Hi all. We have two children and are probably done, though we may have one more. One child is 3mo, 18lbs, in a RFing Britax. The other is 2 1/2 yo, 38-39", in a RFing Diono Radian. We intend to keep them both RFing for as long as possible, and I intend to get another Radian for the 3mo, unless I hear otherwise here. [Or, I probably need another post, but I might move the younger into the Diono and get another RFing car seat for the older child that will last longer for her.]
Anyhow, we want to get a new vehicle, the impetus being that the RFing car seats do not fit well behind our current driver or passenger side seats. We'd also like to have the capacity to take grandparents with us places and carry cargo. So, we're leaning towards either the Odyssey or the Sienna. I tend to prefer the Odyssey.
The questions are which model year(s) would be the best for either model. I'd like good safety features in general, of course. I'd like to fit two RFing seats indefinitely in the second row, just because it seems it'd be easier to get the kids into them if I didn't have to climb into the 3rd row to strap them in. Also easier to supervise! But if we install 2 RFing in second row in the 2011+ Odyssey, I don't see how we could get anyone into the 3rd row. I am enticed by the feature in the 6-10 Odyssey where you can remove the 8th seat and slide one captain chair over to make a side aisle to the 3rd row. (But then you can't have an 8th person of course.) And does anyone know which seats in the 6-10 Odyssey have LATCH?
And does anyone know if we install the Diono in the 2nd row RFing, if we'd have room for the front seat passengers? I have the angle adjuster but the floor tether in our current car pulls it down and so the adjuster really doesn't accomplish much.
I am not opposed to buying an older used vehicle to get the car seat configuration we want, but I am worried we'll lose out on safety features. Does anyone know if that is the case, in comparing say '10 or older to '11-'12?
Thanks!
Anyhow, we want to get a new vehicle, the impetus being that the RFing car seats do not fit well behind our current driver or passenger side seats. We'd also like to have the capacity to take grandparents with us places and carry cargo. So, we're leaning towards either the Odyssey or the Sienna. I tend to prefer the Odyssey.
The questions are which model year(s) would be the best for either model. I'd like good safety features in general, of course. I'd like to fit two RFing seats indefinitely in the second row, just because it seems it'd be easier to get the kids into them if I didn't have to climb into the 3rd row to strap them in. Also easier to supervise! But if we install 2 RFing in second row in the 2011+ Odyssey, I don't see how we could get anyone into the 3rd row. I am enticed by the feature in the 6-10 Odyssey where you can remove the 8th seat and slide one captain chair over to make a side aisle to the 3rd row. (But then you can't have an 8th person of course.) And does anyone know which seats in the 6-10 Odyssey have LATCH?
And does anyone know if we install the Diono in the 2nd row RFing, if we'd have room for the front seat passengers? I have the angle adjuster but the floor tether in our current car pulls it down and so the adjuster really doesn't accomplish much.
I am not opposed to buying an older used vehicle to get the car seat configuration we want, but I am worried we'll lose out on safety features. Does anyone know if that is the case, in comparing say '10 or older to '11-'12?
Thanks!
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