RS4's and car seats.

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RS4's and car seats.

Post by G4RETH » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:25 pm

After a little bit of advice, junior will soon be 6 months old and is rapidly outgrowing his rear facing car seat. I was just wondering which forward facing seats people are using? My car is a B7 avant with buckets so rear space is limited. Cheers

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Post by MikeFish » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:31 pm

I've used a number of Recaro young sports over the years or whatever they are called now. Good match for the buckets and will last till they are 11 or 12 years old.

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Post by irishmike » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:44 pm

Yeah, recaro young sport here too.
Great seat.

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Post by RSCosworth » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:45 pm

Hi G4RETH, I have an 11 month old girl & after an awful lot of research we have decided that rear facing seats are definitely the way to go as they are a much much safer option for your little one in the event of an accident (proven to be 5 times safer in fact than forward facing!!!) We've opted for the "Britax Dualfix" which swivels to enable you to get your baby in & out a lot easier, plus they're suitable from newborn right up until they're 18kg so won't grow out of it for a fair while :thumbs:
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Post by The_Coat » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:46 pm

Ive got one of these in the back.

http://www.recaro-seats.co.uk/child-sea ... expert.php

Really good quality and our 2 year old daughter loves it. Not using the iso fixings but it never comes out of the car so not an issue.
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Post by Huwbert » Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:26 am

Another shout out for Recaro here. I got it as it'll last until my boy is 12, as Mikefish has already said. :thumbs:
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Post by marc1 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:07 am

RSCosworth wrote:Hi G4RETH, I have an 11 month old girl & after an awful lot of research we have decided that rear facing seats are definitely the way to go as they are a much much safer option for your little one in the event of an accident (proven to be 5 times safer in fact than forward facing!!!) We've opted for the "Britax Dualfix" which swivels to enable you to get your baby in & out a lot easier, plus they're suitable from newborn right up until they're 18kg so won't grow out of it for a fair while :thumbs:
+1. Recommended for roughly up to 4 years old. We have the Joie I Anchor and I Size (I think they are called). I very nearly made the move to a C6 RS6 as the seats we were previously looking at did not fit the B7. The Joie ones do, with room to spare. We didn't chose them for that reason though, they meet the new European regs that are being introduced.

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Post by Frostie » Mon Feb 08, 2016 2:25 pm

recaro young sport here too.. black & red.
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Post by edge » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:13 pm

marc1 wrote:
RSCosworth wrote:Hi G4RETH, I have an 11 month old girl & after an awful lot of research we have decided that rear facing seats are definitely the way to go as they are a much much safer option for your little one in the event of an accident (proven to be 5 times safer in fact than forward facing!!!) We've opted for the "Britax Dualfix" which swivels to enable you to get your baby in & out a lot easier, plus they're suitable from newborn right up until they're 18kg so won't grow out of it for a fair while :thumbs:
+1. Recommended for roughly up to 4 years old. We have the Joie I Anchor and I Size (I think they are called). I very nearly made the move to a C6 RS6 as the seats we were previously looking at did not fit the B7. The Joie ones do, with room to spare. We didn't chose them for that reason though, they meet the new European regs that are being introduced.

+1 on this also... we have Britax in both hers and mine for the youngest and the eldest is now front facing.

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Post by FaisalJ » Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:03 pm

As others have said, I'd imagine at 6 months old, you'd want them rear facing for a while yet.

My 3 year old is front facing now. I'm also a fan of the recaro seats, this is a monza nova 2 seatfix (isofix)

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Post by marc1 » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:20 pm

^ any excuse to show off the plush interior. :lol:

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Post by MikeFish » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:40 pm

How is the alcantara holding up with the kids feet on it?

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Post by FaisalJ » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:17 pm

marc1 wrote:^ any excuse to show off the plush interior. :lol:
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MikeFish wrote:How is the alcantara holding up with the kids feet on it?
So far so good! The little man is stamping on the seat backs all the time...all it takes is a wipe with a damp microfibre. I do take his shoes off if they're really muddy though....I think it's safe to admit that here..
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Post by denis.dasilva2 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:31 pm

So you redo all the interior of your car w alcantera? Looks damn good

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Post by FaisalJ » Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:02 am

denis.dasilva2 wrote:So you redo all the interior of your car w alcantera? Looks damn good
I can't take credit, the previous owner of the car had it done. 3/4 charcoal alcantara, 1/4 black leather, red stitching. Image
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