6'5" here. I have to have the seat all the way back. If I raised the seat, my head would be scraping the roof. What's wrong with the seat feeling like a car? You are still above most cars on the road.
6'5" here with a 5'4" wife. I don't need them but the wife does. After the first few weeks of shin dents and calf rashes, I learned how to get in and out without any problems. It's muscle memory now. I have more problems with the homicidal trailer hitch now.