Splash
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Okay, I've gotten rid of almost all of my seats, down to one higback and two backless turbos, one Triumph and one Boulevard, and his SS1. This is not counting his two boulevards in our cars or the other BV and Regent in her car for other kids.
So, for Charlie, we have two "spare" seats that are appropriate, a BV and a Triumph.
AJ told me I can only keep one, and the other has to go. The problem is, I don't know which one to go!
The BV has the old style lockoffs, but is also in the recall. Is it likely to matter? Not really. I don't think Charlie will go over fifty pounds in that seat, he'll be too tall. But I was thinking of putting that one in my car once he is FF (installs better with the old lockoffs than the new ones) and keeping the "new" lockoff one as his spare... and if by chance he DOES make it over 50 in that seat, switching them. That seems like a good idea, right?
But...
He actually has more growing room in the Triumph. Over an inch more probably. Granted, it's only forty pounds. So, I have to wonder, will Charlie outgrow the BV by height before 40 pounds? Probably not. So then that "extra" growing room is pretty pointless. But he might... he's only got about 2 inches left in the Marathon, and the BV is a bit shorter.
Both of these seats are NIB. Theoretically I could sell either... and obviously the BV would fetch a lot more than the Triumph would.
Whichever seat we use, it's likely to end up in my father's car at some point. Eventually my dad will be doing things with Charlie, and hopefully watching him during the day once a week or so, just so Charlie can have that time with him. He drives a 2007 Subaru Legacy wagon, so they will fit his car similar to how they fit mine. BUT, my stepmom drives a 1996 Ford Explorer Sport, only two seats in the back (no middle), with ELR only belts (three point, though). He has talked about trading cars with her (they work at the same hospital, so right now they only use one car except for the weekends, but once he retires he might take the Explorer). If he's in the Explorer, the BV is hands down the winner, because of the built in lockoffs and the SIP. But, that's not a definite.
So, my thought was that I take BOTH of these seats to my dad's house, and have him use them both, and decide which one he likes better. He might have a clear preference of one over the other. AJ thinks that's a dumb idea.
So... all that being said... which seat would you keep?
So, for Charlie, we have two "spare" seats that are appropriate, a BV and a Triumph.
AJ told me I can only keep one, and the other has to go. The problem is, I don't know which one to go!
The BV has the old style lockoffs, but is also in the recall. Is it likely to matter? Not really. I don't think Charlie will go over fifty pounds in that seat, he'll be too tall. But I was thinking of putting that one in my car once he is FF (installs better with the old lockoffs than the new ones) and keeping the "new" lockoff one as his spare... and if by chance he DOES make it over 50 in that seat, switching them. That seems like a good idea, right?
But...
He actually has more growing room in the Triumph. Over an inch more probably. Granted, it's only forty pounds. So, I have to wonder, will Charlie outgrow the BV by height before 40 pounds? Probably not. So then that "extra" growing room is pretty pointless. But he might... he's only got about 2 inches left in the Marathon, and the BV is a bit shorter.
Both of these seats are NIB. Theoretically I could sell either... and obviously the BV would fetch a lot more than the Triumph would.
Whichever seat we use, it's likely to end up in my father's car at some point. Eventually my dad will be doing things with Charlie, and hopefully watching him during the day once a week or so, just so Charlie can have that time with him. He drives a 2007 Subaru Legacy wagon, so they will fit his car similar to how they fit mine. BUT, my stepmom drives a 1996 Ford Explorer Sport, only two seats in the back (no middle), with ELR only belts (three point, though). He has talked about trading cars with her (they work at the same hospital, so right now they only use one car except for the weekends, but once he retires he might take the Explorer). If he's in the Explorer, the BV is hands down the winner, because of the built in lockoffs and the SIP. But, that's not a definite.
So, my thought was that I take BOTH of these seats to my dad's house, and have him use them both, and decide which one he likes better. He might have a clear preference of one over the other. AJ thinks that's a dumb idea.
So... all that being said... which seat would you keep?