Date:         Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:56:16 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
Comments: To: Truls Erik Johnsen <t.e.johnsen@GMAIL.COM>
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Truls, we have had our daughter and son-in-law, or sometimes our grandkids in the back seat of the camper, a couple of times on all day drives.  Communication was not difficult at all, though the ambient noise level at highway speed is greater than in a sedan.  Of course if one needs to make physical contact with a child, it requires stopping.  But it generally does in a sedan, too, unless one is willing to open the seat belt and lean over the back of the seat.  In the Vanagon, one would need to get up from the passenger seat.  Neither one of those things is recommended for safety, and we don't do them.

Nice thing about kiddie car seats is it makes it almost impossible for them to do something to hurt themselves, beyond the obvious safety that they are built for.

mcneely

---- Truls Erik Johnsen <t.e.johnsen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> First of all: Thanks for the assistance on my question regarding the
> headliner the other day. Turned out to be a no-brainer, really.
>
> Then: How is the rear seat comfort on the Westy? The spesific model
> I'm considering is an '85 Club Joker with Westfalia interior. My old
> camper had a secluded (half wall between front and rear) camper setup.
> This gave a rather distanced feeling between passengers and
> driver/front passenger seats. I'm mainly conserned with this distance
> (hard to talk etc) and comfort when it comes to having my two kids
> sitting in the back seat. So feedback from those of you who frequently
> travel with more than two persons in the car, and especially kids,
> would be ace.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Truls

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David McNeely