For some reason I have Total (with amount) showing up on the right side and the bottom and it is cramping the cart contents. I have looked at the code it doesn't look like that should be there so obviously I am missing something. Here is the code I have for in minicart.tpl:
<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
<TR>
<TD rowspan="2" width="23">
{if $minicart_total_items > 0}
[img]{$ImagesDir}/cart_full.gif[/img]{else}[img]{$ImagesDir}/cart_empty.gif[/img]{/if}
{if $minicart_total_items > 0}
<table width="100%">
{foreach from=$minicart_contents item=item}
<tr><td>{$item.product|truncate:18:"...":true}</td><td>X {$item.amount}</td><td align="right">{$item.display_subtotal}</td></tr>
{/foreach}
<tr><td>Total</td><td></td><td align="right">{include file="currency.tpl" value=$minicart_total_cost}</td></tr>
</table>
{/if}
</TD>
4.0.17