Fitting a car seat in the back

[Soflo352]

Just out of curiosity, any of you camaro owners have a car seat in the back of your car? If so how is it?

Iv wanted a 5th gen camaro for a while now but I have a two year old. I had a Jeep Wrangler 2 door and thought it was some sort of a pain.

[JLSuperfly]

I have a car seat and it fits just fine.

[baum]

i have a 3.5 year old and has had a carseat in my camaro since about 2.5. it fits. i put it on the pass side, i just leave the pass seat up a ways so he cant kick it.

the LATCH system can be a little hard to get access to in the bottom of the seat.

this is the car seat i use
http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-102...FWprMAodmWEJfQ

[hazy]

Totally do-able! I have a 3.5 year old, and a 5 month old baby. My setup WAS - 3.5 behind pass, and 5 month behind driver.

That caused me to be eating my knees, so I've rearranged things - my 3.5 year old now sits behind me, and the baby is behind passenger.

It's not exactly the easiest to strap in, etc...but I find that not using the base of the infant seat saves some space. I also very recently dropped the carseat for my 3.5yo and he just buckles in and puts the shoulder strap behind him.

I am not sure I'd take a road trip like this, but with the adjustability of the seat/steering column, it can be bearable for sure!!

Like the other guy said - the LATCH system is kind of tough to get to. I just use the seatbelt to hold down the infant carrier, and like I said, just buckle in my older one now.

[Ryanbabz71]

It's nice when they get into the booster seat age. Your not far off

It also appears the 5th gen had more rear seat room than the gen 6 just looking at them.




Ryan

[Cruz]

I have two 2 year old girls in the back. They both fit just fine. I'm also 5'9 so I don't use much space in the front anyways

[Soflo352]

I'm new to Chevy/Camaro's. Don't know too much about them yet. But my child is only two.

Iv always been a Honda guy and right now I got a 2003 civic four door. Yuck lol.

But the car seat I have is massive. And was over $300 hope it wouldn't be a problem locating it back there.

You guys go with the base model or lt?

[clashley1976]

Agreed with everything. I have a Britax Boulevard seat (which is a hefty-sized seat) behind the driver's for my 3-year-old son. Putting the seat in and tightening it down is not a lot of fun, but you don't have to that everyday. He is able to climb and out of the seat unassisted, and I only need to lean it to work the seat harness for him.

One word of advice if you get leather seats is to put a towel or something under the base of the seat before tightening it in to protect your upholstery. Also, try to keep the sticky kiddie snacks out of the backseat.

[clashley1976]

Originally Posted by Soflo352

I'm new to Chevy/Camaro's. Don't know too much about them yet. But my child is only two.

Iv always been a Honda guy and right now I got a 2003 civic four door. Yuck lol.

But the car seat I have is massive. And was over $300 hope it wouldn't be a problem locating it back there.

You guys go with the base model or lt?

If you're looking at the V6, find yourself a 2LT/RS if you can. Nicely-appointed with plenty of creature comforts. But I might be biased...

[15cammedSS]

I strap in my 5 yr old girl and 7 yr old boy with ease in booster seats. Just took a 6 hour road trip with them back there and they didn't complain TOO much haha

[Soflo352]

Oh in also rear facing still.... Maybe that is why I hate it. The back of the car seat is pressed up against my seat.

My ex nailed me in the head with the rear facing

[clashley1976]

Originally Posted by Soflo352

Oh in also rear facing still.... Maybe that is why I hate it. The back of the car seat is pressed up against my seat.

My ex nailed me in the head with the rear facing

At age 2, I would expect that you could move to a forward-facing seat? My son moved to one by 14 months (because he had out-grown the rear-facing one). I think rear-facing is a PITA in any vehicle.

[baum]

Originally Posted by hazy

Totally do-able! I have a 3.5 year old, and a 5 month old baby. My setup WAS - 3.5 behind pass, and 5 month behind driver.

That caused me to be eating my knees, so I've rearranged things - my 3.5 year old now sits behind me, and the baby is behind passenger.

It's not exactly the easiest to strap in, etc...but I find that not using the base of the infant seat saves some space. I also very recently dropped the carseat for my 3.5yo and he just buckles in and puts the shoulder strap behind him.

I am not sure I'd take a road trip like this, but with the adjustability of the seat/steering column, it can be bearable for sure!!

Like the other guy said - the LATCH system is kind of tough to get to. I just use the seatbelt to hold down the infant carrier, and like I said, just buckle in my older one now.

Isnt that illegal for a child that age to not be in a carseat? i thought it was age/weight/height in all states?

on a side note most people turn to forward facing at 2, however you can do it really whenever. my oldest in my cars i turned at 2, my wife is carseat crazy and turned him at 3

[Soflo352]

I'm not sure what the law is. But she's just over two years.

She was always crazy about putting car seats on the outside and had to be rear facing. I guess I can try and research