thx for the feedback. I should have mentioned we're off for a week to the coast so the X has gotta be the ride. I'm taking a power pruner (huge, but new in box) out to the house there, tired of dropping $1K each time the ocean view trees need trimmed. So the wife will be in the passenger seat, little guy in the back. I'll do a test fit today with the method MD describes. I was hoping it may fit in between the two front seats. Maybe I'll have to pull it out of the box and see if that helps - who needs the box anyway!