Our only problem is that since the seat locks are rigid and not wide enough to click into the anchors if placed in
the middle back seat, does that decrease the side impact safety.
I was crammed into
the middle back seat, surrounded by four guns.
For a start, you now get five seats instead of four, even if
the middle back seat is rather too compromised to use unless it's an emergency.
The only downside we can come up with, in fact, is the rather broad transmission tunnel that eats into the foot space available for whoever ends up perched in
the middle back seat — though, as all cars in this class suffer from this drawback, we won't punish the Audi A4 sedan too harshly for it.
The only big downside when it comes to occupant practicality is the transmission tunnel that slices that eats into the foot space available for the passenger using
the middle back seat.
The side - view mirrors are of a good size, the pillars don't generate too many blind spots and the rear - view mirror is easy to see out of providing no one is sitting in
the middle back seat.
I went to sit in
the middle back seat - not exactly comfortable for a 6 - footer — because, you know, I thought that's the «safest» seat for someone who's afraid of heights.