I refuse to put anyone in the third row…Because if anyone rear ended me, you’re pretty much sentencing the person/people sitting in the third row to paralysis or worse… The point of an bigger car is safer crumple zone. Anyone sitting in a third row won’t have any room should you get rear ended.[/quote]
Flu you are absolutely correct on this point; as I was reading your response I was hoping you’d mention this serious issue.
The 3rd row seat can be very dangerous. In fact, I believe it’s the most deadly seat position in a vehicle.
I have a 7 passenger Sienna, and as the family has grown my oldest ends up sitting in the 3rd row and I’m not happy about it at all and looking to either get an 8 passenger minivan or a crossover.
I’ve been trying to talk my wife into a 535i or Mercedes wagon too.
Either way, I don’t like the quad seat setup in many minivans and SUV’s when you regularly have to use the 3rd row because the 2nd row only seats 2.
