Has anyone here ever had to sleep in your car? I (by reasons my own) had to last weekend, and couldn't find a comfortable position... and to skip the rant, the question at the bottom is: where have you found is the most comfortable position to sleep in your Maxima?

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I first tried jusy laying the driver seat as flat as it would go, but I couldn't extend my legs the way I wanted to and the seat was slanted down, so I kept sliding down.

Second, I tried the back seat ... longer and flatter, right? Well, long enough if you're >5'2"ish ... anybody taller than that will have a dam*ed hard time fitting, and as I'm 6'1"ish .. that didn't work out either.

Third, I folded down the back seats (opening the cabin of the car to the trunk) and stuck my legs in there. It was flat, I could lie fully extended, and I was, for the most part, comfortable; but the floor of the trunk is hard, and so after about 15 minutes of lying like that, I got sore ... so I pretty much just lied there until morning when I could go where I needed to go (again, reasons I'll keep to myself)

So, where have you found is the most comfortable position to sleep in your Maxima?

 

i had to sleep in my max once, was spending the weekend at a friends crib,and didnt feel like getting pics taken of me while sleeping(immature lil freaks) and it was packed in there, so i slept in my car, couldnt find a comfortable position for the life of me, i just slept in the drivers seat for like 4 hours constantly waking up changing positions, and i had a neck cramp the next day, bah its hard, but im sure there is a way, i saw a pic of where someone had the front seats fully reclined back and was flush with the back seat, i wish i knew how to do that it would have been a little more comfy

 

ive napped for a couple hours in my max and i found the best way is too. remove the headrest and drop the seat all the way back to a comfortable position.

 

What the hell kinda thread is this LOL

 

well im 6'2 and i found it easy to sleep in the drivers sleep but the back seat is left for other mischeivous activities

 

i have never slept in my maxima but i have slept in my dads Lexus LX470 when i borrowed it for a snowboarding trip, lay down the 2nd row and 3rd row seat, and you got a comfy bed for two

 

I've taken naps on my lunch break in the car.......I never really sat in the back seat of my car actually, until now and I never realized just how big and roomy it is back there.....I can totally stretch out and get my 1 1/2 snooze......

 

Move your two front seats all the way up, take off headrests, and recline the seats.

 

yeah I slept in my max once... It was really comfy, I just reclined the drivers seat all the way back and passed out. did not wake up once all night and nothing sore (other than my head for reasons that I cannot blame on the max).

 

That's also good for something else.

 

just remember....
kids in the backseat causes accidents...
accidents in the backseat causes kids.

 

Snoop doggy-dog style comes to mind here lol. Been there done that, kinda sux becuase not enough room. We ended up goin outside to continue. hahaha

I've slept in my max a couple times. Just laid on my side in the back seat with my knees bent. That beats laying in the drivers seat reclined back!

-Paul

 

i guess im glad im short, ive slept in the back of mine once and it wasnt too bad, i even had comapny and we both seemed to fit alright

 

 

maybe if you open your open you rear seats, you can lay half in the trunk, half on those seats. with a couple blankets though

 

hahaha exactly what kind of thread is this?

 

Haha ... well good to see we have some humor on this forum ... I thought it was all business for a while there.

Thanks for all the input, I'm sure I'll have to be doing this again soon and to be able to recline the front seats fully flat will be AWESOME (for more reasons than one) .. and as danNY said:


ewilfong, I ended up doing this, but the hinge where the back seat and trunk join kept sticking in my ribs .. I'm guessing a blanket would make it hurt less, but I didn't have one.

As for what kind of thread it is... it's a thread for people that have lives involving their max, not revolving around their max.

 

i slept in mine once with the reclined seats/removed headrests but it was very uncomfortable on the leather and small 3rd gen interior....my truck is way better suited for this and other things with the back seats down

 

Man you guys are clouns. Snoop doggy-dog style

 

best way was to take head rests off then lower front seats so it creates almost a completely flat bed....

 

Bottle of grey goose killed, front seat was comfortable enough for me to sleep for 7 hours.

 

3rd gen is like a kingsize bed compared to a 4th or 5th gen, esp. with their ebrake handles.

I did it once, worked so much it wasnt' worth my time to drive home. had a blanket in the car, used a jacket for a pillow, was ok, better than trying to sleep in an office chair or on the floor. Worst part was waking up at 6am cold as ****.

 

hahaha thats great


when you're drunk, you can sleep in the trunk for all you care.

 

never slept in it tho.

 

By the look of that the E-Brake is a killer and third gens look like it has a little more space.

 

i took a real long trip before i bought my max and slept in the back seat of a 2 door honda civic, i was curled up in a ball and still didnt have enough room.... but it was better than the front seat

 

I'm a person that usually can't sleep in cars but I could sleep in the Max. On the way to and from Maxus I laid the drivers seat back and went out for about 5 hours straight with no problems.

 

Yea, i slept in the backseat one time on the way to a concert. It was surprisingly comfortable

 

Yes, yes I have.

 

I have many times, not the best sleep but pretty decent.

 

i cant sleep sitting up, so i unplug the battery, tuck in the back seatbelts, open a rear door so my legs can stick out and its pretty nice. had to do that twice when i was going to court.

 

thats just odd, I couldnt sleep with my door open, who know what might happen.

 

yup i did it once, got waisted, didnt want to drive and i was just to drunk to think of anything else. I just tilted back the drivers seat.

It was hard to fall asleep, but when i woke up in the morning it felt like a good nights rest to me .

 

When I first got out of med school I could not afford an apt. in Manhattan so I just paid $600/mo. for a prime parking space and lived in my car, from 1998 to about 2002. It was fine, the only hard part was finding a bathroom and shower. With all that money I saved I was able to put a downpay in Philly in late 2002.

 

You are joking right?

I slept twice in my car.

 

the rear center console is a great deterrent.

 

$600 month can find you a person looking for a roommate in so.cal... thats crazy though.

i've done it about 15 times... just need a nice pillow...

 

600 a month you can get an small room in brooklyn. or a decent one in queens. i could not live in my car for more than 2 days. i'd just go crazy.

 

i take naps during work if i don't have anything to do in the car.

 

i'm a small guy 5'5" so the most comfy way to sleep in my max is just in the back seat.. but before i had my subs i slept in the trunk hahahaha.. i would fold the seats down, climb into that lil cave and sleep in the actual trunk.. and i don't mean having part of my body in the cabin, i mean really in the trunk...
but i have fell asleep a few nights in my trunk before just working on my sound system. i usually wake up with some limb still asleep or mysterious cuts and bruises.