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child seat in 944 cab/968 cab?

deafasapost

deafasapost

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hi all, newby here hoping!!! to purchase a 944 cab or 968 cab, BUT it depends on whether a child set will fit in the back!!??

i've fallen in love with either the 968 or 944, and i desperately want/need/have to have a child seat in t'rear of it otherwise buying one will be a non starter!

anyone here fitted a child seat to one and is it safe to do so?

cheers, AL [:)]

 
Hiya,

the only experience I have of child seat fitment is in the front - I regularly take my little boy in his Seat in the front, can't remember the model but will look it up when I get home.

There is a Recaro child's seat that specifically fits the rear of both the 944 and 964 - I'm sure someone on this forum must know the model number ?
 
Not sure how successful Tony was but when I had my car I scoured all the usual child seat chains and actually test fitted loads of seats. The problem is that like everything in this modern world child seats have got bigger and bulkier and I actually couldn't find one that actually fit into the rear buckets. I looked on the Brittax website car selector and the 924/944/968 was on and it came up with a Brittax Freeway which was a discontinued model. I scoured ebay and found someone selling end of line brand new boxed seats and snapped one up.

The good thing was it fit perfectly in the rear buckets and like all non-ISOfix seats works by you squashing the seat into the car seat and locking everything in place with the seatbelt. The problem with this is that the rear seats in the 944 are not very squashy and I could not install the seat so that it was securely fitted no matter how hard I tried so was never satisfied. Also even with the front seat slid all the way forward and the seat back adjusted bolt upright there is precious little room between the childs face and the rear of the front seat so even if you could securely fix the seat in place, in the event of a crash the childs face would be slammed against the seat back. My conclusion was that it simply was not safe or viable to use. I did use it on one or two occasions and my daughter was not comfortable either due to lack of space for her feet also.

However in the front passenger seat it worked superbly, it fit perfectly between the front seat bucket side bolsters and you could tension it against the seatbelt such that the seat was held rock solid. My daughter loved our drives out in that car and she probably pines for her more than I since I sold her (the car that is, not the daughter!).

So my advice would be not to put your kid in the back. These cars are to all intents and purposes 2 seaters. You can squeeze kids in the back I guess, but adults and young kids/babies in baby seats I personally think is unsafe - you're not able to fix the seats in securely enough and even then there is not enough space for the child to survive a crash without incurring severe facial/head/neck injuries.
 
With the roof down on a cab I don't think any seat will fit unless you are happy with a booster lap strap combo - a number of boosters should fit - the 944 cab only has lap belts in the back not sure on the 968 but believe its the same. The roof cuts across the back seat when down. I put my daughter in the front and my wife in the back and she needs a small cushion as the bar is a pain otherwise. Plenty of head room with the roof down and the leg rooms not too bad - Also much easier to get in and out of than the coupe.

I have a http://www.britax.co.uk/car-seats/prince which if you use the britax fit finder will work with a 968 coupe front and rear but they dont list the 944 despite it having the same rear seats!
Haven't tried it in the rear of the coupe but the three point belt should work. It certainly fits into the seat base better than any other seat I have tried.

Roof up this seat is ok up to about 3 1/2 with a lapbelt only - the lapbelt holds the seat in position and the child is restrained by the harness. However I think the standard lapbelt isn't ideal as it has a plastic moulding and I couldn't get it tight enough to be happy with it, I think an after market belt on the standard fixings would be better. If my wife starts complaining about being in the back or if we do a longer journey (she has managed 2 hours without too much complaint) I will investigate other lap belts.

Oh and the Coupe has quite a big sunroof that lifts out ;)

Tony

 
cheers for the reply Tony [:D]

i have no issues with the front and junior being there, but i think the wife would baulk at having to sit in the rear on journeys!!

we are planning on another little un soon, so that'll mean 2 kids and us in a cab eventually, and i dont think its do-able in the long run!

i could get a cab (or the coupe) for myself, but it would mean me being a bit selfish as we couldnt go out as a family as i intend.

ho-hum, i suppose i'll have to go back to thinking of something with four good seats.
thanks for the replies guy's, much appreciated,

Al.
 
The Prince seat looks like it has pretty much the identical seat/chassis as the Freeway I've got. The actual upholstery of the seat is different - looks like it is more padded out and bulkier.
 
after thinking about this, i spoke to mrs and we have agreed that she will sit in the rear (only5ft1"!) and junior will sit in the front with his seat when we're all out together so alls good and so, on the lookout for either a cab (budget £7k) or a good fhc (budget £4.5k).

i'd prefer a cab, but either car MUST be vgc, no issues, fsh and no rot. ideally i'd get an independant to give the car a thorough inspection to make sure i get a good one!

so its turned out great and i can get my porsche after all!!

cheers for the replies guys, and hopefully soon i'll be trundling around the country lanes with a hoooooooge grin on my boat race :)


 
We've been through the same thing. There are no current seats that will fit in the back, but we've got ours in the front quite comfortably. My better half is 5'4", and although it's a squeeze, she gets in the back with the front seat completely forward. We have a Maxi Cosi Cabriofix seat in the front, and use the Easyfix base to give a good solid fit.

If it helps, we've also got a Quinny Buzz pushchair. This folds so small that it goes in the front footwell without touching the seat or it's base, and gives us maximum room in the boot ( for my wife's shopping)

good luck with your search for a Cabriolet.
 
Hi there.
My understanding is that Porsche supply their own child seat designed to fit the rear seats of our cars. Just by coincidence I have one sitting in my spare room.
 

ORIGINAL: deafasapost

after thinking about this, i spoke to mrs and we have agreed that she will sit in the rear (only5ft1"!) and junior will sit in the front with his seat when we're all out together so alls good and so,  on the lookout for either a cab (budget £7k) or a good fhc (budget £4.5k).

i'd prefer a cab, but either car MUST be vgc, no issues, fsh and no rot. ideally i'd get an independant to give the car a thorough inspection to make sure i get a good one!

so its turned out great and  i can get my porsche after all!!

cheers for the replies guys, and hopefully soon i'll be trundling around the country lanes with a hoooooooge grin on my boat race :)
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ORIGINAL: deafasapost

after thinking about this, i spoke to mrs and we have agreed that she will sit in the rear (only5ft1"!) and junior will sit in the front with his seat when we're all out together so alls good and so,  on the lookout for either a cab (budget £7k) or a good fhc (budget £4.5k).

i'd prefer a cab, but either car MUST be vgc, no issues, fsh and no rot. ideally i'd get an independant to give the car a thorough inspection to make sure i get a good one!

so its turned out great and  i can get my porsche after all!!

cheers for the replies guys, and hopefully soon i'll be trundling around the country lanes with a hoooooooge grin on my boat race :)
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Good news :) good luck with the search,
Tony
 
Hi Tony
Just been looking at the instruction book and it says it is suitable for two or three point belt fixings.
Suitable for children aged between 8 months and 4 years or weighing between 9 kg and 18 kg
 
ORIGINAL: Kevin Welch

Hi there.
My understanding is that Porsche supply their own child seat designed to fit the rear seats of our cars. Just by coincidence I have one sitting in my spare room.
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Hi Kevin, Is there a Porsche Part number for it? I'm interested because our car seat won't last until Olivia is anything like 4 / 18Kg
 
On the 968 forum the MD of Recaro posted that he had tested some of his baby seats in the back of a coupe and one of them fitted fine, I will try and find the wording

I have seen a 944 cab with mini 4 point harnesses fitted in the rear which would be a good compromise as they got older, as the small Halfords Booster seat fits very well in the rear seats
 
George
Sorry but I can't find a Porsche Part No. in the instruction book but I will dig out the seat and see if it has a No. on it.
 

ORIGINAL: Fat Albert

On the 968 forum the MD of Recaro posted that he had tested some of his baby seats in the back of a coupe and one of them fitted fine, I will try and find the wording

I have seen a 944 cab with mini 4 point harnesses fitted in the rear which would be a good compromise as they got older, as the small Halfords Booster seat fits very well in the rear seats
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I would be interested in finding the owner of the car as I feel I will have to go down this route. Not 100% to the book but much safer than coupling car seats togeather on lap belts and other problems. Any photo's of this..?
 
Not sure if this helps with a cab, but I've fiddled a fair bit, before finally being comfortable putting my kids in the back of my coupe. It passed muster with an initially skeptical mother too! And I'm glad I did - my two small boys love it - even the one year old makes a beeline to it every time over the bigger, more comfortable Focus of the Missus!

I basically had the same problems as above - all modern car seats are so bulky, that despite the nicely child sculpted seats, squashing them in is tricky, especially when trying to secure them with existing mounting points / belts. The solution I found was to strap a standard child car seat (up to 36kgs) with high tensile straps that pull the seat backwards into the seat back. In my case, the straps are secured using ratchets mounted to bolts in the boot. The seats are secure enough, that no reasonable strength can move the seat - something that can't be said of normal legal seatbelt attachment. There is another significant advantage in that it keeps the back of the car seat fairly vertical and ensures it doesn't slip down, thereby ensuring pretty decent legroom for the children.

In addition, I have passed the lap belts through the seat to cover any legal angles and as a second safety measure, though in reality they are a cosmetic enhancement as they provide far too much give; I have just bought some eyehole bolts to replace the lap belts with and am working on a way to add a second line of defense with these.


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