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  March 17, 2009 9:46 a.m. rconlon Reader

  My Fiat has the rear shelf/seat with seat belts. So I have had a third adult and two children back there but not very often. I think of it as emergency seating.

  Cheers Ron

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  March 17, 2009 9:49 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

  I've tried to convince people to sit in the back seat of a BGT many times. Never worked. Even my boy laughed at the idea, and he was about 6 years old at the time.

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  March 17, 2009 11:23 a.m. DneprDave New Reader

  A friend and I picked up his teen age daughter and her friend from school in my BGT, they both fit in the back and thought it was cool.

  Dave

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  March 17, 2009 11:34 a.m. wlkelley3 HalfDork

  I have put a third in the cargo space behind the seats in my Opel GT. Four in a standard cab '60 Ford pickup. Once fit 5 people in a TR7 coupe, fortunately it had a sunroof.

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  March 17, 2009 12:07 p.m. Ian F Reader

  I've "endured" the back seat of an 1800ES for a short time... it is obvious these seats were meant for the insurance industry only and not for human occupation... unless you have no feet.... or legs...

  The only time I've driven with 3 in a true 2-seater was a couple of time when I had two friends in my old '86 Toyota p/u (std cab). Which was stick. The middle passenger (a girl, thankfully) sat with legs in each foot well... and I shifted between her legs...

  As amusing as this situation was, we fortunately weren't driving very far...

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  March 17, 2009 1:25 p.m. Marjorie Suddard General Manager

  I was just chatting with a friend this weekend who was laughingly recalling the college trip she once took with friends to Spring Break. They took an MGB from D.C. to Florida, and you guessed it--she rode in the "back seat" the whole way there and back.

  I logged a lot of time riding on the package shelf of my brother's Midget (top up, most of the time!) while my other 2 brothers rode in the passenger seat. It worked. Well enough. Though our neighbors probably thought we were clowns.

  Margie

  Booger

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  March 17, 2009 1:41 p.m. Joe Gearin Associate Publisher

  When I was a kid my baseball coach had a 1st gen RX-7. Occasionally I'd hitch a ride home in the hatchback area.

  I think my neck still hurts because of that.....

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  March 17, 2009 4:58 p.m. DustoffDave New Reader

  I once fit 6 in my dads old MGA. 2 in the passenger seat, one in my lap, 2 sitting in the open trunk with their legs hanging out the back. We didn't drive very far and, luckily for me, my dad didn't find out for many years after that. It wasn't too comfortable...

  '87 325is, '04 WRX I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other!

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  March 17, 2009 5:13 p.m. bikesnrovers Reader

  Five in my Datsun 1600 for a beer-run (trip to the local store to buy beer).

  Three people and a dog in my old Triumph GT6. Short trip, only a few miles.

  Best was not in a two seater but a VW Bug. After watching an episode of MASH where Hawkeye stuffed 16 people into a Jeep we decided to try that with a friend's Bug. I think we ran out of room and/or people at ten or twelve.

  Yes, this was during my college years.

  If it doesn't leak... it's not mine!

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  March 17, 2009 6:11 p.m. Coupefan New Reader

  OK, you asked for it. In my X1/9, the one I still have today, back in 1992 I had two women sitting in the passenger seat. A gorgeous blonde AND a gorgeous brunette (best friends actually). And yes, we were just leaving from a nightclub, so they were in an interesting mood.... Thank you for bringing back that memory. It just put a big smile on my face.

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  March 18, 2009 3:43 p.m. rconlon Reader

  My longest trip as a passenger was in a two seater Vega delivery van. I lay on the rear bed area and was queezy the whole trip of 3-4 hours. Is a Vega delivery now a classic?

  Cheers Ron

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  March 19, 2009 7:53 a.m. spitfirebill HalfDork

  In reply to null: I wouldn't advise trying this in Myrtle Beach.

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  March 21, 2009 12:24 a.m. mattmacklind SuperDork

  I've had three people in an MGB GT on many occasions, three full sizers, too. Most recently I drove a friend and his wife across town, which involved a short stint on the highway. The car did not like it. I wouldn't repeat it, actually.

  In a former life, when I had a different GT, I was also a social worker. I picked up two small children in an emergency and needed to get them to a new living arrangement, and was driving my GT in the south side of Chicago. One child was in the passenger seat, and one child was seated on the bench in the back. This was when I realized the car really was a 2 + 2. 2 young children really can sit on that bench, and they have their own windows a'la BMW 320i style, absent any safety features of course. The looks I got were very memorable to me.
  

  I also got stopped by the police on a side street during that journey, probably wondering what I was doing in a pretty nasty part of town, driving a good condition GT with two children in the car, it really didn't fit. I told him what I was doing and he just said GO!

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  April 17, 2009 9:23 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

  Family rides of four in dads Spitfire a zillion years ago.

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  April 17, 2009 4:50 p.m. aeronca65t Reader

  When I was in college (just after all the dinosaurs died), I went to Daytona from NJ in my best friend's Spifire. The Spit popped out of fourth gear a lot due to a syncro problem (I guess).

  Anyway, his little brother wanted to come along and so we let him.....as long as he sat in the "back" and rested his foot on the shifter the entire ride (to keep it in gear).

  Top down, round trip, by the way.

  Enjoy Every Sandwich ~ W.Z.

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