what cars are wide enough for three carseats?

perry7285

hi ladies,

i don't have multiples (our baby lost his twin early in pregnancy), but we'll be trying for a second baby in a couple of years and since i got pregnant with twins the first time i did IVF, it's very possible that i could get pregnant with twins the second time. we're on the market for a good used car that we hope to have for many years, so i want to make sure that the backseat is big enough for three car seats. i thought you ladies might have some suggestions. TIA for any thoughts, and congratulations to all of you on your babies!

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with toddler + twins the best way to go is a minivan - the auto-open doors are worth it alone, really... i would go nuts having to open doors when i have 2 kids in my hand + another running around.

but as far as 3 in one back row- most cars will fit them- it's about getting the right seats.  If you install with the seatbelt instead of the latch system- you can fit most seats across ---- latch pulls seats towwards the middle and wastes space. it's just as safe with seatbelts, too.

DH has 3 seats across the back of his Ford Escape, which is not big at all.  Installed them with seatbelts.

 

benkari

We have a Camry that fits 3 across.

busybea

We have an '08 Passat wagon and 3 car seats fit accross, but i'm not going to lie, it's tight......and since we go out with family a lot we'll be looking at a minivan pretty soon since only DH and I (and the 3 boys) can fit in the car now.  congrats!

schoolsoutbride

I think it's all about the carseats too.  For a convertible seat, I'd invest in a Sunshine Radian. It's super narrow and seems to be the one that's easiest to fit 3 across.   

I have googled this to death and found this link useful:

https://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=20149

We were really hoping to fit 3 across a car (or at least a station wagon!), but I got stuck at trying to lift an infant seat into the middle seat.  My back is just too bad to suspend that much weight, even if just for a little more than year or so until they can climb into a seat themselves.

So sadly we'll be getting a minivan.  

lgurian

schoolsoutbride:

I think it's all about the carseats too.  For a convertible seat, I'd invest in a Sunshine Radian. It's super narrow and seems to be the one that's easiest to fit 3 across.   

I have googled this to death and found this link useful:

https://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=20149

  

this. we have the sunshine radian and they are super narrow. we fit two in the back seat and an adult can sit back there too. i have a crossover. GL. 

janjag

We also got Radian convertible seats.  I didn't know we'd be having another baby, but wanted to be able to sit in between the 2 kids in our Volvo XC70 wagon.  We should be able to fit another infant seat to make it 3 accross.

Desired11

I have a dodge durango and love it.  It has seven seats, but can sit three car seats and two more people in the last row.  It doesn't have auto doors which is the only downfall.  However, the back doors open extra wide which helps.  I Love it!!