Maxi Cosi Rodi XP child seat

[Shane Hodges]

Does anyone know why it is not recomended to fit the XP version in the back of a 993, but it is OK to fit the standard Maxi Cosi Rodi?

Apart from all the plastic gubbings that you can take off anyway, they appear exactly the same size?

Cheers,

 

[jcslater]

Hi Shane, the Rodi SPS is the seat that fits properly in the back. The Priori XP/SPS (Group 1) has a base that's too large for the seat, we have one in my wife's car & it's a great seat but way too big for the 993.
Hope this helps,
Jonathan.

 

[Shane Hodges]

Thanks Jonathan. I did wonder whether people had been referring to the Priory XP.

Off to Halfords on-line it is then.

 

[Neil_Pickard]

Jonathan,

I see you have a Cab, have you changed the seat belts in the rear of your car to take the child seat?

I only have a lap belt in my M reg 993 Cab (also in Polar Silver)

Neil

 

[sawood12]

I did alot of trial fits of various car seats in my car and foud the main problem was not finding a seat that would fit but finding one where the seatbelt buckle was at the right height. I found that on my car the seatbelt buckle is on a relatively long cable meaning that it extends too far up the side of the seats and you cannot get them secure enough. I ended up going for a Brittax Freeway which is specifically for 944's (and I guess 993's) but it is discontinued. However I found a chap on ebay selling brand new ex-stock ones that were still boxes and unused. However I still found it didn't fit very securely in the back seats though it fits very well in the front one. I've been thinking about getting a different seatbelt buckle on a shorter cable - maybe a 993 seatbelt system might bolt straight in?

Has anyone else found this same problem with the seatbeltsa? How long is the seatbelt buckle cable on a 993? On my car it is a good 6 inches or so and really needs to be as short as possible.

 

[jcslater]

Neil, yes I had 3 point belts fitted at the Safety Belt Centre at Stanmore. Apparently Cab's can't have inertia belts fitted due to the space involved, but the adjustable 3 point belts are very good. My baby seat fits very snugly and she is about to move up into a Klippan seat that I have just bought which is a really excellent secure fit due to the fixed belt. My older boy is in a Maxi-Cosi Rodi SPS which is also a really good fit. This gets a bit complicated when the roof goes down because the head support has to come off the Maxi-Cosi seat, so I don't really put the roof down with him at this stage.
Hope this helps.

 

[PH]

Sorry to go slightly off topic, but you all obviousely have kids and 993s.
I have a 993 and a 6 month old, when he gets a bit older I will be able to hopefully get him in the car in a front facing seat. The seats you guys have been refering to are for children a bit older.
My question is what car seat did you use in the 9 months old to 3 years old stage?
Once he can go in a front facing seat on the back seat I may at last be able to use the car! (I have had it 5 weeks and only driven once, on the day I purchased it, my wife hasn't been in it, neither has the little 'un).

Paul