Our Envoy (we call it "The General") works as a dog and grocery hauler all week long and as the tow vehicle for our 19 foot trailer on the weekends. I can count on one hand the number of times we've used the rear seats in the last two years. I figure I can shave hundreds of pounds off the GVW by pulling the two rear seat rows and putting in a piece of plywood and some foam for the dogs. This is the big extended XL model with three rows of seats, it weighed in on the scale at close to 6000 pounds without the trailer. If I can get it back down around 5500 that would help save $$ on gas and help the engine work less when towing. (we went on a 7000 mile trip this summer and hauled the seats with us the whole way for nothing.)
This leads to a problem, what to do with the seats while they are out. I don't have space to store them so my first instinct is to just give them away on Craigslist or if that doesn't work, just drop them off at the dump. My wife says she has a bad feeling about this because it would make the vehicle harder to sell down the road.
What's a set of seats worth? Has anyone bought a set? Could I get rid of these and buy a replacement set five or ten years down the road if needed to sell the vehicle?
This leads to a problem, what to do with the seats while they are out. I don't have space to store them so my first instinct is to just give them away on Craigslist or if that doesn't work, just drop them off at the dump. My wife says she has a bad feeling about this because it would make the vehicle harder to sell down the road.
What's a set of seats worth? Has anyone bought a set? Could I get rid of these and buy a replacement set five or ten years down the road if needed to sell the vehicle?