I have played with the slant of the seat to help the cause. I think with some more tweaking, I can get a position where my leg extends when pressing the clutch and the seat has enough lean back where I'm not so upright. It might be that others like the seat back in a more vertical position, giving you more room to slide the seat itself back. Also, I think I'm a little outside the norm in terms of preferred distance from the clutch pedal.

When I have my back position where I want it, I'm a little too close to the pedals and I do end up bumping a little against the underneath of the dash. For the auto, I don't think this is nearly as much of an issue.

I'm not so uncomfortable to give up on a nice car, I was just curious if others in 6 speeds felt the same. It seems that I may be alone on this one, which is great for others.