Carseat placement

[C99]

I am sure this has been covered before in different configurations, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I know that Rachel (knaidel) posted about places in Chicagoland that will install carseats for you, but I honestly would rather be told where to put it for maximum safety than have someone do it *for* me.

We have a 2004 VW Passat Wagon w/ LATCH, and 2 Britax RA w/ LATCH. My son is FF in his RA and #2 will of course be RF until she's around 18 mos or so (I know it's safer for her to be RF longer than that, but my husband is also 6'7" w/ long legs and he needs to sit somewhere too!). We were thinking of putting my son FF behind the driver and #2 RF behind the passenger seat, simply because the RF will require more room than a FF seat (and there's that tall husband thing again). Is there any reason not to use this config of carseats?

[Joolsplus2]

That sounds like it would work just fine. If you DO go to a tech, the only thing they do is teach you how to do it, anyway (maybe give you a trick or two you might not know...)...but I never went to a tech once before I went to the class, and I know my seats were fine and knew all there was to know about seatbelts and stuff, anyway, so you're probably great by yourself.

:)
Julie CPS Tech and mom to 2 in seats
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum/SarahMA.aspx

[C99]

Thanks. I will probably have my installs checked my a tech because I don't like to screw around w/ this kind of stuff. My MIL thinks I'm nuts because I wouldn't let her drive my son around until she brought her car w/ my carseat in it to a tech check-up (we met Darren at that one) and since I recommended that she get the Cosco Regal Ride based on your recs for it, I will probably make her go back to the tech check-up to have it checked as well. I don't know her car as well and since it's older (a 1998 Ford Explorer) and w/o LATCH, I am more concerned w/ her car than w/ mine.