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@Dammit
Now, I'm just under 6'2", and the car was clearly not designed for someone my height - which I thought was a little odd as frankly I'm not that tall, but there you go.
With the seat back as far as I could put it and still hold onto the steering wheel my inner thighs were hard against the steering wheel, and in the case of my left leg my shin was hard against the lower centre console. I deleted the lower console which made a big difference, but the angle that the wheel held my leg in meant that my left buttock went to sleep after an hour of driving the car - which meant I had to get out and do some stretches and enjoy some dramatic pins and needles as blood flow returned.
I needed a wheel that was closer too me than the Porsche one would do - enter the Porsche Cup wheel: