# Stories about the front center seat in a truck or older car?

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**Created:** [February 2, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stories-about-the-front-center-seat-in-a-truck-or-older-car/205077 "2026-02-02T15:00:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stories-about-the-front-center-seat-in-a-truck-or-older-car/205077/11 "2026-02-02T20:14:11Z")

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As @davesmopar noted, we covered this over a years ago… I am not cruel enough to allow anyone to sit in the center of the front eat, Even closing up the cup holder, only the smallest person (a child…) could sit there without banging their knees on the dash. And most states, if not all, do not allow a child that small to sit up front…

> [@Front center seat of a pickup truck used?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-center-seat-of-a-pickup-truck-used/204305/14):
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> My Dodge Ram 2500, 4x4, came with a 40/20/40 Bench Seat (the driver’s and passengers seats are really 6-way adjustable bucket seats… The Center “seat” (or Arm Rest Holder) is not adjustable and has no legroom (although there is a Seat Belt…). If a passenger were to try to sit there, the transmission hump is very high and the 2/4-wheel drive shifter takes up a lot of the hump so the center passenger would have no option but to slide their legs down onto the passenger’s legroom side. In the pho…

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