Couple that to my drive being very, very steep & with a pinch point of about 1/2 an inch either side, it was driving me mad. Who the hell designed these bloody vehicles, they clearly hadn't heard of ergonomics? I can now see perfectly out of the windscreen, and the speedo' is perfectly visible. My leg position is better, and I feel less as though I'm perched on the edge of the seat. Cost nothing, came with the van. and Post 2006 types). Note that the revised version remains externally visually the same as the previous Post 2006

Not included in the first post was the fact that this extender is a bitch to fit, it was designed for last model and x250 has larger handgrip, this causes two problems. I refitted a smaller and "smoother" handgrip, that I had in the shed, as the original one was quite large and it would've looked untidy if I had cut it down also). Nice to know you CAN get spares, but I was hoping that it would be a little cheaper. Husband (tightwad!!) thinks he can manage without......we shall see!! The handbrake is held in place by three bolts and it ought not to be beyond the wit of man to fabricate a spacer plate to raise the level of the handbrake and maybe even push it away from the seat a little to facilitate swivelling - it's only a bit of steel plate with 6 holes and three new nuts and bolts to secure it after all? The table has been a work in progress from day one, and it's not an issue when we can eat outdoors, or on our knees, but often it's nice to sit so that we can both see out of the windscreen, which does get a bit "cosy"

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As there is an enquiry about handbrake extenders and Derek has linked to this thread here's a update after couple of thousand miles running. It was vey well made/machined, fit well and was *easy enough to use(*once used to it)...and it can be easily dropped down to allow a swivel seat to rotate. Also mine the captain’s chair still swivels when the handbrake is in the on Position! So that is no problem. Something like that in the Ducatos/Boxers (but mounted higher, so it could be reached by those of us not equipped with spider monkey arms!), would be ideal. button obviates the need to press the release button with the thumb. Instead, the whole arm is moved.

If you've already been hung-up by the existing handbrake, then these extenders are probably a no-no.. The seat can rotated with handbrake pulled on, well ours can, but it's not 100% perfect. Dependant on seat adjustment the handle can catch seat rake knob and also there is some scuffing of the seat plastic trim. Please note that the handbrake extender was origially designed to fit up to 2006 models on a Fiat Ducato/Peugeot Boxer/Citroen Relay chassis, however it is possible to fit to later vehicles with some modifications. It also fits other vehicles, see the table below First is the dificultly sliding it over the handbrake, at one stage I had to apply a large blunt instrument. Next is fitting the screws, whilst longer ones are supplied because the flanges are splayed the screws don't align to engage thread, in this case I had to 'squeeze' flanges with molegrips to get the screws started. It may be that in warm weather or maybe plunging it in hot water will help.I will certainly look into these extenders as I am a short guy at best and reaching down to release it is not easy. The answer for us is lower seat boxes or remove the swivel base, either of which also has the benefits of bringing the handbrake closer to the end of my arm and making the driving position much more comfortable and car like. Watch the Kobran Motorhome Handbrake extender being fitted in less than 1 minute below in our video. The one issue I did have(because I used to have the seat base set quite low?) was that when "on"(up), ours protruded above the seat slightly. This meant that it could get snagged on loose fitting clothing when exiting the cab(I found my Craghopper type walking trousers were prone to this)and if I wasn't careful, this could also risk it disengaging the handbrake...