brooksfamily
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When seen in person the Imprezza is definitely too small. We are now looking at Foresters and Outbacks.
We need to be able to fit 2 carseats and on occassion a 5 stepping tween in the back. DD will be 3 in Jan. and we plan to rf her to 4. Right now I am not pregnant but we hope I will be sometime between Dec. and April. However, we are realizing that by the time baby 2 comes along my daughter will about to forward face and once she is we can move her to in a slimmer ff seat.
I tried out our current seats in a Forester yesterday. Pria fit well (but needs to be replaced, due to it being the seat in the crash that is causing all this hulbaloo), Boulevard G3 would fit behind me but not hubby. We had no infant seat to try, but plan on a keyfit.
We also own, a G4 roundabout, G3 marathon, and a Diono Olympia. I didn't try any of these. The roundabout and marathon are in babysitters' cars and the Olympia is so huge I knew it wouldn't fit rearfacing.
I'm thinking replace the pria for now as it fits well rf front to back and will be the only seat in there for quite a while. When the time comes that we need to put 2 carseats in the car, we can put in the Olympia forward facing and the Keyfit. When baby 2 outgrows the keyfit we can go back to the pria. By that time my niece and nephew will be significantly older (they are 11 and 12 now) and can ride in the front if I need to pick one of them up.
All that being said I have 3 questions:
Are there any incompatibility issues with forward facing Diono's in either of these vehicles?
Does this seem like a sensible plan?
We are looking used. Our mechanic said anything after 2007 from a mechanical standpoint. But are there any models years of either of these vehicles that we should lean towards or stay away from?
TIA
We need to be able to fit 2 carseats and on occassion a 5 stepping tween in the back. DD will be 3 in Jan. and we plan to rf her to 4. Right now I am not pregnant but we hope I will be sometime between Dec. and April. However, we are realizing that by the time baby 2 comes along my daughter will about to forward face and once she is we can move her to in a slimmer ff seat.
I tried out our current seats in a Forester yesterday. Pria fit well (but needs to be replaced, due to it being the seat in the crash that is causing all this hulbaloo), Boulevard G3 would fit behind me but not hubby. We had no infant seat to try, but plan on a keyfit.
We also own, a G4 roundabout, G3 marathon, and a Diono Olympia. I didn't try any of these. The roundabout and marathon are in babysitters' cars and the Olympia is so huge I knew it wouldn't fit rearfacing.
I'm thinking replace the pria for now as it fits well rf front to back and will be the only seat in there for quite a while. When the time comes that we need to put 2 carseats in the car, we can put in the Olympia forward facing and the Keyfit. When baby 2 outgrows the keyfit we can go back to the pria. By that time my niece and nephew will be significantly older (they are 11 and 12 now) and can ride in the front if I need to pick one of them up.
All that being said I have 3 questions:
Are there any incompatibility issues with forward facing Diono's in either of these vehicles?
Does this seem like a sensible plan?
We are looking used. Our mechanic said anything after 2007 from a mechanical standpoint. But are there any models years of either of these vehicles that we should lean towards or stay away from?
TIA