Soldato
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Not nearly enough abbreviations for this Mumsnet thread...
Oh good point. So I really would only be strugging for the first 6 months or so? And mostly when in tight car parks. And a lot of this can be mitigated by buying a chair that clips in and out of a caddy rather than the whole thing coming in and out?
No expert, but I'd have thought many 2-seaters lack ISOFix points for proper baby seats, and the ones that lash in using a seat belt wrapped around them don't really convince me of their safety.
The ones I tried were just too ******* fiddly and actually longer than most Isofix ones, so you'd struggle getting an adult in the front passenger seat. Also pretty useless unless you get one that also slots into the pram/pushchair frame, really.My understanding is that they are as safe as Isofix so long as the baby seat is installed properly. Problem is that it's easy to make a mistake when fitting the seat, especially if you are taking the seat in and out of the car and get complacent hence Isofix as it's very easy (green fitted, red not fitted) to see whether the seat is fitted correctly or not.
It's fine - as long as your partner has a decent car. As whenever you go out as the 3 of you, you'll be using her car.
Sorry, just read more of the thread. Firstly, do you actually have a baby - or is this all hypothetical? If not, you do realise you'll have 9 months to worry about changing cars.From what I can tell, there's a Porsche Boxster and a Mercedes CLK, both of which are 2/3 doors, hence the question.
Oh - has someone forgotten to mention the other bit of having a baby.Or the Cayman to a Panamera/Mecan.
Change it to a convertible model...no problems with child seats in my E350 Cab, put the roof down, lift them in, roof up again if raining
Don't know how on earth you guys are fitting rear-facing seats in these small little cars? My car has a considerable amount of room in the back and the Joie seat and base combo I have uses all of it, just mm of clearance on the back of the front seat.