Baby seats in a Scirocco???

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

Actually, this question has been asked before - a few times, in fact.

I regularly use an infant seat in my Scirocco for either my 2 yearold 
(almost 3!) daughter or 5 year-old (almost 6!) son.

My daughter is still using a forward-facing seat with internal restraint.  
The seat is fastened to the car via the rear belt and a tether anchor 
located on the rear speaker/parcel shelf (which is a metal part of the 
car.)  The 85+ Scirocco/Cab Bentley provides the necessary dimensions for 
location the factory approved spot to drill and mount the tether anchor - 
I can scan and post a link if required.

My son's seat is a forward facing seat without internal restraint.  When 
he's in the car, he's using the rear 3 point belt I installed that was 
acquired from a UK spec Scirocco by Andy Holmes (fellow lister) for me.  
This belt is not retractable, but is set up with an H clip to adjust the 
belt.  It doesn't provide him with a lot of range of movement, but he 
doesn't seem to mind that much, and I don't either... :)  He is pretty 
much at the size now (60lbs, 48.5") where he doesn't require the infant 
seat (or booster seat in this case) but recently our provincial 
regulations changed and I have yet to review the new requirements.)

I would recommend consulting the manual/instructions for the car seat 
(before you buy) to ensure that it can be mounted safely with only a rear 
lap belt and tether anchor.  This is the case for most forward-facing 
infant seats with internal restraints.  Installation options for 
rear-facing infant seats vary based on seat design.

I don't know about where you are, but here in Ontario, Canada, local 
Health Units/Police etc. run carseat clinics where you can get guidance on 
car seat installations - it may not be a bad idea to see if a similar 
program is available in your area.

HTH,

Drew

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Cynthia Neudoerffer wrote:

> Greetings -
> 
> As far as I can tell (from searching the archives)
> this question hasn't been asked before ... kind of an
> unusual question - but figured if anyone might know
> the answer - that person is likely here! 
> 
> My husband and I have an 85 scirocco, which we just
> love and are lothe to have to part with. We are also
> expecting our first baby and are wondering about the
> logistics of fitting a baby / car seat into the back
> seat of the car. 
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with installing infant
> car seats / after-market LATCH systems (these are the
> new baby seat installion systems that new cars come
> with) in their scirocco?
> 
> Any advice on the topic would be most appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cynthia Venema
> 
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