Backseat Passengers May Get a Little Antsy - 2014 Mini Cooper Hardtop Long-Term Road Test

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edited July 2015 in MINI
imageBackseat Passengers May Get a Little Antsy - 2014 Mini Cooper Hardtop Long-Term Road Test

The 2014 Mini Cooper's small backseat doesn't offer much love to passengers.

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  • zimtheinvaderzimtheinvader Member Posts: 580
    Has anyone ever rear crash tested the small cars that have so little room between the rear seats and the bumper?
  • nedmundonedmundo Member Posts: 33
    ^^^I don't know, but I often have kids in the car, and I'd never consider a Mini or Fiesta ST for that reason alone. Otherwise, I might want the FiST.
  • darexdarex Member Posts: 187
    Maybe if you put the headrest back in for her?

    Seriously, there's no need for the passenger seat to have been slid so far back. That's cruelty.
  • john_in_tcjohn_in_tc Member Posts: 28
    Since your daughter is in the photo, I hope you gave her a modeling fee. $300 seems about right!
  • quadricyclequadricycle Member Posts: 827
    Kelly Hellwig said:

    Wiggling her Keds-clad toes up into my seat-bottom, I squirmed with every dig.

    Get a roof rack. Easy on the ratchet straps, she's got to breathe.
  • vvkvvk Member Posts: 196
    a) slide the front seat forward, b) that headrest was there for a reason, c) seems like a perfect fit to me.

    I once rode in the back seat of a Ford Probe to the airport. Now THAT was ridiculous. The roof was below my eye level, with my head resting against the hatchback window. And no headrest whatever.
  • darexdarex Member Posts: 187
    edited July 2015
    A lot of these articles on Edmunds are the same, and remind me of the O.J. trial: the glove don't fit!

    Examples:
    A) Bags don't fit in the back. Solution: fold back seats down flat, like you're supposed to.

    B) Kid has no legroom. Solution: learn how to operate seat. Seats have mechanical position memory, if you read manual. Pull lever on back, lean backrest forward, slide seat forward. Seat kid, slide seat back, allowing for legs, then return seat back to previous angle. Voilà.

    C) Bike doesn't fit. Solution: buy bike rack, or take off wheel. Duh!

    D) Car seat doesn't fit. Solution: buy one that does.

    E) We went on a road trip and couldn't figure out how to connect our phone to Infotainment/couldn't figure out Nav. Solution: read manual before you leave.

    F) Does dog fit in back? Answer: "Yes" -- in every single case. Between folding cargo area flat, or putting dog on backseat, the answer is always the same. Know why? Because dogs are smaller than people!


    That covers about 65% of all Edmund's Long-Term Tests.
  • prndlolprndlol Member Posts: 140
    darex said:

    Maybe if you put the headrest back in for her?

    Seriously, there's no need for the passenger seat to have been slid so far back. That's cruelty.

    It's actually ahead of the driver's seat, and was probably set for Kelly to sit in afterward.

  • darexdarex Member Posts: 187
    I have this car. If the driver's seat is so far back that there's no rear passenger legroom, then you're a 6-footer. This is much, much less true for the front passenger, who is swimming in legroom, and can slide the seat way, way forward, even if she were a 6-footer.
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