Magic rear seats

[Foggy69]

Originally Posted by montana

I managed it yesterday by pulling down sharply on the seat belt to lock the reel and whilst locked fastening it to the buckle. This obviously requires a little persistence to get the locked belt to the correct length to keep the seat upright. Lock it too long and the seat falls forwards and unlocks itself, lock it too short and it doesn't reach the buckle.
The other written method it to unravel all the seatbelt and whist it it then reeling back, it locks the seat in a rachet mode. I couldn't get this to work.

So it wasn't just me been a bit dense

Thanks for the alternative method, I will try that next time

[sambuca2907]

Ahh these Japs... all these cleaver ideas about magic seats and cleaver suspension that allows you to have a HUGE boot... but when you put a cd in the compartment below the cd player it doesn't close properly...! lol

[robbo51]

Originally Posted by sambuca2907

Ahh these Japs... all these cleaver ideas about magic seats and cleaver suspension that allows you to have a HUGE boot... but when you put a cd in the compartment below the cd player it doesn't close properly...! lol

They fit in the centre arm rest instead!

[keyes2202]

Magic seats are good for other things also hehe if you get abit after a long journey or night out just put the magic seats up and you have space

[sambuca2907]

Originally Posted by robbo51

They fit in the centre arm rest instead!

Arm rest is full of chewing gum, sat nav holder, sat nav charger, mobile charger, nectar card and tesco card! lol

[robbo51]

Originally Posted by sambuca2907

Arm rest is full of chewing gum, sat nav holder, sat nav charger, mobile charger, nectar card and tesco card! lol

Glovebox or a clearout??

[sambuca2907]

Glovebox is cd wallet, Civic manual, and a few pens and a notepad lol

[Nouaro]

Originally Posted by andyp

Hi all
first post of the new year. so happy new year to all.
Talking of the new year i decided to purchase a new plasma tv, a 42" LG, from my local retailer, imagine the look on the salesmen face as i pull up in my civic to collect.
"you will need a bigger car or van sir" he says,
"not so" says I, "I have magic rear seats". And in it went easily.
Well done Honda for such a clever idea. saved on a £40 delivery charge.

whats the biggest thing you have had in the back of yours (mother in laws and Americans don't count)

Three dead body's

[alanwalne]

I got a 37" LCD, the stand and a 15" telly in the boot as the rear seats were in use with kids at the time!!!

Should have left the parcel shelf at home

[alanwalne]

Ahh these Japs... all these cleaver ideas about magic seats and cleaver suspension that allows you to have a HUGE boot... but when you put a cd in the compartment below the cd player it doesn't close properly...! lol


Cd's how old fashioned - though with my radio reception.....

[Koen]

Originally Posted by andyp

Hi all
first post of the new year. so happy new year to all.
Talking of the new year i decided to purchase a new plasma tv, a 42" LG, from my local retailer, imagine the look on the salesmen face as i pull up in my civic to collect.
"you will need a bigger car or van sir" he says,
"not so" says I, "I have magic rear seats". And in it went easily.
Well done Honda for such a clever idea. saved on a £40 delivery charge.

whats the biggest thing you have had in the back of yours (mother in laws and Americans don't count)

Last saturday I had quite the same experience. I bought an LG 42" LCD on friday and went to collect it on saturday. The box was quite big, and I first tried to fold up the rear seats and put it in there standing up. The doors however were 2" to small. "That isn't gonna work" the salesman said. "Oh yes it will" I replied. Then I folded them back down, completely into the floor and took the boot cover away. "Someone has been thinking this through" he said. "That boot is just huge like that. Very different from them Audi's and BMW's. And I've seen some."
Meanwhile the TV is installed, and the kids made their full size playhouse with the box.

K.

[Unknownsoldier]

2 Doors for a BMW5 Series (X Reg), they don't even fit in the BMW and thats a saloon, but the Civic swallows them whole.

Tom

[babyjoe]

My flatTV is bigger than yours

[LNT]

Originally Posted by andyp

Hi all
first post of the new year. so happy new year to all.
Talking of the new year i decided to purchase a new plasma tv, a 42" LG, from my local retailer, imagine the look on the salesmen face as i pull up in my civic to collect.
"you will need a bigger car or van sir" he says,
"not so" says I, "I have magic rear seats". And in it went easily.
Well done Honda for such a clever idea. saved on a £40 delivery charge.

whats the biggest thing you have had in the back of yours (mother in laws and Americans don't count)

Don't have magic rear seats, but do have a brain, and when asked for a delivery fee after paying £1999 for a TV told them to deliver it for free or forget it. Hence not only saving on boot space, but petrol, time, effort and set up too!

[Koen]

Originally Posted by babyjoe

My flatTV is bigger than yours

According to Freud you probably have to compensate for something...

K.

[TTDegs]

last weekend:

teenage son in front seat
other son in single rear seat

knackered microwave oven in the boot
replacement microwave (still in box)
New (single) oven (also still in box)
15Kg bag of dog food
15Kg bag of guinea pig food


no - the oven wasn't an expected purchase...

[lippy]

Have to say that I did a thread on this last year - I had standard roses behind the front passenger seat - the first post is below:

"Magic seats and standard roses
I know that you can get a bike in the back as I have done it - but what about standard roses??

Well, thanks to the height in the back and magic seats, I have just bought back two standard roses from the garden centre - stood upright with no broken branches or soil everywhere!!

What other unusual load have you lot had in your spaceships???"


Since then I have also had a wheelbarrow (garden centre staff were sure it wouldn't go in boot) with seats down, and, at a different time, a rather large compost bin.

So, what else?

[xfield]

The magic seats are great, but it annoys me that the split is arranged so the double seat is behind the driver, and the single behind the passenger. This means if you want to carry something long and wide (e.g. a kitchen worktop), you can't have a passenger with you as you'd need to drop all the seats. In my Focus the split was the other way round, which made trips to Ikea easy, as my assistant could sit behind me. Looks like they couldn't be bothered manufacturing the seats the other way round for our right-hand drive cars.

[bucketp]

Originally Posted by lippy

Have to say that I did a thread on this last year - I had standard roses behind the front passenger seat - the first post is below:

"Magic seats and standard roses
I know that you can get a bike in the back as I have done it - but what about standard roses??

Well, thanks to the height in the back and magic seats, I have just bought back two standard roses from the garden centre - stood upright with no broken branches or soil everywhere!!

What other unusual load have you lot had in your spaceships???"


Since then I have also had a wheelbarrow (garden centre staff were sure it wouldn't go in boot) with seats down, and, at a different time, a rather large compost bin.

So, what else?

I took two old 8x6 garden sheds to the local tip, ok it took 3 trips and they were flat but it saved me the cost of hiring a van.

[Rich 11]

Originally Posted by robbo51

Magic seats. I assume you mean the way they fold up in the 5 door. We, in the three door, dont have this. They fold completely flat like the 5 door but the seat base does not lift.
The biggest item Ive had in mine is a fridge freezer and a mountain bike

At the same time ?