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MattW
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Just Installed Britax Marathon in Honda Odyssey but.....
Well I was able to grab the last one at my local BRUS(Tustin, CA). This seat was to replace an infant carrier for my 7 month old son. I have a 2 year old and 7 month old twins. The 2 year old is in the center third row in a Britax roundabout and one of the twins is already in a roundabout behind the driver. I had had both roundabouts from the first child (my car and my wife's) so it was time to buy another car seat. Since the second row seats are the only one's with latch I was going to replace the infant carrier with the marathon. Well, here's the problem. I was able to get the new seat installed using the LATCH anchors and it fit pretty good, but now there is zero room to get behind the seat to get my 2 year old to the back. The front passenger seat is not all the way forward, but that doesn't seem practical to move the seat all the way forward just to get around the carseat and then move it back. The Marathon is a slightly bigger shell than the roundabout. I will probably have to move the roundabout from the third row to the second and give my 2 year old the new Marathon.
If anyone would like to see pictures of the seat installed in the odyssey let me know. Also if anyone has any suggestions in configuration let me know - Cavalier I know you have an odyssey too so maybe you have a suggestion.
Matt
Well I was able to grab the last one at my local BRUS(Tustin, CA). This seat was to replace an infant carrier for my 7 month old son. I have a 2 year old and 7 month old twins. The 2 year old is in the center third row in a Britax roundabout and one of the twins is already in a roundabout behind the driver. I had had both roundabouts from the first child (my car and my wife's) so it was time to buy another car seat. Since the second row seats are the only one's with latch I was going to replace the infant carrier with the marathon. Well, here's the problem. I was able to get the new seat installed using the LATCH anchors and it fit pretty good, but now there is zero room to get behind the seat to get my 2 year old to the back. The front passenger seat is not all the way forward, but that doesn't seem practical to move the seat all the way forward just to get around the carseat and then move it back. The Marathon is a slightly bigger shell than the roundabout. I will probably have to move the roundabout from the third row to the second and give my 2 year old the new Marathon.
If anyone would like to see pictures of the seat installed in the odyssey let me know. Also if anyone has any suggestions in configuration let me know - Cavalier I know you have an odyssey too so maybe you have a suggestion.
Matt