Backseat comfort for adults

[dochawk]

That's what I used to do in almost all cars but in the Maverick I can raise the seat instead and still be comfortable with it about halfway back

in forty some-odd years, I've driven exactly two vehicles in which I didn't have to put the seat all the way back: a 1974 BMW 2002, and a late model BMW convertible at an auction. In both cases, the seat could go back almost far enough to touch the back seat!

I'm 6'2", with short legs for my height (6' legs and 6'4"torso works out to 6'2"!). My shape, though, may well mean that I need a different seating position than a typical 6'2".

Actually, I sometimes had it up an inch or two in my '89 Crown Victoria, but that was changing position on long drives, using power seat motors that Ford didn't bother to put in the Maverick or Ranger (or F-150 below Lariat, for that matter!). But that was for short periods to relax muscles before returning to original, more comfortable, position.

I rode, once, in the back of my wife's maverick, behind my 5'2" daughter, for a couple of miles when they picked me up. That is very much not going to happen again! I will be invoking the Golden Rule [1] and kicking my daughter to the back if she doesn't hop out.

I do find it helpful to bring a couple of small pillows and a towel or two to supplement leg support when driving any distance in smaller vehicles. I actually made the 500 miles to Reno this way in my '06 Miata (with the top down, of course; I couldn't go forty in the positions I need to take with it up!).

I once sent three daughters to my '97 Eldorado Touring Coup to get in the back (twins in high school, older in college), and then hopped in and drove the six or seven miles to church. They were complaining with half a mile.

OK, it is not a five passenger car as claimed by Cadillac, in spite of three back belts; it's a 2+3.

Although I once had two adults n the back seat for a driving tour at the CLC grand national. But one, as well as the front seat passenger, had flown the Atlantic to come, and were enjoying a model that had never really been exported in quantity. (the other was a real jerk, and the largest of the three. Poetic justice).

[1] He who haveth the gold, maketh the rule!

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[chrisofpa]

Nice looking Mustang and yes that 3.7 V6 at 305 Horsepower Was impressive!! They had that engine in the 2011-2014 F-150's IIRC and not sure why they dropped them for the 3.5 in the 2015 and Up Aluminum Body F-150's.

Thanks man, so many good memories in that car. That car is the reason I ended up owning 3 Ford's now. Its a shame how Ford moved away from the 3.7L, it had it all: Power, fuel efficiency and reliability.

 

[ScottyC]

There is not enough room for adults in the back if you need to push the seat back. There is plenty of head room, plenty of leg room if the front seats are mid-way. It's comfortable like a compact car is comfortable, it's not a Cadillac Deville Lincoln Town Car back there.

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[Maverick123]

I tried your method and I noticed when the seat rises up the seat doesn't go straight up, it also moves forward. When I did this it seems to improve leg/foot room in the rear seat, with the seat all the way back. I got 1 1/2 hour drive home from work tonight, I am going to try the new raised seat position out and see if I find it comfortable, if I do I will keep the seat in that position for my upcoming road trip as I sat behind the drive seat and found enough legroom for my 5'10" frame.

So, how was the 90 minute drive home with the seat adjusted "up & forward"?

 

[chrisofpa]

So, how was the 90 minute drive home with the seat adjusted "up & forward"?

It wasn't too bad, I have been driving with my seat that way for over half a week now, I will be keeping the seat in that position for the foreseeable future. I got my road trip next Friday with the Maverick so we will see how it goes on a multi-hour, non-stop trip.

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