Whip one of your seats out, takes 5 mins and makes it hell of lot easier and quicker to fit the centre console 
that's what i'll do i think when i remove mine seats easy enough on the mk3 no side airbag connectors like on my old mk4 
Hadn't planned on removing mine today but i did

wasn't to bad i found after removing the screws and plastic nuts pulled the rear section away then pulled Hard! on the handbrake

got the front so far then pulled to one side and took the handbrake off and eased it over the gearstick all done