BIG problem - need help
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I have a big problem that i hope a family DBS/DB9 owner can help with. I am on the verge of getting the car and the deal is hanging by a thread - or a baby seat really- as i need to get my 9 month old a forward facing seat that will fit and that he will grow into over the next 3 years. The dealer reccommended seat doesnt fit and this will turn into a complete F@@@ up if i cant find one. It must be a problem encountered before -PLEASE HELP !
Mr Purple said:
Cheers Zod , is the back of a DB9 the same as a DBS? I assume it is very similar. Does your child have enough space for their legs ? out of interest how old are they and is their room to grow into it?
many thanks
The rear seats are the same. My son could sit behind me (with my seat adjusted somewhat further forward than usual) up to about 20 months. He had to have his legs folded a little as he grew larger, but that's not a problem at that age. My other son, then four, sat behind my wife in a MaxiCosi Rodi XR. many thanks
The ideal position is to have just one child in the car seated behind the passenger.
Now my sons are two and a half and five and a half and it just didn't work any more. We also added a daughter, so I gave up and bought a two-seater instead. Now just one at a time comes with me.
Mr Purple said:
Thanks for that , but could he dangle his legs down ? or is it so tight on space he couldnt . And did you have the seat all the way forward while he was in the car?
The younger boy couldn't dangle his legs down, but that was a leg length issue - until their thighs are long enough to allow the knees to bend at the seat edge, it will never work. The elder one had his feet down the gap.I got about 18 months of being able to drive four-up.
michael gould said:
Don't wish to be a killjoy but kids do not work well in the back of a DB9 ......ok for very occasional use but that's it.....Masers are better at accommodating children on a regular basis.....Most of us with children run a second /third car.
Of course it would never be your only car. I don't think anyone has ever proposed that.Mr Purple said:
Thanks for that , but could he dangle his legs down ? or is it so tight on space he couldnt . And did you have the seat all the way forward while he was in the car?
In my DB9, I could never sit a child behind me, because there was ZERO space between the back of my seat and the rear seat cushion edge. And I could never drive with the seat in any position other than at its most rearward. The only way a child would fit would have been behind the passenger seat (with a smallish passenger).Another relevant factor to take into account is your height, I am 5'9 and have managed a school run with an 11 and a 12 year old in the back with enough room for all 3 of us to sit. I did have to but the seat a little more upright than I would normally have it but not terribly so.
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