Height advantages are subjective.
I would imagine as the average height increases, from a product design point of view, cars, planes, etc. will become more accommodating for people who would be considered very tall today's standards
The biggest challenge is aerodynamics. If you're over 6'3" and want to be at all comfortable you're going to present a much larger frontal area than someone shorter.
Height can also be a pain. I'm 6'5" and have lower back and sciatica pain, probably since most of my height is in my torso. Fitting into some cars is horrible. Airline seats are hell. My son is short for his age; go figure.
Is it such a surprise that customization is required to accommodate three standard deviations? People of that height aren't comfortable in every automobile, either.
If you're really fishing for tall sympathy on this thread, of all possible threads, you might want to avoid the word "normal"...
I'm 5'9" (average height in the US) and normal weight/healthy. I own a Honda Accord and while I love the car, I have to adjust the seat as far back as it will go because I have long legs.
You act like this is uncommon for you. Taller people have to pay more for cloths, buy larger cars, and consume more food. You pay more in gas to transport the extra weight. There are probably many more this isn't some weird thing.
73 inches - owned a 2006 Honda Odyssey, don't remember bashing my head ...or maybe I did and can't remember because of said bashing.
Most everything in my world was designed for someone 3-4 inches shorter than I. I kid with my wife if I ever build my own house (post kids), everything will be taller.
I'm 5'4" / 163 cm tall. In other words I'm short. Even my knees are touching the seat in front of me sometimes. Even I've had a passenger in front of me bash my knees when they reclined. How in the world anybody taller than me manages, I have no idea.
This is one of the very, very few cases where being tall isn't a major advantage. Being tall is correlated with being richer, being more likely to be hired and being found attractive. Wishing yourself or someone else to be shorter for this particular issue is borderline ridiculous to be honest.
I'm 6'3" and have many of the same issues. I recognise that things in life are not always going to be fair and that many of these things ultimately even out (we probably save money walking where other take cabs or performing household maintenance shorter people find difficulty).
My bigger concern is the issue for traveling for work, which I do quite frequently. It does seem unfair that in order to not be in miserable pain for hours, taller people must shell out of pocket for doing something that is just part of their job. In fact, I wish airlines actually forced taller people to upgrade. That would make it so that my employer and people inviting me to give talks would be forced to pay for the upgrade to economy plus or business class.
Unless you're literally 7 feet or so, I just can't see how this is a problem.
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