Re: back seat driving

[Ralph Poplawsky <rlpplsky@ix.netcom.com>]

At 11:38 PM 4/2/98 -0800, Frank wrote:
>>Well at 6'2" and 230, I don't see much difference between the two.  As a mag
>>once said of the '81 scirocco, neither is a place to put your soon to be ex
>>friends.  Back seats to audi, are second rate, throughout the line.  Not so
>>with the competition.
>
>well at 6'3" and, um, 165, i disagree.  during the last two years of la
>international auto show attendance i have sat in nearly every back seat on
the
>market.  VERY few of them are an improvement over my 86 tqw rear seats
>at any price. (i would rate mine 99th percentile.)  it is not uncommon to
hear
>a comment regarding room and/or comfort from back seat passengers (kids
>excluded, of course.)
>
>frank
>
I have to agree with Frank and go one step further.  The V8s and the '91
200Q are slightly longer than the 5000s and 100s (go figure, they look the
same...) and I think that extra length was dedicated to rear seat leg room.
 These cars have very roomy back seats compared to almost anything else.

Ralph Poplawsky
'91 200Q