182 Practicality

[daz81]

Just bought a 182 picking it up tomorrow. Appreciate you don't buy one for practicality (more driving pleasure) but does anyone use theirs for transporting kids with car seats sometimes?

It is a second car to the family car so would only be occasionally required. Just looking to check that some do manage. Selling the sensible mid sized 5 door second car and replacing with the 182 as I need something a bit more fun ha ha.

 

[GCC]

Yes!!
If you have isofix seats then there is the fixtures for this, if you don't then it can be a little tricky to get the belt as tight as I'd like it sometimes, but my kids come in mine and love it... All of them from the 1 year old to the 13 year old would rather come in my 182 than my other half's motor

 

[General Dave]

I use mine at weekends fairly regularly with my wife & daughter and its perfectly fine, we've got a pretty decent sized ISOFIX seat with base which goes in there with more than enough room for my wife in the front, I take the parcel shelf out and the puschair, picnic, toys etc that comes with an 18month old all fits in the boot no worries at all.

 

[c4pob]

I'm quite tall so had my son in the front passenger seat and daughter in the back as I couldn't push the seat back as far as I needed. They loved it.
It's such a cosseting drive they were often like this...

 

[Typhoon]

I'm quite tall so had my son in the front passenger seat and daughter in the back as I couldn't push the seat back as far as I needed. They loved it.
It's such a cosseting drive they were often like this...
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"Quite tall".. understatement.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah use it all the time, got a recaro isofix seat and my daughter loves "daddy's race car"!
Much more fun for day trips than the Saab but would be a struggle to take it on holiday!

 

[loggyboy]

Mines a daily for me and my Girls (2 and 6), so 2 car seats, and a buggy in the boot.

I also get the same love of 'daddys race car'. I also get encouraged to go 'round n round daddy' from the youngest when taking them around the 'scalextric' on basingstoke's ring road.

 

[cs_dave]

I drive my 20v172 as a daily 2 kids 4 and 7 they hate it tho #becauseBOOST

 

[Chris_Beer]

Is everyone rocking standard front seats ?!

 

[cs_dave]

Is everyone rocking standard front seats ?!

I tried to come away from stds but it killed the rear space so went bk to stds

 

[Djw John]

Yeah I'm on standards

 

[Stay Puft]

I take my two nephews in the back quite often, 10 and 5. They absolutely love my car, the young one just constantly says 'make it noisy make it noisy'.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah gotta say that's the one thing I need to change, mine is too loud really but that's easy enough to sort

 

[General Dave]

Standard seats her as well.

@Djw John - My exhaust is what sends my daughter off to sleep almost immediately when we use mine!!

 

[daz81]

Brilliant thanks all I am convinced. Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow, cheers.

 

[Mr Plums]

I'm quite tall so had my son in the front passenger seat and daughter in the back as I couldn't push the seat back as far as I needed. They loved it.
It's such a cosseting drive they were often like this...
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Nice smile!

 

[c4pob]

Nice smile!

Pure cheese.