Thoughts?
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May 12, 2011 2:19 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
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May 12, 2011 2:29 p.m. mndsm SuperDork
Ooooh, I wanna know this too. Trying to figure out what's gonna work in the MINI with a pending child..... and the wife is worried.
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May 12, 2011 2:31 p.m. tuna55 SuperDork
Consumer reports screwed up and tested carseats at way too high of a speed a few years back. Only one passed. I bought that one. I think it's called a Graco Snugride. Works fine and it's cheap, too.
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May 12, 2011 2:32 p.m. tuna55 SuperDork
mndsm wrote:
Ooooh, I wanna know this too. Trying to figure out what's gonna work in the MINI with a pending child..... and the wife is worried.
You might be surprised - none of them might work. It depends on how much you like the front seats to recline and how far back they are and if you can get one in the center of the back seat. The reverse one hit the seats in the Volvo when I had the seat back.
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May 12, 2011 2:37 p.m. foxtrapper SuperDork
Britax Isofix.
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May 12, 2011 2:37 p.m. szeis4cookie New Reader
Graco Snugride works in a small car - if you aren't too tall. I am 5'7 and the Snugride butts almost up to the driver seatback in a Ford Focus.
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May 12, 2011 2:45 p.m. mndsm SuperDork
tuna55 wrote:
mndsm wrote:
Ooooh, I wanna know this too. Trying to figure out what's gonna work in the MINI with a pending child..... and the wife is worried.
You might be surprised - none of them might work. It depends on how much you like the front seats to recline and how far back they are and if you can get one in the center of the back seat. The reverse one hit the seats in the Volvo when I had the seat back.
Wife's only like 5'3" and whenever both of us are in the car, I take the ms3.... so it's really more of a "backup" plan, she may end up driving the Prizm anyhow. Nothing says class like a E36 M3 brown Chevy Prizm with busted door handles and dents on EVERY PANEL.
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May 12, 2011 3:01 p.m. WilberM3 HalfDork
ive "wanted" one of these since i first saw one. no idea if theyre any good or just overpriced though.
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May 12, 2011 3:03 p.m. trucke New Reader
foxtrapper wrote:
Britax Isofix.
Britax is the only company to crash test their child seats. Very good quality too. Only ones we used with our kids.
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May 12, 2011 3:14 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
poopshovel wrote:
Thoughts?
Is this for a "friend"?
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May 12, 2011 3:16 p.m. Cone_Junky HalfDork
WilberM3 wrote:
ive "wanted" one of these since i first saw one. no idea if theyre any good or just overpriced though.
I have this one and 2 of the earlier versions. These seem to be the slimmest seats. We can actually fit a (small) adult between two of them in our back seat. It was worth the extra money for the cool "Recaro" embroidery. Fit in perfectly with my Recaro GTI seats.
But they won't help the PO because he'll need a rear facing for the first 1-2 years. I don't remember the brands/models, but every rear facing seat we owned interfered with the front seating position.
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May 12, 2011 5:29 p.m. Woody SuperDork
WilberM3 wrote:
We have these in my wife's Accord and my WRX. They're great seats, but very heavy and it's a tight fit in the back of the Subaru. I like having the extra side impact protection that they offer.
Ours are gray. The model name is "Young Sport".
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May 12, 2011 5:30 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
David S. Wallens wrote:
poopshovel wrote:
Thoughts?
Is this for a "friend"?
Yeah...my friend...uh...SCO...no...that's not it uh...PE...nah, um. It's the year of the girl, dude. The coven secretly got together and cast spells or some E36 M3.
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May 12, 2011 5:36 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
We actually had one of the previous versions of the Graco. Good solid seat, went in & out of both our cars (VW Mk.2 Golf/ EG chassis Honda Civic) w/no problem.
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May 12, 2011 5:48 p.m. donalson SuperDork
honestly I don't recall what model we used it was a combo kit from walmart bought by my mom... the carrier, base and stroller (that the seat clipped into)... but properly installed is more important... I don't recall the statistics but MOST are improperly installed...
the infant carriers are the way to go untill they can sit up on their own... especially in a 2dr... make sure to get one with a base... if you've got 2 cars and will regularly change between cars then get a 2nd...
also a nice tidbit... these cariers are made to CLIP into the shopping carts at the store... facing you the clip will clip the mesh of the back of the seat portion...
the mount is supposed to be "loose" so the seat can "fold" into the back of the seat and turn into a turtle shell of sorts... the seat handle is supposed to be put down so the seat can do roll into the back seat thing... most cars you pass have the handle stright up locked...
but do note all these seats have a height limitation along with the weight... Camber (our daughter) outgrew them in length WAY before weight (something to do with 6'4 dad and 6'+ mom)
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May 14, 2011 4:27 p.m. clownkiller Reader
In reply to trucke: We only used the Britax seats. I am cost sensitive, but would never buy a cheap ass child seat. The Britax seats were are expensive, like over $200. FYI
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May 17, 2011 7:58 p.m. Toymanswife New Reader
Your best solution is to check out www.carseatdata.org You can enter the make, model, year and find out the best one for your car. I write on a website called www.webanswers.com and head up their baby and pregnancy section. We see this question fairly often.
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May 17, 2011 8:13 p.m. KATYB Reader
we use the chico keyfit 30 for our 5 month oil and works great.... and our 2 yearold forward facing firstyears.
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May 17, 2011 10:42 p.m. donalson SuperDork
tongue in cheek I'm amazed that any of us managed to make it all these years... my dads generation didn't even have seat belts... I doubt many of my dads generation gave much thought to the kiddie seat they used...
today I know adults that technically should still be in kiddie seats (FL law: Children from approximately 40-80 pounds and under 4'9" in height should ride in a booster seat.)
that being said I do recall when we lived in germany I couldn't sit in the front seat... you had to be 12y/o for that... so moving to the states and driving across the country with mom was great fun getting to ride shotgun :)
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May 18, 2011 6:20 a.m. KATYB Reader
hey now i make my mom ride in a booster seat when she gets in my car (ok not really but i should)
