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For me it isn’t about the width of the console next to my seat as it is how much the console intrudes in the footwell. Some vehicles’ console extends to right next to the gas pedal. Some vehicles have a more narrow console in the footwell allowing more leg movement for driver and passenger.
Let’s face it all the complaining will not bring back bench seats. A center counsel adds storage, and electronics that everyone wanted, and thanks to government regulations about airbags you can forget about bench seating aka in. Vehicles are smaller than the old bench seat vehicles of the past. All the Americans wanted was the sleek European look and moved away from bench seats. Well guess what they got their wish because bench seats fell out of favor because bucket seats were the new hot sellers. So can’t blame the automakers they built what the American people wanted. They are not going to keep a few vehicles with bench seats just to please the few who like them. It’s like a sedan the American automakers are not going to just keep making them to please the handful of buyers who want them.
True, but the European and Asian automakers do and happily take the money of those of us who still buy sedans (and wagons too).
For me it isn’t about the width of the console next to my seat as it is how much the console intrudes in the footwell. Some vehicles’ console extends to right next to the gas pedal. Some vehicles have a more narrow console in the footwell allowing more leg movement for driver and passenger.
This sums up husband's problem with many vehicles as well.
Unit731, I agree 100% if you have a 60/40 seat. I hate those. Nobody sits in the middle any more.
So you have this blankity-blank thing in the middle. It makes your expensive pickup seem like a cheap cargo van with the 'hood' in the cab. I've been searching for a good used pickup but there is no way I'm getting another 60/40 seat with that giant plastic shoe box in the middle!
I liked the old days when my girlfriend could sit next to me with my arm around her shoulders. She shifted gears for me so I didn't have to move my arm. Bucket seats were for jet fighters and sports cars.
Bench seats allow more room for moving around, too.
Yup, and drive-in theaters are making a come back....
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