Graco car seat base doesn't allow for proper newborn recline angle

Hello, all! My wife and I are having our first in a few weeks, and one of the many things I've chosen to be paranoid about is positional asphyxiation. I definitely want to make sure our car seat is reclined at the proper angle, but it doesn't seem possible with the Graco base we have. I've extended the foot that controls the recline angle as far as it will go, but as you can see in this photo, the leveler indicates that the car seat is still not reclined enough. My car doesn't have particularly steep seats, so this seems like a design flaw to me. Is there something I'm missing here? Does anyone have any experience with this? Any tips are much appreciated.