We had two young boys and I surprised my wife with a Buick Enclave one Christmas. There were two identical ones on the lot...literally side by side....except one had a bench in the second row, the other had captains chairs. I thought we were done having kids...so I took the one with the bench seat home. Big Mistake. So its the 4 of us, plus the golden retriever. We decide a few years later to have kid #3...I ditch the Enclave and get a Suburban LTZ with the captains chairs. Best decision ever. You think you want the kids all next to each other, but it doesn't work out well. The damn car seats these days are enormous...they fit better in the buckets. Even when they graduate to boosters. Access to the 3rd row is way superior..older kids get to go in back until they can get in and out by themselves. And soon when you are invariably part of a car pool for kids activities, adult night out, or driving your kids plus a grandma or friend, you're going to be in that 3rd row alot. So, yeah, I made sure when I ordered my Max Stealth Performance, I wanted the buckets in the second row. I wish the Expedition had a removable jump seat in between the buckets like we can do with our Sienna, so we could go 3 across at times, but very rarely.