5th Seat? 6th seat?!? (2014 T5 California)

[Fitz]

Well, some mistakes where made and as a result soon we will be 5....

Trying to decide if getting a spare 5th seat is worth is, or if I should possibly sell my van.
I use it as a "daily driver"...although I don't drive everyday, when I do I use the Cali and we will have times were all 5 of us need to fit.

Any suggestions from "larger" ( > 4 ) families with a California?
Has anyone had the experience of having the 5th seat?
Looking at whats available on the used market and there is one with an "integrated child's seat", which I don't know if that is worth it?

My van has 3 rails, has anyone tried people in two seats? Either 2 of the bucket seats of a double seat...just in case there are twins.

 

[andyinluton]

Take the rear shelf out & it works really well as a five seater daily driver as the rear bench can be moved back to give proper leg room.

I have not found a second 2 seater bench that will fit in a cali at the same time as the existing one, the seat base is a lot deeper than the 5th seat so it takes up more room.

I used to use 2x 5th seats at the same time, it was tight but just about doable as long as at least one child was in a child seat & didnt need any legroom. The 3x seats have to share the middle rail & therefore have to be fitted one behind the other.

Another option is to change the front passenger seat for a double.