Though the low seatbelts mean many boosters would have the belt coming from beneath the shoulders so that's not so good.
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But using smaller (front to back) convertibles would remedy that one.īe aware that the instruction manual says not to install car seats in the last row (only boosters are supposed to go there. My only beefs with it were the lack of headrests (which you will remedy), seatbelt geometry for second and third row seats meant people climbed through seatbelts when seats were installed outboard there (but that's probably the same in most vans), and that the only spot to fit a RF Radian was the center of the second row, which had no spot to tether it. The RADIANS took 5 seconds to put in that van. The E350 DLX we rented was the easiest install of forward-facing seats I've ever done. I seriously don't know how you handle doing 6 kids in there.we have the 6th seat taken out and it makes it so much easier.and it's STILL such a process each time! Have you posted pics yet with all 6 kids in there?) (Christine, I'll let you know what we figure out, just in case you're really starting to think about it.
Not sure yet on the Chevys.Īnyway, enough of my rambling.these are just the thoughts we've been trying to sort out and I thought I'd post and see if anyone w/experience with either van has an opinion. There's a chance that you may be able to add a 3rd bench after-market, but I'm not sure how I feel about it.Īll of the 2008 or newer Fords come w/lap and shoulder belts in all seating positions. There's one version of the Chevy Express that's AWD, but it only comes with 2 benches of 3 seats each, so that's no better than what we've got. All the big vans are rear-wheel drive (including the Sprinter), which makes it almost impossible to get up a steep, snowy hill. One of the issues is that our driveway is so steep, DH doesn't think I'd be able to make it up the driveway in the winter if there's any snow on it. But we're having difficulties figuring out the right one for us. So yes, we're entertaining the idea of getting a new van. And honestly, although I know they're fine, they do look quite squished back there in the 3rd row.
DH is worried that this problem will only get worse as the kids get bigger. If we're not super careful, it scrapes our super-steep driveway and we scrape going over ditches sometimes, or just up into any driveway that's at a sharper incline. It also came in handy 2 weeks ago when we went camping.) With the hitch on it, and 3 big kids in the back, it scrapes the pavement quite often. (DH does lots of home improvement projects and the trailer comes in extremely handy. The problem is that we got a hitch put on so that we could tow a small trailer. Actually it's DH that's contemplating a new van.
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