Good tip, and yeah I’ve already thought about driving shoes. Or at least shoes that don’t have an exaggerated heel (think mini, mini snow shoe) like the pair I was wearing when I test drove.
I’m warming up to the idea of a lowered seat pan and a 15” wheel and speedster seats to give me max leg room beneath the steering wheel. Because the seat is lowered, the smaller wheel should hopefully not obscure the gages even if I sit tall. And to give me better footing, I’ll lose the floor mat and make sure my shoes are appropriate. (I would specify a vinyl heel pad incorporated into the carpet.)
But, the lowered seat pan pretty much means new build and the long wait that comes with it. I’d probably wait just as long to find a used car with the features and colors I want and was close enough so I could try it. I don’t think I’d ever pull the trigger on something I could not at least sit in.
A fellow SOCer has offered to let me sit in his car with a lowered seat pan, so once that works out, assuming I like it....fingers crossed.