What did you do to your Octavia today?

[GTR27]

I sprayed 303 interior protectant on all the seats in the car (mine are cloth). I use towels under the child seats to reduce kids dirtying the seats. Remove the kid seats once every month or two and give them a good vacuum and wipe with a damp cloth.

Re-apply 303 interior once a year.


I washed my car on mon or tuesday. But lordy jesus these things pump out the brake dust, and it gets vacuumed onto the rear tailgate and bumper. Literally can wash it, have it looking immaculate, drive round the block (gently) and the rear tailgate will be covered in brake dust. It's so bad, i'm considering getting different pads.

[brad]

Slight change of topic but still on child seats... What do you do to protect the seats of the car under/around the child seat? We have one of the "messy mats" that come with one of the SafeNSound seats, but wondering if there are better options.
Also the back of the front seat from their feet? There are any number of options on Google, but any recommendations?

I used to put a thick / double folded towel under mine.

They stop kicking the back seats if you discipline them. If they are old enough to sit upright in a chair they are old enough to understand that you are cranky with them & they are doing something they shouldn't.

[brad]

I washed my car on mon or tuesday. But lordy jesus these things pump out the brake dust, and it gets vacuumed onto the rear tailgate and bumper. Literally can wash it, have it looking immaculate, drive round the block (gently) and the rear tailgate will be covered in brake dust. It's so bad, i'm considering getting different pads.

I don't think it's brake dust. I think it's road grime caused by the aerodynamics of the vehicle.

I've got 150,000km on my original brakes and they are half -worn. If I took all the "brake dust" that I've washed off the wheels & compressed it back into "brake pad shape" it would be as big as the road wheel.

[GTR27]

That's definitely a part of it, but the brakes are very dusty (all Euros are). I'll leave it for a bit, then reevaluate in a few months

[brad]

Wifes Craptiva gets no discernable brake dust - maybe buy a Craptiva? You can average 14L/100km like she does.

[GeeMatt]

That's definitely a part of it, but the brakes are very dusty (all Euros are). I'll leave it for a bit, then reevaluate in a few months

Yep. Just look around you at the lights when stopped. Modern brake pads ! Oh for the old days of asbestos

Wifes Craptiva gets no discernable brake dust - maybe buy a Craptiva? You can average 14L/100km like she does.

But she's "safe" ! ?

[daMama]

Hi GTR, out of interest, what seat did you choose? Sounds like you invested some time looking into it. I've been thinking along the same lines.

Redben, I've also imported an ISOFiX car seat from the eu. I got a Kilpann one from seat.se website. Great service and well worth it. My son will be ERF until he is 4 or older. Hahahaha

Sorry to be a wet blanket but do you realize it's illegal to use child restraints that don't have Australian approvals?

Nick


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Yes.
ditto what GTR said.
I spoke with a rep ftom kidsafe and he said that as there is no market or law for ERF seats, we won't get any here (for now). So, what choice do we have other than to import from os?

[RedBen]

Redben, I've also imported an ISOFiX car seat from the eu. I got a Kilpann one from seat.se website. Great service and well worth it. My son will be ERF until he is 4 or older.

Thanks mate. I think I'll go down the same route.

[notflyingscot]

Thanks mate. I think I'll go down the same route.

Forget about getting issued a fine by some over zealous police officer.
Perish the thought that you are involved in an accident and your child is seriously injured and requires ongoing costly care. How confident are you that your insurance company will come to the party with a claim if you are found to have been using non approved seats?
NFS

[GTR27]

Again, they would have to prove the seat contributed to the injuries over and above what the minimum spec Australian standards seat would have. No one I know imports a cheap nasty seat, they are all typically high end seats. Comparing a high end seat to a $50 Kmart special will easily see the court rule in your favour, as the imported seat will have a much higher crash worthiness. Plus being isofix you can prove it was fitted correctly.