Nah that's just the way I'm sitting, the Mustang is a surprisingly roomy car for me.... way more interior space than the Explorer I used to drive.....
Also I'm riding in 4th so at that point didn't really need my foot close to the clutch pedal, if I wasn't relaxing in my luxurious leather and plastic heated interior then you wouldn't see my leg...
As for the handling.... well for the 05 and up Mustangs Ford allowed their European handling team to build the suspension for them and as we all know if there's one thing us Europeans can do its handle our roads.....