RE: thoughts on convertible seats?
The Maxi Cosi is really hard to buckle. I have limited use of one of my hands so I went shopping for convertible seats looking for how easy the buckles were to use. I could not unbuckle the Maxi Cosi seat. I could get DD in, but then she would be stuck (LOL). Even DH, who is fairly strong, found the buckles more difficult than they needed to be.
I am not sure a bigger car will help, we have the outback wagon, and it has no more legroom than the Mazda 3, which we are thinking of buying to replace our other car. Unfortunately, both DH and I are fairly tall so the front passenger seat is unusable. We can't put the seat in the middle, the Subaru has a hump.
I think we are going to go with the Britax MA, the buckles are easy to use, and it seems to take up no more space than our infant seat, and DD should be able to stay in it for quite awhile RF.
Good luck in your search.
Tracey
DD1 3/07 Itching to take over the universe.
DD2 1/14 My mellow little snuggler.