Took my grand kids for a ride. Had to put my seat up for thier leg room. 8 and 12. I'm 5'7" and was having a hard time driving even with the steering wheel all the way in.
What's was thier thinking on installing a totally unusable rear seat?

 

Insurance rates are lower for 4 seats vs. 2 seats.

 

It is for insurance , With 4 seats it is a GT. with 2 seats it is a sports car . Higher insurance .

You could deleat it like I have done and make more lugage space. but then mine is the 150. a little diferent but would work. proberbly more room for the kids .lol

 

I've seen that. Like it. I like the look of the back seat also. I'll give it some more thought.

 

You should have seen me the first time I started looking at these cars back in 2008 as a replacement for my 1995 Corvette. The Corvette was truly only 2 seats and had a decent storage "shelf" behind the seats so I was already used to a car with only 2 seats. But the wife never liked the idea of a 2-seater (even though we also had a sedan and barely used the rear seats in that) so when I was looking around I concentrated on sporty cars but with rear seats. The others I had looked at in that category (e.g., Infiniti G37) had an actually usable rear seat. So the first time I encountered an XK8 on a lot I saw the rear seats and figured they must be comfortable. So I made the mistake of prying myself in the rear and it was really a joke. Still I didn't really car and it at least enabled me to convince my wife that this was not another 2-seater.

Doug

 

Lol that's funny stuff. When I bought the car I knew no adults were going to fit but I thought sure an 8 year old would,not.

 

Plenty of room for my border collie and a bag of groceries.

But don't suggest you put both back there together. The dog will help herself when you're not looking.

 

Insurance purposes. I plan to delete mine in short order.

 

Yelp I like the parcel shelf mod that a couple guys have done, looks great. Probably easier with black as matching my Cashmere interior might be difficult.

 

That is what the rear seats are for - grandchildren. My 16 year old grandson with the size 13 feet has to ride up front, but the other two, 9 and 13 are happy to squeeze back there, with the smaller one behind me and the other on the right. The oldest just canceled a camping trip with his girlfriend and her family in order to come to visit his grandfather (and just maybe to get another ride in the Jag ?)

 

Right. Same color as mine.

 

He did what?
16 and a girl or a car? Just kidding.

 

I have a 9 year old and short wife so he fits decently behind her for shorter rides. Would not go 300 miles but around town we can put him back there for a few more years. She is a teacher so most of the time if she is hauling him around he can ride in the front anyway since I have my car and get off later than her.

 

You can fit a couple of short young women, between 18 and 23 (5 foot 3 or less) who weigh less than 115 lbs as long as you allow enough room for their legs. This works better if you yourself are short.


Take it from me, the guy who has stuffed three girls in the back seat and a best friend in the front after a night of drinking.

 

Not even going to ask.lol. Ok well maybe, so do tell. Never minded.

 

Took my pal to his house, and the girls and I went to a hotel. Next day we all went our merry way. I drove back to my dorm at 11 am where my mom decided to stay the weekend. She asked if she would have to go to the maternity ward. I said I don't think so.

The end.

Or did you mean how did I get them all in there?

Quite simple, they were drunk and found a way of slipping in the back seat without getting on each others nerves. Having the top down helped.

 

Wait, you took three girls, ages 18-23 to a hotel after a night of drinking.

This thread just officially got better.

I'd ask for pictures, but besides being tacky, it might get me censored.

 

My insurance rates are pretty high considering mine is a 12 year old car worth less than $10000.

I think I pay about $600 a year for my XKR and about $600 a year for my other THREE cars combined.

 

Two were 19 and the other was 20. In other occassions I've had 18 and 23 year olds back there but those times haven't been as eventful.

 

Not sure if the "insurance" explanation holds up, surely if you were buying one of these new then you were wealthy enough not to even care about the insurance cost.


The insurance cost of these cars in the UK is stupidly low at the moment, mine is about £190, cheaper than my Audi A3.