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Originally Posted by Sliver
I'm 6'4" and proportioned in just the perfect way to make a lot of this a challenge. A lot of people my height (I have three friends I can think of off the top of my head) just say fata it and drive trucks. That's great if you are satisfied with driving a truck every day, which I'm not. I love ripping around in cars. I actually even own an F-150 that I'm very comfortable in, but I just find driving it to be so boring that it strips all the joy out of driving.
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I'm 6'0 with long legs and the legroom thing is an issue. It's not fun at that height, so at 6'4" I totally get how that could really suck. In many cars, I'm at the maximum limit of how far back the seat can go, then I have to adjust the seat so that my legs are not directly straight and bended so that I fit.
But then it makes it a little awkward at times and it feels like I'm often ungracefully climbing and then tumbling out of the seat when I get out. Knees hitting the steering wheel is rare because I'm not that height yet, but I agree with Sliver about the steering wheel telescoping limits which can make for a really weird and uncomfortable arm position which tires our your arms and shoulders rapidly which can make for an uncomfortable drive that's long.
The TL I used to drive had the ability for me to set a perfect nearly straight arm anchor position between the steering wheel and seat and also had the perfect door positioning so that I could also bend and rest my elbow in a comfortable position. I could easily drive 6-8 hours no problem without arm fatigue which was glorious. I recall being able to do this with my 2001 Infiniti. No other vehicles since then have had the right set up for this since and I agree with Sliver that I suspect it's due to the positioning and the requirements of certain safety features/design that is causing this. IIRC, most vehicles manufactured after 2015 will likely have issues with this due to side airbag and other North American safety feature requirements that I believe came out around 2014-2016.
Not to say safety features are bad, but the design decisions on how to implement those are bad. I don't need a 10-16 inch middle display section. Make it 6-8 inches with deep and practical storage plus improve the storage in the glove compartment and/or dash and give us comfier seats in sedans please.
A 2011-2012 era luxury sedan seat comfort with back up camera, lane assist and assisted cruise control is near perfect IMO. God I miss that car, but the build quality on the one I had basically made it a lemon. The TLX wasn't bad, but it wasn't the same comfort as the beak nose TL.