Center console or bench?

Miami Son · May 6, 2012

Trying to do some market research. Thanks for your help.

StLucieHemi · May 6, 2012

Well I say Bench with fold down console,,,, and I'd gladly assist you in the swap and supply all the correct parts !!! LOL!!!!

Miami Son · May 6, 2012

Not a chance, Jim! :Wedgie:

StLucieHemi · May 7, 2012

Ya can't blame me for trying,,, and honestly you'd love the flip down console out of mine!!!!!!

Miami Son · May 7, 2012

Interesting. I posted this same poll on another forum and the voting is running completely opposite to in here. Hmmm...

Ryan12 · May 20, 2012

I looked into the bench and the center console, and after driving both i feel in love with the floor mounted shifter on the center i use the s**t out of my sport mode lol. Id say center man

Nightcast · May 21, 2012

I told my dealer to find me a truck with a center console. Didn't matter which model it was just as long as it had the console.

LB3711 · May 21, 2012

Console. I love mine. I don't need more than 2 people sitting in front. Plus I love the floor shifter and the storage it has.

Sent from my tapatalk equipped AT&T iPhone 4.

jlb · May 21, 2012

But you get so much more storage out of the fold down console, and I guess you luck out in the people department, I regularly, and unfortunately have 7-8 people in my truck for race days, plus gear, and trailer, car... lol with the floor console I would have been screwed, plus its not like the "sport shift" mode on these trucks is anything like a manual tranny. Maybe your floor mounted shifter behaves differently than my column mounted one, but I doubt it.

quietpeen · May 21, 2012

jlb said:
But you get so much more storage out of the fold down console, and I guess you luck out in the people department, I regularly, and unfortunately have 7-8 people in my truck for race days, plus gear, and trailer, car... lol with the floor console I would have been screwed, plus its not like the "sport shift" mode on these trucks is anything like a manual tranny. Maybe your floor mounted shifter behaves differently than my column mounted one, but I doubt it.

i think you get a lot more storage with the floor console

jlb · May 21, 2012

Challenge me? It's on...

jk lol

I just measured mine, and I found the basic dimensions (all in inches) to be

Upper Console: 4 x 11.5 x 14
Lower Console: 3 x 11 x 14

Totaling 0.64 cubic feet

(4*11.5*14+3*11*14)/(12*12*12)

Maybe I am mistaken but I always thought the upper console for you guys was basically just a pen/cell phone holder, and the lower was at most 10 x 10 x 10

quietpeen · May 21, 2012

jlb said:
Challenge me? It's on...

jk lol

I just measured mine, and I found the basic dimensions (all in inches) to be

Upper Console: 4 x 11.5 x 14
Lower Console: 3 x 11 x 14

Totaling 0.64 cubic feet

(4*11.5*14+3*11*14)/(12*12*12)

Maybe I am mistaken but I always thought the upper console for you guys was basically just a pen/cell phone holder, and the lower was at most 10 x 10 x 10

lol, i never measured, i just figured with the big lower and decent size upper and then misc. spots around the shifter and on the sides it was more space.

Ocelot · May 21, 2012

I like the look of the center console, but I think I prefer the bench with the fold down. Seems roomier and less closed in to me with the bench.

Miami Son · May 21, 2012

I originally wanted a split bench like my 2500, but after test driving the Sport and remembering what my Cuda and Road Runner felt like with that shifter in my hand, I had to have the center console.

rblochli · May 21, 2012

I had the bench with fold down console in my '98, '04 & '08 but the '12 I bought off the lot had the buckets with the center console (couldn't find one with the bench). I liked the fold down console better and the flip down cup holders would hold a quart Gatorade, but I'm getting used to the center console - seems to have the same amount of space, the top console of the center console is a little thin, but it seems to work and I found a home for all my cr@p. Could use some separators like the flip down console so when you flip it up everything doesn't slide to the back...and yes the shifter is more fun...

fsharp1 · Jun 2, 2012

Center console was a must have for me, My 2500 had it and I will never go back to a bench with center flip.....

hounddog · Jun 3, 2012

Fold down console. The other one just uses up too much space and you lose that "open" feeling that is so crucial with a truck. Makes me feel boxed in when I get in my buddies with the big "box" console.

Trupiano · Jun 8, 2012

I love my fold down console.

Dom T. · Jun 9, 2012

I wanted the bench with fold down. But, the wife cried for the Laramie so we got the buckets with console. Now she cries cause her friends can't ride with us since we are one seat short. I never liked them so, it worked out in my favor. My ideal truck always has a bench seat up front. Not acting tough, obviously the wife is in charge.

OutlawTrucker · Jun 9, 2012

I got the fold down center seat with column shift. Works for me. I like the look of the center console but it looks too crammed for my taste.

Center console or bench?

What kind of front seating do you have?

Bucket seats with center console

Bench seat with fold down console

Bench seat with no console

Banned

Member

Banned

Member

Banned

Senior Member

Junior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Banned

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Registered User

Junior Member

Senior Member

Similar threads

Forum statistics

Share this page