3 car seats in an MY13 passat wagon?

[kris1976]

Hi All,

We are expecting number 3 and it suddenly dawned on me....how are we going to get three car seats in the passat!!! The ages will be just over 3, 19 months and a newborn so they will all need to be in carseats not boosters. Wondering what others have done before in this case...really don't want to change the car!!!!!!!

Thanks

[Eaglehawk]

Must use search next time...

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f27/my13-passat-wagons-big-enough-three-kids-83462.html

Congrats and good luck!

[kris1976]

Must use search next time...

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f27/my13-passat-wagons-big-enough-three-kids-83462.html

Congrats and good luck!

Thanks Eaglehawk, yes I did see that post but unfortunately in all of the responses that I saw (I may have missed one) at least one of the kids was over 4. If a child is over 4 then they can go in a booster....you can get much narrower boosters than car seats. My question is whether anyone has managed to get three carseats in when all the kids are under 4 and can't be in boosters

[Eaglehawk]

Honestly, the only sure solution is to rock up to a baby shop, and ask them to bring out an extra seat to fit into the car. Otherwise it's going to be a very expensive exercise replacing the car instead of just finding the right sized baby seat and/or arrangement.

I've been lots of families with 3 at the back in cars smaller than our Passat, so surely it's just finding the right brand/mode/arrangement.

[Darks RS]

Let me know how you go mate, I'll be in the same boat within the year and was hoping to keep a Passat as the family car!