I've got the rear bench seat and wish I had gotten the rear buckets with the partial center rail.. What do you all have?

 

I'm into trading my front and back or back only 2012 buckets for bench seats. What interior did you get?

 

I've got the black leatherette, looks like you have polar beige..

 

I had buckets in my '11 CM and thought they were really cool. Everyone thought they were neato and they looked nice. The rail a novel idea but was all but useless back there as the cup holders did nothing but rattle so I took them out anyways. So I was left with 2 seats and a random thing in between them that didn't serve any purpose anymore.

Now in my '12 CMs I have a bench and it has come in handy. Sure I don't have the rail in the back or the "cool" factor, but it is more comfy for for passengers to be able to sit and much better for our dogs to travel back there now. A hidden bonus, the trunk/hatch is actually a little bigger due to the fold up partition not being needed to block off the cargo area from the passenger area. I can fit more back there without having to fold down the seats and there is no partition to rattle like in my first CM. Oh and if you do need to fold down the seats with the bench, it folds down a lot flatter than with the buckets which makes it a lot nicer for hauling large items.

 

I like my bench. One day I had to help a very ill friend --who is very large--make a doctor's appointment. He would have been profoundly uncomfortable in the bucket seat. I had him sit in the back and he was fine. I also think it is a little easier to install my nephews' car-seats. I like having 3 choices of seats to fold down when configuring for a large load. It works for me

 

Our bench seat passengers enjoy the wide fold down center seat armrest. Now, if someone made accessory cup holders for the two circular depressions in the back of the center seat, they'd really be happy!

Fortunately, there are those well-designed cup holders up front......

 

yeah... my kids are hating the lack of cup holders back there.

 

How did the Countryman with a backseat with a bench end up with zero cup holders? My brother's Clubman I think had 4. One on each side panel and two attached to the back of the center console.

 

Maybe because the optional bench seat was an afterthought?

 

Rear buckets and 2 rails here..

 

Lol. I rarely have a backseat passenger but I agree--the thing should accept snap in cup holders or something. Maybe velcro?

 

i am glad i got the rear buckets

i love the look and i get more comments about them than any other feature

my friends say they are very comfortable, i have no intention of ever finding out if they are

scott

 

We are shopping for a Countryman and we are definitely going for the bucket seats in the back. Our kids will enjoy the cupholders, and with my daughter's car seat in there, there's no room for anything in the middle anyway.

 

Have buckets and love 'em....no issues with 2 cupholders set in rail......no issues with folding flat.....like the novelty of 'em.....

 

if you open the back doors and look down at the outboard base of the seats, you will see a platic cover sticking out

pry it off and there are tie down loops under the covers

put a strap across the headreat posts and pull the bucket seats down until they are sitting flat

the side bolsters recover when you put the seats back up

scott

 

Never knew what those were for......now I know!

 

I guess I never really thought about doing that when I had them. I will say that I miss the look of the buckets, but enjoy the function of the bench. I hated it at first though.

 

Very interesting to know about these tie down loops. I was just at my dealer's checking out the bench seat (which I much prefer), however I was not told about this little trick.

Thanks for the info!

 

I have the buckets and the full rail, but the bench seat would be better for my dog, and the split rail (with buckets) would be better for passengers sliding in and out. But the buckets are very comfortable (I've ridden in the back seat) and the full center rail is cool looking all lit up at night.

 

We could have waited 2 mo. and got the bench, instead after waiting 6 mo. anyway we went with the rear buckets, wish we would have waited.

 

Same boat. Would have liked the buckets but they had one mostly like what I wanted in stock so I got it. If I was to do over I'd def had gone buckets just for the coolness factor. I never have passengers or lots of luggage anyway.

 

Buckets and split rail in the blue beast

 

Same here, with Fenton.

 

Rear buckets and 1 rails here.. Its just perfect become im single and 32 years old, don't know if I grow older...

 

Great tidbit, thanks very much!