Rob7seven
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You should with your shoulders against the seat back be able to just touch the wheel with the inside of your wrists with your arms straight
I can see the problem now, I'm deformed. I'm just over six feet tall, but I seem to have disproportionately long legs, and this means that I have to have the seat well back. The steering column reach doesn't adjust enough to cope, so this must be a problem for many tall people. I used to have back problems years ago when I drove more, and a friendly osteopath advised me to try sitting less upright, as that lessens the pressure on the base of your spine, which come to think of it, may be the OP's problem, just recline the seat a bit more and see if that helps.
I've just moved my seat forward a little, that seems OK, and I've made the backrest a little more upright, and that driving position feels OK as well. I'll try driving like that and see how it all feels over some distance, but I'd still like a half inch more adjustment on the steering column.