OK, I'm driveable for now. Its not as bad as I first thought, I just get a little claustrophobic now and then. I'm a pretty large guy with long arms and big hands, so I have a hard time cramming them into small places sometimes.
Good news is I figured out why my cruise control quit working a few months back. There are two rubber stoppers on the brake pedal that release two switches under the dash whenever you put your foot on the the brake. One is for the brake lights, and the other is for the cruise control. Both of the rubber stoppers on mine were cracked and had fallen out. I found the remnants of one of them on the floorboard.
Its part number 46512 on this pic and there are two of them, like I said.
http://www.courtesyparts.com/xterra-parts-wd22-2000-2004/genuine-nissan-parts/brake/465-brake-clutch-pedal/-c-532_14_76_443.html