Seat Swapping

[smartlex]

Has anyone tried to swap the passenger seat with the driver seat? This would put the recliner lever on the outside (like other cars). It would also make it easier recline the seat to access the rear space when standing outside the car. Any thoughts?

[forestacademy]

Originally Posted by smartlex

Has anyone tried to swap the passenger seat with the driver seat? This would put the recliner lever on the outside (like other cars). It would also make it easier recline the seat to access the rear space when standing outside the car. Any thoughts?

It would also turn the side airbags into center airbags, not to much good there.

Also, not a lot of room between the seats and the door, you will not be able to work the levers when the doors are closed.

[mvaldes]

Oy, what about the passenger weight sensor? I don't think I'd want to open that can of worms...

[gbryers]

And given that the should belt guide is nominally on the outside of the seat, putting it in the middle might confuse civic-minded (not the car) cops...

[mike-in-sa]

I'd say the answer to your question is...no.

[mendo]

Wait, Don't toss this idea out just yet,

how willing are you to change parts?

you may be able to move that part from one seat to the other.

then you could work around the airbag issue, the seatbelt issue, etc......


I am going to say this again, some people mess with stuff and some don't. I think the ones that don't should let the ones that do keep messing with stuff, we might come up with something better.

the alternative is keep slamming those that try something new until they stop posting and you never get the good ideas that others discover.

your choice.

David

[grwhitaker]

You are assuming that the engineers placed the seatback lever where they did just to vex you. I reason that it was placed there because it was considered as the most logical place to put it. German engineering is nothing if not overly analytical about the best or most efficient way to do things, regardless of [sometimes] marketing requests. That is why German cars were years behind everyone else on putting cup holders in their interiors.

[forestacademy]

The only time it seems to make no sense is when you want to fold the pasenger seat flat, and you have to go over to the drivers side to do it without crushing your hand.

As to us naysayers, were are just making sure you gogetters think it through before you put in the time to reinvent the seat.

Anyway, Smartlex started this thread with a question, "Any thoughts?" and he had not mentioned any consideration on his own, so it looked like he was asking for the Why Nots on this project.

[nightrun387]

Originally Posted by grwhitaker

That is why German cars were years behind everyone else on putting cup holders in their interiors.

this is a cultural issue, in Europe it's not normal to eat or drink inside the car and it's forbidden to do it like talking on your cell phone you can be fine for it, so it´s normal in European cars not to have cup holders

[forestacademy]

Originally Posted by nightrun387

this is a cultural issue, in Europe it's not normal to eat or drink inside the car and it's forbidden to do it like talking on your cell phone you can be fine for it, so it´s normal in European cars not to have cup holders

Safey Schmafty

It is a conspiricy driven by the service industry. If you don't eat or drink in your car you are forced to stop at resturants on your way and spend more money and leave tips.

Let's hear your conspiricy theory.