Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Having done the weekly shop and it not raining, or likely to in the immediate future, I resolved to investigate something that has been in the back of my mind for a while.
It seems to me that the rear seats still occupy quite a large volume of the potential load-space, even when folded up. I did wonder if removing them might be less straightforward that it looked, as the three seat belt catches are attached to the seat squabs, but it did turn out to be just a matter of removing the two screws in each of the four hinges and lifting the seats out.
With one seat out, it could be seen how much more space would be relieved.
The whole volume in front of the footwell step is available now, with the seats out.
I had been concerned that the screws might protrude out into the underworld and be difficult to release after 16 years of no disturbance, but they came out easily and clean - everything is greased up and back in place now, ready for occasions when the extra volume might be useful.
It is, in any event, a rare occurrence for anybody to sit in the back.
It seems to me that the rear seats still occupy quite a large volume of the potential load-space, even when folded up. I did wonder if removing them might be less straightforward that it looked, as the three seat belt catches are attached to the seat squabs, but it did turn out to be just a matter of removing the two screws in each of the four hinges and lifting the seats out.
With one seat out, it could be seen how much more space would be relieved.
The whole volume in front of the footwell step is available now, with the seats out.
I had been concerned that the screws might protrude out into the underworld and be difficult to release after 16 years of no disturbance, but they came out easily and clean - everything is greased up and back in place now, ready for occasions when the extra volume might be useful.
It is, in any event, a rare occurrence for anybody to sit in the back.