Offcuts of commercial carpet can be bought very cheaply. Cut to size, get them overlocked for around $12 per m . Should work nicely!!
There are a few workplace health & safety guidelines around that caution about unsecured mats on vehicles with vinyl flooring as there have been accidents where the mat has slid around and become wedged under the accelerator or brake pedal. On carpet flooring, mats usually just have little spikes to hold them in place, but on rubber or vinyl flooring you need to have positive clips to hold them in place. Consequently all recent vehicles have these attachment points in and any OEM mats will just clip in place. But dodgy aftermarket or homebuilt mats rarely do. I'm not sure if this has made its way into the Australian Standards or State vehicle safety standards though, but it's in many WH&S manuals.
I reckon they either had to make the gap between the brake pedal and footrest large enough so a foot could rest there without getting caught, or small enough that you couldn't get your foot in there at all. Perhaps the final gap between the bodywork and pedal was considered too risky so they opted to close it up as much as possible with the floor lining.
Not sure what's available in Australia, but here in the USA, Weathertech rubber mats are custom fit, have raised edges to keep the dirt in the floormat, and have the little holes to pop onto the factory floormat studs that affix them in place. I have them in my Kia. I'll probably have them in every vehicle I own from now on.
This sounds the most likely reason to me.
Yet you can drive in thongs!
All RHD drivers of a grenadier must have their left foot amputated just below the knee ~ there you go problem sorted.
Actually I think you’ll find that’s an offence in some states. It occasionally pops up in those “you won’t believe what someone got fined for” stories.
It's missing from the UK configurator.
Good question, I wasn't going to ask. Last time I spoke to my dealer, before Christmas, he said don't worry Ineos will have bought a carpet company by the time yours is built. So I am just hoping.
I've just checked now, it is still there a £230 extra on the Belstaff Fieldmaster. I only thought it was available on that model. But is still there now on UK site (Scotland version)
Yes but it doesn't explain @Shorty asterisk? Does it mean it was but now isn't?My bad then, I only configured on a non-Belstaff.
Hmm, not looking good. In my order the side runners have an * and identified in the blurb as dealer fit. the carpet and Tow ball don't have a *. However as they are two completely separate documents order/contract I won't transpose the interpretation of a symbol one to the the other. The only way we will find out is when someone receives his/her Fieldmaster and has ordered carpets.
