Kerlaan

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• Today at 01:00

• #1

I shall be travelling to Hungary from NW France to collect a lot of household items. I am planning on removing the rear seats to make better use of the load space.

Is there a floor reinforcement panel in the commercial variant to distribute loads or is the floor robust in the 5 door Hippo enough as is? It looks okay to me. It is surprising how heavy plates, pots, pans and so on can be.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.

 

Arctic2

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• Today at 07:37

• #2

The seats folded make a flat bed in the back, which i think is going to be much safer, and i doubt you will gain that much room because you will only be losing the footwell space the seats fold into?

 

Freddie17

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• Today at 08:13

• #3

I took the rear seats out of my old F1 for a bit, thinking it would give the dog (and me) a lot more space. In reality, it’s a right pain, as @Arctic2 says, you just gain the footwells, but of course it creates a big ‘gap’ between the bed of the rear and the front seats.

I soon put them back in.

 

Kerlaan

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• Today at 08:42

• #4

Thanks @Arctic2 and @Freddie, I had them folded down last year when moving from Austria to Hungary, then back to France. I felt I would have a “flatter” and larger space but your comments have been helpful. I’m pondering on it all now .

 

J_D

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• Today at 08:48

• #5

Kerlaan said:

Thanks @Arctic2 and @Freddie, I had them folded down last year when moving from Austria to Hungary, then back to France. I felt I would have a “flatter” and larger space but your comments have been helpful. I’m pondering on it all now .

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Might be a silly question but did you roll them forward. Makes it quite flat.

 

Kerlaan

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• Today at 09:02

• #6

J_D said:

Might be a silly question but did you roll them forward. Makes it quite flat.

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Yes and I agree, but I need every single cubic inch I can get. Thanks

 

Freddie17

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• Today at 09:35

• #7

…take them out and see if it suits your need - it’s a quick job, literally would take you 10 mins.
The footwell space might be good for you for your trip, especially if you have soft stuff that can use that space, then load flat across the top of everything.

 

Kerlaan

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• 42 minutes ago

• #8

Freddie17 said:

…take them out and see if it suits your need - it’s a quick job, literally would take you 10 mins.
The footwell space might be good for you for your trip, especially if you have soft stuff that can use that space, then load flat across the top of everything.

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You read my mind @Freddie17, but I was just probably being too cautious and overthinking it all.