CAMARO6 - View Single Post - Infant car seats *UPDATE on original post

fighting irish · 03-31-2017, 02:24 AM

So I've got a 1 year old. I bought my 2016 2SS Camaro when our son was 3 months old, and I tested our rear facing infant seat in it before buying. What I found to work best was to place the base of the infant carrier in the middle like xX-MIKE-Xx. Looking through the manual, I'm not quite sure if Chevy intended this or not. Generally speaking, the safest place for an infant is in the middle of the back seat, so I think it should be OK. The base was super secure there, and both front seats could move back and forward at will. We had a Chicco Keyfit 30 with base. I even took my wife and son on a couple road trips with this setup, as long as 250 miles each way. So I would actually say that year 1 worked out fairly well.

That said, our son recently outgrew the infant seat, and is now on to rear facing/stage 2 carseat. This definitely makes it more difficult since the seat itself is larger. I got one of the smallest seats (Safety 1st Guide 65 Sport Convertible), and placed it in the middle again. This seems to work the best, however, actually picking him up and placing him in the seat is quite difficult. I am 6', so I don't quite fit in the back seat well. However, the main difficulty is actually picking him up to place him in the seat- the main issue is the rear roof height. It is somewhat difficult to describe, but it isn't as easy as sliding an infant carrier into a base.

So today I will be picking up a new Silverado (don't worry, I'm keeping the Camaro)! To give you a bit of background, the primary vehicle for transporting our family is a 2017 Honda Pilot Elite which we own outright (like the Camaro). I put almost 15k miles on the Camaro in 1 year, including a bit of winter driving. I'd rather save the winter and bad weather driving for a 4x4, and trade it in in 3 years before I get much damage from the road salt here in upstate NY.

Essentially what I am saying is that although the Camaro is do-able, you might have difficulty with rear facing car seats after age 1. We plan on going to forward facing sometime after he turns 2, and that should be a lot easier getting him in and out.

03-31-2017, 02:24 AM	#39
fighting irish The Doctor is in Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Nightfall MRC NPP Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: NY Posts: 231 View My Garage	So I've got a 1 year old. I bought my 2016 2SS Camaro when our son was 3 months old, and I tested our rear facing infant seat in it before buying. What I found to work best was to place the base of the infant carrier in the middle like xX-MIKE-Xx. Looking through the manual, I'm not quite sure if Chevy intended this or not. Generally speaking, the safest place for an infant is in the middle of the back seat, so I think it should be OK. The base was super secure there, and both front seats could move back and forward at will. We had a Chicco Keyfit 30 with base. I even took my wife and son on a couple road trips with this setup, as long as 250 miles each way. So I would actually say that year 1 worked out fairly well. That said, our son recently outgrew the infant seat, and is now on to rear facing/stage 2 carseat. This definitely makes it more difficult since the seat itself is larger. I got one of the smallest seats (Safety 1st Guide 65 Sport Convertible), and placed it in the middle again. This seems to work the best, however, actually picking him up and placing him in the seat is quite difficult. I am 6', so I don't quite fit in the back seat well. However, the main difficulty is actually picking him up to place him in the seat- the main issue is the rear roof height. It is somewhat difficult to describe, but it isn't as easy as sliding an infant carrier into a base. So today I will be picking up a new Silverado (don't worry, I'm keeping the Camaro)! To give you a bit of background, the primary vehicle for transporting our family is a 2017 Honda Pilot Elite which we own outright (like the Camaro). I put almost 15k miles on the Camaro in 1 year, including a bit of winter driving. I'd rather save the winter and bad weather driving for a 4x4, and trade it in in 3 years before I get much damage from the road salt here in upstate NY. Essentially what I am saying is that although the Camaro is do-able, you might have difficulty with rear facing car seats after age 1. We plan on going to forward facing sometime after he turns 2, and that should be a lot easier getting him in and out. Last edited by fighting irish; 03-31-2017 at 03:46 AM.