Rear facing baby seats in Mk3 Octavia Wagon

[bwm85]

That is the plan sillyboy, I am unfortunately won't be able to do a test drive for at least a few weeks with all the baby gear so I am just keen to hear/see how everyone is going in the real world.

[Armed Bastard]

We have a German Cyber Sirona Sirona | CYBEX Global which is as big if not bigger than the Australian seats. I was able to comfortably sit in front of it and I am 190cm tall.

[bwm85]

Thanks Armed Bastard, that is re-assuring to know.

[woofy]

I should say I'm 6'1 and I fitted fine in the passenger seat with one rear facing behind me. Same in our Mazda 6. Not so much our 323, I had my knees around my ears.

[notflyingscot]

I should say I'm 6'1 and I fitted fine in the passenger seat with one rear facing behind me. Same in our Mazda 6. Not so much our 323, I had my knees around my ears.

Child seat fitted in front passenger seat? I'm guessing you meant rear passenger side.

[brad]

Child seat fitted in front passenger seat? I'm guessing you meant rear passenger side.

He says he was sitting in the passenger seat and the baby seat was behind him. It made perfect sense.

[woofy]

^ Bingo, sometimes what I write in a hurry doesn't make sense but that one was pretty clear.

[furiousgibbon]

I had a similar situation, switched from a mk6 GTI to an RS wagon as we had twins on the way. You'll be pleased to know that the Octavia fits two Britax Meridian seats in rear facing mode without much trouble. I didn't get the ISOFIX version as it cost a lot more and once these are belted in, they're not being removed for a long time. I'm 5'10" and I can sit comfortably in the driver's seat, maybe a little more upright than I'd normally sit but it's perfectly fine.

You can get a shorter seat called the Britax Compaq, it would give significantly more room for the front seats (I think 6cm), but I figured get the largest seat you can as it will be more comfortable for the bubs.

With one baby you could mount the seat in the middle, no ISOFIX points there but I think they're a little overhyped, it's not that hard to belt a seat in and once it's in properly it's not gonna move.

[AVJ]

We have a new RS Wagon and have an ISOFix positioned in the middle and there is enough room for myself being 183cm tall to sit comfortably. We did a lot of looking around and testing cars out to make sure that it fitted as we wish to keep our daughter rear facing as long as possible 3+. We found that the RS ended up with more room between it in rear facing position to the back of the front seats then what it did in our Prado and on that note, the boot space in the RS is bigger and more user friendly then the Prado also. Only thing it lacks is the extra two seats when we have their friends sleep over.....

[bwm85]

Fantastic, that was exactly the kind of photos I was chasing. I am taking a vRS wagon for a couple of hours later this week and part of the test drive will include a trip to the baby shop to test fit the convertible car seat we are planning to replace our current capsule with.