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We interrupt this post for a test of the jesus-christ-your-all-slow-on-the-uptake system.
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OK three easy steps to a fold flat 01-04:

1. remove seat cushions.

2. as if sitting in the seat take the seat cushion and hold it out in front of you with the ass touching part facing you... thick end toward floor, now set it on the floor in that position and fold the seat back down pinning it between the headrest of the rear seat back and the back of the front seat.

3. repeat for the other cushion.

(i figured this out in the first time i took the cushions out... before i even purchased the Xterra)
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just to help out any other people having trouble with simple problem solving:

to carry long items(12' step ladder for example):

1. remove passenger side rear seat cushions and place it on driver side rear seat(for this you can't place it in the normal spot)

2. remove front passenger seat head rest, place on rear driver side seat.

3. recline front passenger seat all the way back.

4. fold passenger side rear seat back forward.

its not quite flat but it gives you a hell of a long area to carry those longer items. this one took me a little longer to figure out, maybe a week or two... i first posted these tips on here about a year ago when i realized that no one else had apparently noticed this.

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This conclude this test, we now return you to your regularly scheduled reading...
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