Small cars that are good for car seats.

[usmc0331horn 964]

Anyone have any recs? I'm thinking Mazda 3 hatchback just because I have  a CX 5 and really like it. I need it to commute like 20-30 minutes to and from work each day.

[52-80 19,226]

the new-new mazda 3 looks like a winner

[elfenix 34,331]

expedition

/fordmarketing

[txhorns 2,413]

Had a friend who used s Prius and loved it.

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

Any car can fit  a single car seat in the middle.  Two gets dicey, but unless you have twins you can put one forward and one rear  facing.  Three across is tough, and you have to get special skinny car seats (diono is what we have).  But at the point you have 3 kids in car seats, just get a van.

[elfenix 34,331]

more serious response: is your CX5 not available for this purpose?  i'd assume it'd be slightly better for car seats than the mazda3.  somewhat taller cabin + not bending down to fiddle with it as much.  and it's already yours, which is a bonus.

[Gil Bang 25,998]

55 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

Any car can fit  a single car seat in the middle.  Two gets dicey, but unless you have twins you can put one forward and one rear  facing.  Three across is tough, and you have to get special skinny car seats (diono is what we have).  But at the point you have 3 kids in car seats, just get a van.

bullshit.   My Mercedes has a tiny back seat, and  can only fit a car seat if the front passenger seat is pushed all the way forward, with the back pushed up to an unusable angle as well.  

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

Right,  but it fits.   The op said it's for commuting,  so assume there is no adult passenger.   

There you go,  get a Mercedes.  

[Gil Bang 25,998]

you said it fits in the middle.  it does not.

[fattyflattie 4,638]

Backwards facing seats can eat a dick.  So glad to have them all facing straight on now, and even getting into boosters.  Life instantly made easier.  T&P to those just starting out.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,920]

But at the point you have 3 kids in car seats, just get a van.

Or maybe a rubber

[usmc0331horn 964]

11 hours ago, elfenix said:

more serious response: is your CX5 not available for this purpose?  i'd assume it'd be slightly better for car seats than the mazda3.  somewhat taller cabin + not bending down to fiddle with it as much.  and it's already yours, which is a bonus.

My wife will be driving the CX5 most of the time.

Edited March 20, 2019 by usmc0331horn

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

Maybe thinking about the possibility of sometime maybe in the not so distant future perhaps trying 3 across. T&Ps appreciated.

[52-80 19,226]

 

next-generation skyactive X engine to come later in the year

[Wally Fairway 5,575]

18 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

Any car can fit  a single car seat in the middle.  Two gets dicey, but unless you have twins you can put one forward and one rear  facing.  Three across is tough, and you have to get special skinny car seats (diono is what we have).  But at the point you have 3 kids in car seats, just get a van.

 

15 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Or maybe a rubber

I have 4 kids (now grown) and the correct answer is Suburban.
rubbers are for not getting vd (with your username I figured you know that), use the pill to not get preggo

[elfenix 34,331]

7 hours ago, usmc0331horn said:

My wife will be driving the CX5 most of the time.

i guess the answer is take your car seat, go to a mazda dealer, and try to cram it in the back of a 3.  it's probably the best car in its class, at least until it starts bumping up against GTI pricing.

[Rusty Shackelford 414]

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