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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Generally no, its more engine/suspension and bodywork mods that they shaft you for.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I do sympathise with your predicament. At 6ft 3 with size 13 plates I can't really look at small cars.
One other thing, not that I think it will help in your case. Most foot rests are detachable, for me it's been a common modification.
The pedal height stagger doesn't help on some cars either eg clutch highest pedal, accelerator lowest.
If you get a Golf/Leon/Octavia sized platform, you'll find them a lot roomier and no noticeable offset.
Although don't go for the A4 platform cars with a manual gearbox as their offset is even worse than a BMW!
I find I get a bit of lower back pain with some BMWs and their offset pedals, although the tighter pedal spacing makes it easier to heel/toe!
Do think the seat itself is still going to be problematic. If you "fill the seat well", I feel the sculptured parts of the seat don't aid blood flow.
Had a similar problem with an escort mk 3. Okay hack car but a pain on long journeys.
I actually had a setback not too long after in mid July when I chipped a small bone in my wrist and couldn't drive again until the end of August. So in theory I wasn't doing my leg additional harm from the car in that period, but I was only able to continue stretching but not foam rolling/using a rolling pin. I did feel like my leg improved. I was lucky that my hand injury was not too bad and I only had around 5 weeks off driving IIRC.