Why are tall people left out of the equasion??!!

I've been thinking about fit lately both in bikes and cars. I need a tri bike but nothing fit's, I've gotten fit and know that I have to go custom in order to fit on a bike. I'm also starting to look for cars as the one I've got is getting up there in years and miles. It'll be 10 years old this December and by that time will have over 200,000 miles on it. Problem is, no one is making cars that get the same gas mileage or fit me(even the car I have now doesn't really fit). I've got a 99 Pontiac Sunfire.

I get 42 mpg on the highway with this car and even though it doesn't fit me I still have more room in it than any other modern car produced in the last 20 years, and I want a car, not an SUV, crossover, minivan, truck or other wasteful type of auto; so I've been using this new car search system on the Autochannel website. It has every car from 2006 on and listed is the legroom, head room and other measurements of the cars. It's designed for tall people.

What I've discovered is that the only car that will accurately and comfortable fit me is the 06 Saleen S7! Hmm, it's too bad it's about $540,000 out of my price range. As I comb the list and eliminate all cars more expensive than $25,000 I have to give up almost 7 inches of legroom before I can even start to afford these cars!!! I could fit in these cars if I hack off a few inches of my femurs!!! An example would be flying coach in any Boeing aircraft, the distance from seat back to the seat in front of me is about a 1/2 inch smaller than my upper leg.

I'm 6' 6" and have longer thighs than calf's so that presents a real challenge. Plenty of cars theoretically have enough legroom but because of my long upper legs my knees will generally hit the dash board before I can extend my leg to touch the pedals! They really need to start measuring cars from seat back to dashboard at leg level if they do they will find out it's a tight squeeze for people with 36" inseams and above!

To date I have never had a car that didn't at least require creative leg positioning or dashboard modification to drive it. That's the reason I couldn't perform test drives on the cars that I worked on when I was a mechanic. I simply could not fit. The only cars I can comfortably drive are those with seats practically on the floor, with at least 6 inches of rear movement and enough backrest tilt so I can sit on the backrest and gain a few more inches!

I don't get why auto engineers, bike designers, Aircraft designers, even clothing designers(except in Germany!) don't make things for tall people. It's insane! I'm thinking that maybe I should just give up on the car. If I get a good custom bicycle that fits me I'm thinking the automobile just isn't worth my time or money! Yeah, I love to drive fast. Yeah, I like to drive long distances, but maybe it's time I just face the facts that there are NO comfortable cars for tall people. It's bad when you have to worry about getting blood clots and such from having your legs pinned to the dash board for hours on end completely immobilized!

I know that in North America I cannot live without a car. The distances I need to travel are too vast and would require lots of time on a bicycle. It is unfortunate that America doesn't have a rail system similar to Europe or I would ditch the car. Maybe I should just move to Germany the land where the clothes are long, the aircraft have legroom, and the trains are designed for people over 6 foot, of course as tall as their population is they still don't design cars with legroom. I guess there really is no place for tall people in the modern world!