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So my parents have decided they deserve a luxury car in their old age, and are pretty close to a deal on an '06 BMW 530xi Wagon. As seems to be a pattern for them, the car they want is in Ontario (where we are.) They live in BC. The upside of the situation is that I get to take a look at it before it's a done deal!
We took it out for a test drive for them today (but I didn't attempt to install any seats.) It has LATCH outboard, and three tethers, but the centre seatbelt position looks a little iffy (small and narrow) for carseat installation (I didn't get to thoroughly read the manual, but I didn't notice anything saying you couldn't use a seat there, and since there is a tether, I assume it's allowed.) It also has fixed, forward of the bight buckles - I'm thinking that doesn't bode well for my Radian.
So, all of that rambling to ask a couple of questions:
LATCH limit for BMW?
LATCH borrowing allowed?
Anyone with any experience with this model?
How does the Nautilus, Frontier or Cargo do with forward of the bight buckles?
Thanks for your help!
We took it out for a test drive for them today (but I didn't attempt to install any seats.) It has LATCH outboard, and three tethers, but the centre seatbelt position looks a little iffy (small and narrow) for carseat installation (I didn't get to thoroughly read the manual, but I didn't notice anything saying you couldn't use a seat there, and since there is a tether, I assume it's allowed.) It also has fixed, forward of the bight buckles - I'm thinking that doesn't bode well for my Radian.
So, all of that rambling to ask a couple of questions:
LATCH limit for BMW?
LATCH borrowing allowed?
Anyone with any experience with this model?
How does the Nautilus, Frontier or Cargo do with forward of the bight buckles?
Thanks for your help!