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Suggestion:
Put the battery in the engine compartment, where it belongs. Fix the back seats so that they will fold down. Then perhaps you could take, the more important stuff with you like a fly rod, or golf clubs.
You'd have to relocate all the fuses, the roll bars (convertible), the NAV drive, the radio boxes, controllers of whatever sorts, and some other stuff as well.
ME, instead of relocating all that stuff, I'll take my truck or one of my wife's cars instead.
A hanging clothes bar will "work" in the rear of a coupe - use zip ties to secure it to oem clothes hangers.
I'd like to see someone do a carpeted "rear seat delete". It would offer a little bit more luggage space. Carpeting would help attenuate road noise from rear tires. The structural rear bulkhead has to be retained. I think a horizontal cover resting across the driveshaft tunnel would level out the load surface. Space beneath the cover where the old seat bottoms are located could perhaps be made into lockable drawers or cubbys.
Suggestion:
Put the battery in the engine compartment, where it belongs. Fix the back seats so that they will fold down. Then perhaps you could take, the more important stuff with you like a fly rod, or golf clubs.
I have had two full sets of golf clubs in their bags in XK with no problems. Other stuff fit well on the back seat. A nice car for two to drive to golf club.
I have had two full sets of golf clubs in their bags in XK with no problems. Other stuff fit well on the back seat. A nice car for two to drive to golf club.
All of the reviews I've read on the XK 100 or 150 have made a point of the abysmal rear seats.
Those are usually from drivers/reviews that are around 6ft tall (I blame too many hormones in fast food!)
I am a mere shorthouse(?) at 5'6" and have had no probs getting adults in the back of my 100.
It's the perfect car for me as even when driving to the airport can get two suitcases on the rear seats (with a few pillows to protect my leather) and 1 or 2 in the boot....size dependant
These are usually the same people/reviewers that complain about an SUV's third-row seats being too cramped for adults. These people should get a minivan.
These are usually the same people/reviewers that complain about an SUV's third-row seats being too cramped for adults. These people should get a minivan.
Also the same reviewers that said of the Toyota C-HR, "the rear windows are small and it is dark, so children will find it claustrophobic and the windows too high up to allow them to see out" demonstrate that they don't have children as:
1) Younger children get car sick from the visual absorption of speed
2) Older children will constantly be on phones/tablets & like the fact that it's dark/that they don't have other visual distractions.
The way I see it, there AREN'T any rear seats. Those are upholstered luggage holders with hold-down straps.
Why not call a goat a goat?
Agreed! However, on very rare occasion I have put full sized adults back there for short trips. It's not for everybody, but if you are really willing to squeeze in, it works if you are 5'8" or less for very short distances, i.e. just a few miles. Handy in a pinch.
Otherwise, yes, nicely "upholstered luggage holders with hold-down straps."
Imagine the proportions of the X150 with a shorter wheelbase without the rear seat. That would be the F-Type, which IMHO doesn't come close to the classic beauty of the X150.
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