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Okay, so my current car is a piece of cr@p and we're looking at getting a new one. We can probably only afford max of $21,000. i really like the look of 2010 or 2011 mitsubishi lancer's, probably a sedan.
so my question is, would 3 kids fit in the back? DS as of next year could be in a bum seat, and DD is in a safe n sound hi-liner (which are fairly narrow....) don't know when we will try for another baby, but don't really want to buy a car that won't fit another baby....thanks :thumbsup:
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Our tarago fits 3 baby seats.
I have a Toyota camry, bought second hand with 21,000km for within your budget, I can fit 3 car seats across the back.
If you need another carseat, try and find the Mother's Choice Nomad. They're specially made to fit in cars with multiple carseats in it. They're quite narrow. From birth to 18kg.
We have a Toyota Landcruiser Wagon 80 series, I love it to pieces! It has HEAPS of room with an extra 2 seats in the back if you need them. You can usually pick one up for about that price. Good luck car hunting i hope you find something! :)
At the moment I am driving a 4 door Toyota Corolla sedan and I fit three car seats across the back...two FF either side and the RF in the middle (they are all reversible car seats).
That is what I am going to buy...an 8 seater :D:
Word of warning - a Lancer probably won't fit 3 seats in the back. Our test was to try and seat 2 adults and our 9 year old in the backseat and see if they fit - it's a very tight squeeze in the back of a Lancer, and there really isn't a lot of space between the back seats and the front, so it's likely to struggle with a rear facing seat unless you've got the front seats all the way forward.
They also have turning circle of brick and the VRX model speaking from experience chews fuel like you wouldn't believe. We recently traded our 07 VRX (so not the current shape but one before it) and are picking up our new Outlander today.
We had a Mitsubishi Magna (sold it to move OS) and it fitted 3 car seats. I loved that car.
My SIL has a magna with three seats too, but the lancers are more sporty. Your best bet would be to test drive it and see what fits.
Magnas are very good cars and you can sometimes pick them up ex-fleet for a very reasonable price. Just watch they aren't ex-rentals as they do tend to get a little thrashed if they are. Other option if you're confident with cars or have someone who can advise you that is is to sort your finance then check out the used car auctions.
Same can be said for a lot of larger passenger cars like Commodores, Camrys and Falcons come to think of it.
We have a camry - and theres no way we will be able to fit 3 seats in!
We are looking at either a Mazda Tribute, a Subaru Forester or a Commodore wagon
I have a lancer and can't fit 3 seats in the back. I have one compact seat and one Maxi rider (which is big) but I don't think you would even get 3 compact seats across the back.
I have an 08 Camry Altise (base model, current shape/style) and have had 3 forward facing car seats in. 2 safe n sound and one baby love brand. They fit easily.:
Isn't a camry bigger than a corolla? Not asking to question you just wondering as I can fit three in the corolla.:
:dunno: Our camry is a '98 I think, and we currently have a maxirider, a convertable mother's choice - and there is definitely no room for any kind of carseat!
The newer models are probably wider?
Yeah the two models after yours are heaps bigger :):
Sorry, I don't know anything about the Lancer, I can comment on three car seats :)
We have a 2000 Ford Mondeo Ghia, it currently has 3 car seats in the back seat. One a Hi Pod, one a half booster and the other a Safe and Sound Meridian.
We plan on have 3 kiddies and the rate we are going they are gonna be in car seats at the same time, we are looking at Toyota kluger and other 7 seater 4wds it makes sense as when they are older we can fit their friends in the car to itms? I no you can get an 04/05 maybe even 06 kluger for roughly the price your willing to spend. GL
I have just tried 3 sits in the back of our car and OMG I can't fit the 3rd one in!!! I have no idea what I'm going to do. I have a commodore wagon and the two seats we have the Maxi riders.
Does anyone else have two maxi riders in their car? What car do you have?
Can anyone suggest narrow seats which might have to be my back up plan. AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
Thought about the Holden Captiva? It fits 3 seats plus friends and fam in the back with the 7 seater version....
Ford Territory is awesome to fit 3 carseats with room to spare! we used to have a mazda 3, couldnt fit 3 in at all..
What are the ages of your kids. I have a Holden Commodore Wagon and had a Safe N Sound Meridan, Maxi Rider, and Safe n Sound Hi Liner Booster Seat. If you have 3 under 4 obviously you can't use the booster yet. Only solution I can think of would be try the Safe n Sound Compaq that is meant to be quite narrow I believe.
You can't get much wider than the commodore wagon, thats for sure
We have a Captiva and have both a Maxirider and another Safe N Sound reversible (both forward facing) seats in at the moment, TBH I have no idea how we would fit a third seat in as there's not much room left. And the ambo guy who installed the bub capsule way back when DS2 was a newborn reckoned the middle seat belt in the Captiva was off-centre and therefore not suited to 3 seats. Just one opinion though I guess. I just figure that if I have to put a third car seat in the back we'd have to find slim-line seats.:
DH got out in the car during the week and fiddled quite a bit and he assures me he can fit the three seats in. Lord knows how but at least the seats are going to be secure as they can't move, LOL!!
Does anyone know what ages I can think about moving my DD to a H harness or booster? The new laws have confused me a wee bit.
Liviam at the age of 4 they can move from a 5 point harness to a booster. I have the Safe N Sound Hi Liner booster and am quite impressed, it is slimline and the head adjust ups as your child grows, it has a seat belt guide and also the anti submarine clip. I think though they recommend you don't move your child til they meet the weight thing. So around 18kgs is when kids should move from the 5 point harness as they are actually to heavy for the weight limit of the seat.
I hear you on being so tight they can't move one thing to keep in mind when using a booster is that you can buy a seat belt clip extender means you don't have to try and get your hand down between 2 seats to get the belt in. Has been great.
Totally, you do need slimmer seats... Has anyone tried the infa vario booster seat....3cm skinnier than the safe n sound hi-liner and maximum safety rating with a harness (harness is also recommended on safe n sound) .. they are $70 off at babies direct at the moment....I got 2, one for each car....will make total 6 inches diff with 2 boosters in the back eventually.... that's huge ... the lovely girl went and measured them on the floor for me...:
i recently bought a 2002 magna wagon...my eldest is a booster, my youngest a booster and bubbs will be in her carseat, they fit fine.
i have a 2009 lancer sedan, with a safensound meridian (rearward facing) in the back seat and it doesnt look as though it has enough room for seats on either side, just letting you know, it is cramped for us to even try and sit next to the child seat. and there isnt much boot space either, a pram pretty much fills it. (but guess that would depend on your pram too). you wouldnt really be able to fit a RF on the sides unless you are short, as my DH is 6"2' and needs the leg room up front, which leaves very little leg room in the back. let alone space for a child seat to fit behind one.
but it has great fuel economy. 6.5L/100km, and it handles really nicely.
Any Falcon and probably Commodore should be able to accommodate 3 seats. I have a Ford Falcon Fairlane and I fit 2 kids convertible/booster seats and a fully grown plus sized adult in between :)
I was thinking about this thread in the last few weeks as I looked at convertible booster seats! So many I looked at had massive cup holders on each side which made them super wide! There would be no way they would fit side by side or next to a baby car seat. I got a hipod from Target which didn't have them and it fits next to the centre placed baby seat (a safe n sound sleep n recline)