My 3 across pw/ma/pw

melniemi

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• Feb 25, 2009

• #1

Here are pics to show how tight this combo is. I'd love for it to work for my 3 oldest. I'm going to leave the marathon installed for a lil bit to see if the boys manage to be able to buckle themselves. A turbo fits, but is pretty much impossible to buckle.

 

musicmaj

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• Feb 25, 2009

• #2

How did you get the parkway torso wings to fit under the marathon? If I could make them fit like that I could get two parkways and the fisher price convertible to fit in my car. It is impossible for my older two to buckle themselves with my radian in the middle.

 

melniemi

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• Feb 25, 2009

• #3

I had to angle it and wedge it in place. It is a very tight fit.

 

MissAllyLou

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• Feb 25, 2009

• #4

I wonder if a Decathalon would save you any room .... without the LATCH bars....

 

melniemi

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• Feb 25, 2009

• #5

I thought about that. But the latch bars are in the clear. It is just the bulkiness of both seats that cause problems. The radian was almost harder to buckle next to the parkway since there isn't a base that is smaller than the seat.

 

sb518

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• Feb 25, 2009

• #6

Was the radian between the boosters a no go?

 

melniemi

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• Feb 26, 2009

• #7

The radian was even harder to buckle because there wasn't a base. The sides sat flush and it was not fun.

 

MissAllyLou

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• Feb 26, 2009

• #8

Time for a Suburban ?

 

melniemi

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• Feb 26, 2009

• #9

MissAllyLou said:

Time for a Suburban ?

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Dh would love a suburban. I don't think the third row in those is very big though either so we'd have to go with the 8 passenger. We really don't want to have to budget for it though - we are on mission pay off debt

I'm going to try this combo and if it is just impossible for them to buckle, I'll get some Oto's and just switch out for the pw's when we go farther than an hour or so.

 

melniemi

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• Feb 27, 2009

• #10

They managed to buckle their own seats today

So we'll be doing this combo until S outgrows the marathon. Then we'll be looking again. Maybe by then B will be big enough to ff in the marathon in the third row or we'll look for some other combo.

 

fyrfightermomma

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• Feb 27, 2009

• #11

Glad to hear it worked! Now you can relax the next 20 weeks!

 

CDNTech

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• Mar 2, 2009

• #12

What about a RFing Radian between the PWs? Does that allow for more buckle room?

 

melniemi

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• Mar 2, 2009

• #13

We couldn't get a rf'ing radian installed good enough. Maybe if it had been warmer than 15* we would've tried harder. Maybe we could get the buckle completely in the belt path? I really don't know. We didn't work with it rearfacing too long. I should say fyrfighermomma - since she did all the installs for me

 

christineka

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• Mar 2, 2009

• #14

Sorry if I missed it somewhere, but what vehicle is that?

 

melniemi

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• Mar 2, 2009

• #15

02 Chevy Venture. 3rd row doesn't recline at all to help with installs. It is about 48" wide, if I recall correctly.