question to the 3 door owners

[CPALK719]

i just thought to myself, i more then likely wont have more then 2 people in the car, how many of you 3 door owners ride with the seats folded down?

I know you'd get alot more cargo space, but do you feel its more practical? or do any of you 3 door owners actually use your back seats?

reason i ask is because i thought to myself, instead of putting my pitbull in the passenger seat and he has already dirtied the grey part of the seat, maybe i can just have him jump into the back instead plus i have a ton of cargo room.

[SineWave]

A week after I picked mine up, took the wife on a 5 day camping trip. The back seat folded down and I fit a 10-man tent and enough equipment and food to last us the week, and I still had full view out of the rear window. But I normally drive with the back seat up. Most of the time it's just me, or me & wife, but a couple of occasions I've had three or four people in the car. It's easier just to leave it up and put it down when we need to.

[CPALK719]

i might give the seats down option a try tomorrow.

[kimona]

I've driven with the rear seats down most of the time since owning the car.

[YAR1S]

I have the 60/40 seats....
I drive with the seats down a lot too... only really put them up or down as needed... im kinda lazy like that. :p

[ilikerice]

I personally like having mine up. mainly to look cleaner. also so I dont lose that hatch cover between the back seat and hatch door. I like the way it looks

[CPALK719]

well i definetly wont lose my hatch cover, i see how hard they are to come by with the old hondas, i can imagine how it would be with these in a few more years

[Astroman]

I use my 2nd gen for my business and maybe 1 day every two months the seat goes up. When it is up most are surprised as they thought my yaris was a two seater. Only reason the seat goes up is for my girlfriends 5 year old niece and her booster seat.

[CPALK719]

tomorrow im going to give the car a nice wash and clean up the interior after words, the rear seats will be folded down!! sound stupid im actually excited to see how it looks.

[nemelek]

I personally like having mine up. mainly to look cleaner. also so I dont lose that hatch cover between the back seat and hatch door. I like the way it looks

Usually keep mine up also. Groceries don't roll all over the car.

[auxmike]

I found more interior exhaust noise with seats down myself....

[ilikerice]

Usually keep mine up also. Groceries don't roll all over the car.

also good point.. my seats slide forward about 6 more inches also.. pretty neat.

[eTiMaGo]

even with a 5-door I had the rear seats down most of the time (when they were ever actually in the car)

[why?]

took my rear seats out a while ago, never going back in. I think i used them twice.

[MadMax]

If I didn't have the bench seat (which doesn't fold down flat), I'd still most likely keep them up as I do now. I like the security of having them that way, keeps things in place in the hatch and away from prying eyes...

Cheers! M2

[DMZ]

I bought a hatch so I could put my German Shepherd dog in the back. My seats have been down since I bought it.

[CPALK719]

I bought a hatch so I could put my German Shepherd dog in the back. My seats have been down since I bought it.

yea, im going to end up putting mine down today. and probably give the car a wash, if weather permits. for some reason we have been getting alot of rain here south florida, mind everyone its only febuary and we never usually have rain this time of year.