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Re: Anchoring child safety seat in rear seat of Scirocco
Well, I had good luck just strapping a carseat in like normal... on the
passenger's side, behind the passenger's seat. Sometimes I had to put the
front seat forward a bit to make room for my daughter's feet, but it worked
fine. I currently drive an '84 GTI and carry my daughter around in the back
seat on a regular basis - I just make sure the seatbelts are darn tight.
-Josiah
'84 GTI
'87 QSW (much better for carrying kids in, but the rear calipers currently
stick and I don't have the fundage to get new ones)
http://bork.hampshire.edu
drew wrote:
> I know that this question is probably not relevant for a good percentage
> of the single Scirocco owners out there - but has anyone had occasion to
> anchor a child safety seat in the rear seat of their MkII ? I've finally
> come to the decision to trade out my 84 GLI, which is in need of excessive
> body work, for the 84 Wolfsburg that is waiting in the wings, and it's
> down to this last issue. As the Scirocco would be backup transportation
> for my '83 Jetta as well as 'pleasure use', as my Insurance Company so
> aptly puts it (obviously a class reserved for VW owners), I will need the
> ability to anchor the seat for our toddler son.
>
> What I have considered is modifying the child-restraint bar out of a '92
> Golf to the mounting points for the lower anchor of the rear shoulder belt
> (assuming the 84 Scirocco has these? - the A1 Jetta does - I haven't
> looked yet at the Scirocco). As it did in our Golf (which is why I took
> it out) this bar will make it impossible to carry large (ie. 30 inch TV)
> cargo in the hatch - but hey - it's a Scirocco, not a Rabbit, right?
>
> I would appreciate any personal experience on the subject - I'd hate to
> deprive my son of the pleasure of a Scirocco ride until he's 8 years old!
>
> If you could please copy my personal e-mail, I'd appreciate it. I'm
> about a week behind in digest reading and I do so hate to get out of
> synch.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew
>
> '84 Wolfsburg Scirocco - getting closer to the road
> '84 4dr GLI - getting closer to retirement (sniff)
> '84 2dr GLI - waiting for _MY_ retirement
> '83 4dr Jetta GL Diesel - daily smoker
> '99 Jetta TDI - wife's daily driver
>
> ...and too many others to mention
>
> Drew MacPherson, Network Analyst, University of Guelph
>
> drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca | visit the Massey-Harris page:
> http://dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca/~drew | http://m-h.cs.uoguelph.ca
>
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