The inconvenience of seat removal is just one reason why I shifted to the Wolfsburg-style jump seats. They come out in about 5 seconds, maybe 10 if your arthritis is acting up. Additionally, they allow significantly more useable cargo space when you fold up the seat bottoms, even if you don't bother to remove them. Another handy option (if seating for 7 is not essential) is to use only the one behind the driver's seat, thus allowing much more storage space that is accessable next to the sliding door. It would be unfair to not mention a few disadvantages, namely the cost and bother of retrofitting them into a non-Wolfsburg chasis, and the tendency of some riders to prefer facing forward. (This is sometimes euphamistically referred to as the barf factor preference.) Overall, my strong preference is to use either the jump seats (if available) or to simply remove the center seat and enjoy the immense space that is thereby created. Of course, if you need to transport 6 or 7 people, some center seating is obviously required. Budd Premack 86 Syncro, 73 Super Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky-Blue Waters) |
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