Child Carseat Options

[Fr3AkAzOiD]

Was looking at a '99 vert this morning and the wife wanted me to hook up the front facing carseat as our daughter will be in it for the next couple of years.
With no anchor or latch system I could only use the regular seatbelt and even pulling it all the way out so it locks and putting my weight into it and feeding all the slack I could back it was way too loose to be acceptable.
The rear seats not being a flat bench don't help but the biggest thing is not being able to latch the top of the carseat to anything. There isn't even a headrest to secure it around.

Any of you with kids in a carseat have any sugestions?
This is going to be a third car so it won't be used all the time but I still need to make sure my daughter will be safe while in her carseat as well as when she graduates to a booster seat.

[Spider77]

I drive my three year old around all the time in my celi. And while it has no latch system, the seatbelt has worked out just fine. Just dont drive like an idiot with your kid in the car and you'll be fine. Although my kid is now getting a taste for the "twisty road", but thats when no one is around and its totally safe.

[CoreyST]

I don't know how you can't get yours tight, mine won't budge and my 2 year old fits perfectly fine.
All I did was when I pulled the belt I pulled the bottom strap as tight as possible then pulled the top strap tight, and as I said it fits snug and doesn't move.

[Tony-B]

According to the gtfour club thr mamas and papas pro-tec baby seat is the one to get, not too sure if they are availabe in the US of A though.

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[Fr3AkAzOiD]

I didn't have a lot of time to mess around with the car seat and I'm sure I could have gotten it better situated if I took the time.
This post was more to ease my wifes mind with the car not having a latch system.

[jimmykay]

I've had no problem doing without the latch system. As an infant, I just didn't use a base, because the bucket seat put the seat belt receiver too close to the base, and it wouldn't get tight. Which worked out well. I just belted her across the top of the infant car seat.

Now she's in a convertible seat and facing forward. I liked this evenflow one from walmart because A) it was pretty cheap B) it wasn't pink C) it has a piece on the bottom that swivels from front to back to account for the bucket seats.

I just thread in the seat belt through the back as it says you should, and I don't have any problems. Also, My niece loves to get out of my car through the hatch in the back.

Things should get interesting though when I have 2 car seats in the back.

[manda]

I have a little trouble with the child seat in mine.. I have my 3 year old niece.. the car seat is actually slightly too wide but not wide enough at the same time, so it sits at a bit of a slant unless you balance it just right. In addition to the retarded size, the seat belt doesn't always lock down and hold it firmly in place.. but if you mess with the angles and the seat belt a little bit you should be able to get it to work fairly well. Just takes a little time adjusting it. It also helps if the car seat has an adjustable back to where it can either sit up or lean back some so that you can get it at the same angle as the back seat....

just what I've found in the last couple weeks.