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Out driving Mieke...
No, I'm not buying a minivan. We're trying to figure out our options for my 3 children in the back of my wife's GTI (7/5/infant). The 7 and 5 year old are now both in boosters, but with the width needed for the baby's larger drop-in seat "cradle" its really hard to actually buckle in the seatbelts for the two older ones each time we get in/out of the car.
Seatbelt extenders seem to be the obvious fix, but they're not recommended (and I can see why, the geometry is all off plus there's now another point of failure in the event of an accident).
The Graco boosters they have aren't the narrowest on the market, but they're also not the widest. What's annoying is my 7 year old has ~3"+ on each side of her hips, this is space that could be used for a narrower (and safer) booster...
What have 3 children-having Golf drivers done for car seats?
For reference we bought one of the slimmest infant seats on the market- Chicco Key Fit 30 at 17inches wide. The boosters are Chicco and 17 inches wide as well. The slimmest boosters we've found is 15.2inches wide for boosters from Graco. We have tried different arrangements, with the infant seat on an outside seat or the middle seat as well.
Seatbelt extenders seem to be the obvious fix, but they're not recommended (and I can see why, the geometry is all off plus there's now another point of failure in the event of an accident).
The Graco boosters they have aren't the narrowest on the market, but they're also not the widest. What's annoying is my 7 year old has ~3"+ on each side of her hips, this is space that could be used for a narrower (and safer) booster...
What have 3 children-having Golf drivers done for car seats?
For reference we bought one of the slimmest infant seats on the market- Chicco Key Fit 30 at 17inches wide. The boosters are Chicco and 17 inches wide as well. The slimmest boosters we've found is 15.2inches wide for boosters from Graco. We have tried different arrangements, with the infant seat on an outside seat or the middle seat as well.