Whether you are the new owner of a Mini Mini 3, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the main features of this car. This is precisely the subject of this short post, we will help you to execute a basic but important task on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a Mini Mini 3, for that, first of all, we are going to compare the different settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second part, the different methods to fold the front seat of a Mini Mini 3..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Mini Mini 3
First of all, we’ll commence our short post by detailing the different positioning available on the front seat of a Mini Mini 3. In reality, regardless if you want to fold one of your front seats on your car, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its finish you will have access to different options, here are the majority of the settings you can have on your Mini Mini 3:
- Fundamental and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Mini Mini 3 permits you to change the distance of the seat to the pedals to be able to adapt to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting permits you to have a better perspective of the road, for small people we tend to elevate the seat and for big people to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” configuration is the seat inclination, not to be mislead with the control to fold the seat of a Mini Mini 3, this setting will allow you, dependent on the length of your arms, to have a good driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some series, you will in addition be able to adjust the lumbar support given by your seat by pressing down on the backrest, a very pleasant adjustment for long trips.
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How do you fold the front seat down from a Mini Mini 3?
After looking at all the seat settings, we will now assist you to fold down the front seat of your Mini Mini 3. Please be aware that according to the number of doors on your car the process will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to carry a passenger on a 3-door Mini Mini 3, or whether you want to fold it down to transport large objects on a 5-door Mini Mini 3, it will not be the same process, here are the different methods to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Mini Mini 3.
As we explained to you just before, whether it’s to get a traveler in the back seat, or to carry large objects, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Mini Mini 3 is essential. This step is quite basic, and according to the year of your Mini Mini 3 the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different locations, here are the 3 possible spots for this command:
- At the top of the seat back near the headrest
- On the side of the seat in most cases in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Activating this lever will completely fold down the front seat back of your Mini Mini 3 and free the seat from its location on the rail that allows you to move the seat forward or backward, this will allow you to save even more space for an easy passenger in the rear.
Folding down the front seat of a 5-door Mini Mini 3
As for folding the front seat of a Mini Mini 3 5-door, the process is not the same because since it is not built to receive rear passengers through the front doors, your seats don’t have the same features we just talked about earlier. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Mini Mini 3 will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky stuff. To do this, you’ll need to use the recline control to fold your seats. Depending on the year of your car, it can be in the form of a knob to turn, or a lever to operate to choose the inclination of your car. If you don’t have enough space and want to fold the rear seat of your Mini Mini 3, don’t be reluctant to consult our short post dedicated to this procedure.
If you want more guides on the Mini Mini 3, go to our Mini Mini 3 category.
