Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 07:42:20 -0800
Reply-To: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen1@HOME.COM>
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From: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen1@HOME.COM>
Subject: Re: Q re: newly acquired 1997 EVC
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When you say "we" I am assuming that you are talking about your husband
coming along too, right? That makes three of you if my math is correct (I
haven't had my coffee yet - its only 7:30 AM here)
If you put the baby up front (bad idea, IMHO) where was the non-driving
adult going to sit? On the floor in the back?
We have been camping with infants and toddlers for a couple years (one is 3
and the other is 6 weeks old now). With our first, we always put the car
seat on the back bench nearest the cabinets (safest spot, since it is
nearest the center of the vehicle.
Trust me, when you stop to camp, you normally spend a lot of time outside
the van - you will want the car seat outside to stick the kidlet in and plop
on the ground/on the picnic bench/etc. That way she can sit in her car seat
while you set up camp, etc. This leaves the rear bench free and accessible.
I even brought straps and rigged up a way to secure the car seat to picnic
table benches so that it did double duty as a feeding station as well. (We
used to joke about how much time our daughter would spend in that car seat
when we camped.) When she was old enough to walk, and was toddling around a
camp site, she would always climb into the car seat to play and then fall
asleep!
Now meal times while it is raining (and you have to eat inside) is a bit
tricky. The best things we found was to put the car seat in the same spot
as for driving, and have one parent sit next to her and eat, while the other
parent sits in the turned-around front seat. (Do the EV's have a front
table, too?)
Have a great trip - I'm jealous. :-)
Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus"
Santa Barbara, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Alexis Neely
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 6:39 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Q re: newly acquired 1997 EVC
It's here, it's here! We brought our 97 EVC home to
Miami from Ft. Myers yesterday. Todd, my husband,
drove it home and he said it drove great.
It's a 1997 with 23,300 miles on it. And, it's still
under VW warranty for a while because it did not go
into service until 5/98.
A question that has been bugging me. We will be
making a major trek across the country in August when
we move out to LA. We plan on taking about 6 weeks
and going through Canada. We have a 4 month old
daughter. She will be about 9-10 months during the
trip. My dilemma is where to place her car seat.
My options:
1. Have passenger side airbag removed (is this
possible?) and put her seat in the front seat.
2. Put her seat in the front seat and have the front
seat turned facing the rear (is it possible to lock
the seat in this position?)
3. Somehow mount her seat to the floor where the
middle seat would be if we had it in.
4. Put her seat in the rear bench. (probably the
safest, but definitely the most inconvenient. This
would require that someone sit back there, that we
move her seat everytime we make the bed, that we make
the bed everytime we drive, and in general seems like
it would suck.)
Thanks for your input!
Alexis
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Alexis Martin Neely
Mama of Kaia Ray (11/2/99)
Wife of Todd Patrick (2/14/99)
Driver of 1996 GTI and 1997 EVC
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