Does anyone have a new shape Zafira & can fit 3 car seats along the middle seat?

[MumTo3Boyz]

We are due aby no 4 in 9 weeks time and we are worried about how we are going to fit all 4 kids in the car.

We have decided to use only 1 of the back seats as we will need room for the P&T pushchair. Ideally I would like the 3 youngest to be in the middle row but not sure if this is going to be possible.
Ds1 is 8.8 yrs, ds2 has just turned 4 & ds3 is 2 on Sunday. At the minute we are using a Maxi Cosi Tobi & a Britax Evolva 123 and ds1 doesnt use a seat.

Does anyone else have the new Zafira and can fit 3 car seats on the middle row?
(The new Zafira we have found has slightly smaller seats than the older shape)

Any sugestions would be fantastic as Im really stuck on what to do with regards to buying another car seat. Do I buy a fixed seat or go for the Maxi Cosi Cabrio?

Thanks
x

Our Zafira is 06 and can do 3 at a push but it is a bit of a squash and a squeeze and not nec what you want to be doing every time you go out. Why not put ds1 in the middle of the 2nd row between 2 car seats and ds2 in the back next to the buggy?

Hi there,

We have the new shape Zafira and have a 3rd child due in 5 weeks. We can get 3 seats accross the middle back seat as follows:

Left hand seat = dd#1, aged 4, in a maxi cosi rodi xr (it is a high backed booster).

Middle seat = dd#2, aged 18 months, in a forward facing maxi cosi priori xp (this lasts till about age 4-5 i think).

Right hand seat = when she is born, dd#3, newborn, in a rearward facing britix first class si.

As mentioned above the fit is quite tight but definately do-able. I really didn't want to have to buy a massive mpv that would drink fuel and cost a lot to tax. Not to mention parking problems at supermarkets and pre school if no parent and child spaces left.

Hope this helps!

xx

I should also have mentioned that the britax first class si seat also fits in the same seat (i.e.left seat of middle) when in the forward facing position (think that lasts child till about 4 or so years). When DD#2 outgrows maxi cosi we will leave it in the middle and put DD#3 in it. The right hand seat will then have another maxi cosi rodi xr fitted for dd#2.

It does take a lot of playing about with various seat types to find 3 that fit properly across the zafira middle row but if you go to halfords or mothercare they shouild be able to find seats and approve the fit for you.

xx

Take a look at multimac.co.uk