Pontiac Montana comes with a height-adjustable driver's seat, which really aids comfort on long trips. You can completely change your driving position without getting too close or too far from the steering wheel. The fore-and-aft range of the driver's seat is one of the longest we've sampled, and will probably provide enough room for six-and-a-half-footers. That also means you can make yourself some extra room in the driving position while you are parked and waiting for the soccer game to end.The front seats hold you securely, but they don't feel like the buckets in a sedan. There are large side bolsters on the backs of the seats, but the seating surface is relatively flat. This makes the van easy to get into, and encourages you to move around on long trips. The optional modular bucket second-row seats ($235) fold and remove easily. Handy diagrams on the frames underneath the seats show how to unlatch them from the floor. They are among the lightest seats in any minivan we've tested, and removing them won't kill your back. However, they are heavy enough that you might still want to convince a teenager to haul them into the garage. Doing this reveals a flat and wide rear cargo floor. The dashboard is neatly arranged, and the gauges are easy to read. However, when the speedometer needle reaches 75 mph, it blocks the right turn-signal indicator. A gentle chime indicates you've left the indicator on, but you'll miss it if you've got the stereo turned up. The steering wheel has seek, set, and AM/FM radio controls within reach of your left thumb, and volume, mute, and play (for cassettes and CDs) near your right thumb. The videotape and CD players are nicely located up on the front console. The DVD entertainment system was redesigned last year. It now features a large seven-inch screen that folds down from the roof panel, plus a wireless remote, auxiliary jacks for video games and camcorders, and wireless headphones. Called MontanaVision, the system comes standard on the up-market versions of the long-wheelbase models. What we like best about MontanaVision is its integration; aftermarket systems we've tried tend to be more difficult to use and not as durable.
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