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Originally Posted by IOMike
Long time since I posted as I ended up getting a new Silverado then F150 over a Camaro due to incoming kid(s). Now I'm to the point where very soon neither kid will be a rear facing car seat and I'm over driving a truck. Something I would drive all year and take the kids in as needed. My wife won't want to ever drive this (she doesn't like driving my truck either), so if she is gone I will occasionally need to haul the little ones to the store and such. It will not be the primary family vehicle. Additionally I don't want a "fun car" I can't share with the family or at least the kids.
I'm looking at springtime selling the truck and getting a Camaro instead. With me being 6'1, how does it look to have two forward facing car seats in the Camaro back seat? I know I can't put a (will be) 5-year-old in the front, so both would have to be in the back. I generally sit pretty close to the wheel for my height.
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Prepare for a ton of negative responses, but the rear seat experience for kids isn't nearly as bad as people sometimes make it out to be.
I'm 6' 2", have 3 kids, now from 12 to 17 and they never complained about the back seat in the five years I've had my Camaro; in fact, they want me to take them and whenever I asked them if it's okay in the rear, I never heard a single complaint. They're kids and wouldn't just feed me a lie and suffer just so I can feel better about my car.
Unless you have to push the driver seat almost all the way back, there is legroom, not sedan amounts of course, but enough. Headroom will become an issue as they grow past teenage years, I can't sit up straight in the rear for example (although my wife can), but in your case that's a long time from now. Also, there are zero amenities in the rear, not even cupholders, and the rear window is tiny, so there's that, too.
The actual thing to consider is that there are no rear doors, so getting in and out of the car is a process, and I'm not gonna lie, that alone makes it somewhat uncomfortable for non-enthusiasts, no matter what coupe you buy, Camaro, Mustang or Challenger. If this is not an issue, you can install 2 forward facing car seats using the LATCH system in the Camaro and you'll be just fine.