I miss bench seats.

[JunkdrawerDog]

The wife and I are both 70 yrs old. We've been married for 43. When we married, I owned a '73 Nova with a 3 speed manual tranny and a bench seat. I also owned a '79 C-10 with a 3 speed and bench seat. When we roadtripped or were just cruising, we'd hit McDonald's for some munchies. She'd slide over on the bench seat, put her arm around me and feed me french fries as we rolled down the road. We can't do that anymore with that dang console in the way. Cue the sad violin music.

 

[Trav]

Try a mid 70's Buick Electra it is like driving around with 2 leather sofas.

 

[Gus_Mahn]

Married 35 years, own a split benched F150, and she hasn't thought for a second about sliding over to the middle seat. I guess I have to wait until my daughter, her husband, and both their kids are with us.

 

[fantastic]

I've had a few vehicles that allowed for that but all of them only had a lap belt. Usually told the wife to get into the passenger seat w/the 3 point. We love the attention though!

 

[Inked]

Try a mid 70's Buick Electra it is like driving around with 2 leather sofas.

I had a 75 LeSabre that I would drive back and forth from D.C to Philly every week while stationed down there. By far the most comfortable car on the highway I ever owned and the seats were a large reason why.

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

By far the most comfortable car on the highway I ever owned and the seats were a large reason why.

There's a reason that motorcyclists who spend a lot of time in the saddle will happily spend for a premium, aftermarket saddle. Happy posterior, happy rider.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Me too. My old Ford pickups were bench seat. My girlfriend now wife slid over all the time. My neighbor used to refer to this situation as the "2 headed driver".

Now we talk about getting a bench seat so the two little dogs can sit there

 

[Exhaustgases]

Yeah the good old days gone and ruined, by the now thing.

 

[doitmyself]

The wife and I are both 70 yrs old. We've been married for 43. When we married, I owned a '73 Nova with a 3 speed manual tranny and a bench seat. I also owned a '79 C-10 with a 3 speed and bench seat. When we roadtripped or were just cruising, we'd hit McDonald's for some munchies. She'd slide over on the bench seat, put her arm around me and feed me french fries as we rolled down the road. We can't do that anymore with that dang console in the way. Cue the sad violin music.

Thanks for evoking great memories! My wife of 49 years and I enjoyed many high school dates in my parent's 66 Chevy Impala. The hoods on those era cars were looooong.

 

[Inked]

There's a reason that motorcyclists who spend a lot of time in the saddle will happily spend for a premium, aftermarket saddle. Happy posterior, happy rider.

Yep, I have a Corbin on my Tiger.

 

[andrew_j]

We all piled at work lunch into a 2025 or 2026 Suburban and surprisingly it had 3 bench seats and seating for 9.

 

[Zee09]

I like my women back in the bed of my pickup truck

 

[meep]

I had 3 buddies that carpool in a f150 with single bench seat. The practical joke in traffic is the guy on the far right would bend down so the only two visible were driver and middle guy.

I laugh every time I think about it.

 

[fantastic]

I had 3 buddies that carpool in a f150 with single bench seat. The practical joke in traffic is the guy on the far right would bend down so the only two visible were driver and middle guy.

I laugh every time I think about it.

Too funny!
I could imagine the laughs, embarrassment, or both.

 

[Skippy722]

I do miss my bench seat my 2019 Ram had... Wife would sit in the middle, oldest son in the passenger seat, younger 3 sons in the back.

 

[MCompact]

69.5 years old, married for 40 years. Never owned a car with a bench seat and never will.
That said, the Debbie Harry lookalike that I hung out with in law school had a 1977 Seville which I drove from time to time. A very nice car but I despised the bench seat.
Sometimes…

 

[Kurtatron]

I like my women back in the bed of my pickup truck

That sounds very suspicious.

 

[Adkcedarman]

The wife and I are both 70 yrs old. We've been married for 43. When we married, I owned a '73 Nova with a 3 speed manual tranny and a bench seat. I also owned a '79 C-10 with a 3 speed and bench seat. When we roadtripped or were just cruising, we'd hit McDonald's for some munchies. She'd slide over on the bench seat, put her arm around me and feed me french fries as we rolled down the road. We can't do that anymore with that dang console in the way. Cue the sad violin music.

Sure makes certain things easier.

 

[CleanSump]

Since the first car I purchased used when I was a teenager in 1975 I have never owned a car with bench seats in front. Wife and I are both 69 and sometimes she still holds my shifter hand, though.