996 GT2 Stupid Question

[lotuselan7]

Here we go:
Does the GT2 in comfort spec have rear seats?

If not is it possible/legal to retrofit. Would be useful for carrying the kids on occasion thats all.

[kayc]

lotuselan7 said:

Here we go:
Does the GT2 in comfort spec have rear seats?

If not is it possible/legal to retrofit. Would be useful for carrying the kids on occasion thats all.

No it doesnt and you cant..illegal because the front seats dont fold fowards therefore access is restricted.

[slippydiff]

kayc said:

lotuselan7 said:

Here we go:
Does the GT2 in comfort spec have rear seats?

If not is it possible/legal to retrofit. Would be useful for carrying the kids on occasion thats all.

No it doesnt and you cant..illegal because the front seats dont fold fowards therefore access is restricted.

But if it's a comfort spec with comfort seats (ie not fixed buckets) they would indeed tilt forward..................
In which case I see no reason why you couldn't retrofit rear seats.

[lotuselan7]

Thanks for quick reply so far its seems defo no and yes. Has anybody done it?

Cheers guys

[rob_j]

lotuselan7 said:

Thanks for quick reply so far its seems defo no and yes. Has anybody done it?

Cheers guys

I know somebody that did fit child seats & proper belts to the rear of a GT3. Can't imagine it's any different to a GT2.

[testarossa]

lotuselan7 said:

Thanks for quick reply so far its seems defo no and yes. Has anybody done it?

Cheers guys

Hi, I have a comfort and you can push them forward a little but not as far as you should be able to for seats at the rear, the logbook says 2 seats.
So, I think it would be illegal to add seats in the back, go for the x50 turbo or turbo s rather than a gt2, somebody here has a wicked gt2 lookalike Turbo, get something like that!

Edited by testarossa on Wednesday 7th February 12:53

[thegoose]

If the seats do fold and you do add rears make sure you tell your insurers. An MOT may suffice as a safety inspection (rather than an engineer's report). Just a case of crossing Ts and dotting Is.

[mikeg996]

Putting kids in the back of the widowmaker. I like it.

[Adam B]

A widow and orphan maker!

[Bund]

Does anyone know of this car actually making someone a widow?

[loach]

Bund said:

Does anyone know of this car actually making someone a widow?

No - though I think on another thread kurgen anounced he was buying one and that his wife was off. I don't know if the two things are related, though.


Edit - wrong guy - it wasn't johnny finance. Sorry jf. Sorry kurgen, too - though at least you've got a GT2 to take your mind off the mouse and the cheese and so on.

Edited by loach on Wednesday 7th February 13:42

[lotuselan7]

"Widowmaker" As they say in biker circles the throttle works both ways!

Again thanks for advise it seems possible, Ill let you know how I get on if I get the right car of course. Her indoors will go spare, hey ho!

[Bund]

loach said:

Bund said:

Does anyone know of this car actually making someone a widow?

No - though I think on another thread johnny finance anounced he was buying one and that his wife was off. I don't know if the two things are related, though.

Surely that would make the GT2 a divorcee maker! Doesn't make the balls of the GT2 owners feel as big.....

[Bund]

lotuselan7 said:

"Widowmaker" As they say in biker circles the throttle works both ways!

Again thanks for advise it seems possible, Ill let you know how I get on if I get the right car of course. Her indoors will go spare, hey ho!

Then it will be the " The missesispissedoffmaker "

[Dr S]

mikeg996 said:

Putting kids in the back of the widowmaker. I like it.

must have been the wife's idea after she read the T&C of his insurance coverage...

[welshnobby]

Mine is a comfort spec and the seats do allow as much access to the rear as my old c2 did. Not sure how you are going to get around it being a 2 seater on the v5 and how your insurer will feel about the modification. I'd be interested in how you get on as it may help me future proof my car

[rumplestiltskin]

mikeg996 said:

Putting kids in the back of the widowmaker. I like it.

Its the driver not the car thats the widowmaker.

I know when the kids are in the back of my Turbo I drive like Miss Daisy, would be the same for any car I drove.

R.

[Lonman]

Bund said:

Does anyone know of this car actually making someone a widow?

2 examples.....

[nbetts]

I understand one of the unlucky chaps was a Doctor

[Kurgen_]

loach said:

Bund said:

Does anyone know of this car actually making someone a widow?

No - though I think on another thread kurgen anounced he was buying one and that his wife was off. I don't know if the two things are related, though.


Edit - wrong guy - it wasn't johnny finance. Sorry jf. Sorry kurgen, too - though at least you've got a GT2 to take your mind off the mouse and the cheese and so on.

Edited by loach on Wednesday 7th February 13:42

Wife buggered off long time ago, well not wife anymore.!

Have replenished larder with fresh cheese, since.