Hi All,
My hub and I just spent the day looking at 2012 cars that would hopefully fit a growing family of ERFers. We currently have a 10 month old and want 3 kids eventually, so we have a long way to go as far as our backseat space needs. We are essentially looking for a car-seat-mobile
The current contenders have us very confused. We would love your thoughts about these choices. Keep in mind we position our front seats at a 6' person's depth. For this reason, back seat room to fit the seats is very important to us (as is overall car safety).
Passat - seems to have tons of rear space. Never tried to install a car seat in this type of car, but looked so roomy that we think it could work.
Fusion - Thought this would be THE car for us (especially since they are selling them nearby for ~ 17k, which is 5k cheaper than Passat's best deal). We thought the back seemed cramped next to the Passat. Would love to save the money, but can a family of 5 ERFers with tall parents really make this work?
Outback - Back seat space seemed somewhere in between? Noticed there is no middle hump these days. Not sure what to think. And is being higher up safer these days?
Forester - They did not have any on the lot. Older models seem to be notorious for hard installs, although not sure about the 2012.
Tiguan - As far as we could tell, same as the Outback?
That is the most sense we could make of things. Please let us know if you have any insight into back space for seats. Also any latch/tether/seatbelt issues with these models that we should be aware of.
Thanks!!!!!
My hub and I just spent the day looking at 2012 cars that would hopefully fit a growing family of ERFers. We currently have a 10 month old and want 3 kids eventually, so we have a long way to go as far as our backseat space needs. We are essentially looking for a car-seat-mobile
The current contenders have us very confused. We would love your thoughts about these choices. Keep in mind we position our front seats at a 6' person's depth. For this reason, back seat room to fit the seats is very important to us (as is overall car safety).
Passat - seems to have tons of rear space. Never tried to install a car seat in this type of car, but looked so roomy that we think it could work.
Fusion - Thought this would be THE car for us (especially since they are selling them nearby for ~ 17k, which is 5k cheaper than Passat's best deal). We thought the back seemed cramped next to the Passat. Would love to save the money, but can a family of 5 ERFers with tall parents really make this work?
Outback - Back seat space seemed somewhere in between? Noticed there is no middle hump these days. Not sure what to think. And is being higher up safer these days?
Forester - They did not have any on the lot. Older models seem to be notorious for hard installs, although not sure about the 2012.
Tiguan - As far as we could tell, same as the Outback?
That is the most sense we could make of things. Please let us know if you have any insight into back space for seats. Also any latch/tether/seatbelt issues with these models that we should be aware of.
Thanks!!!!!