Even on my '12 I use space in front of second road for storage when I have all seats down.

On the '17 with captains.... is the space between seats still usable for some cargo? I assume it extends to the floor or is there hardware in the way?

EDIT: I see space in front of seats is there.. curious of space between seats.

 

It extends to the floor. So it is a sorta catch all spot. Would be nice to fill it in with something so you had more of a flat floor there.

 

I placed a couple of these between them. Helps for when I have a hammock in the 2nd row for my dogs

 

Guess that's some sort of blanket? Good idea.

 

Yep. Roll up fleece Lexus blanket. $18 at the dealer.

 

Like said earlier, it dips down to the floor, but easily correctable as shown. Probably 8-10" between seats. Its not huge, but enough to fit stuff.

 

Might have to pick up one of those for the wife. She likes to take naps on long drives.

 

I am jealous of people who can do this. I probably take 1-2 naps a year, no way I can do it in a car

 

Same as me...... I can't either.

 

When did Lexus make captain chairs mandatory on the luxury GX? I could have sworn I checked a few times after the 17's came out and I had a choice,

 

It's apparently a change for 2017 since the 2016 GX brochure show different 2nd row seats: http://www.lexus.com/documents/broch...X-Brochure.pdf

 

Lexus uses different build configurations in various areas of the country.
Dealers provide input as to what they think will sell and the regions then
get high, low and medium priced standardized built units. It is possible to
get variations by placing a Special Order (within obvious constraints) but
it takes longer. Lexus Option code "PM" is Premium with Bench Seat,
code "PQ" is Premium with Capt. Chairs and "PY" is Sport with Capt.'s.

 

I know I can get a premium w/o captain chairs. I'm asking about a luxury without them.

 

Unfortunately it appears you can't get bench on Luxury unless you went CPO on a '16...but this doesn't sound like an option since it sounds like you are looking for a new '17. Given a choice myself I would want a bench on second row.

http://www.lexus.com/documents/broch...X-Brochure.pdf

Undoubtedly one could make this happen but it would be an expensive mod.....

 

Add me to the list as someone who really wanted the Luxury Car, but went with Premium b/c I did not want Captains Chairs. When i was shopping the Acura MDX, they also offer Captain Chairs on their High End Advance Model, but you could at least order the Entertainment Package and go back to a bench seat for 2K. I wish Lexus didn't force the captains chairs. It defeats the purpose of why many buy a GX460.