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How do you manage strollers with 3 young kids in the Model 3? Is there enough room in the trunk?
City select (huge and bulky) with 2 seats fit, very tight but it works. Our more compact joovy fits with ease
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How do you manage strollers with 3 young kids in the Model 3? Is there enough room in the trunk?
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5yo + 7yo, went from having Clek Foonf and Oobr and going with 2 Oobrs.
I put a 2 in. Solid Seat belt extender for the buckle receptacle as the seatbelt receivers are lodged deep in the seat and made it hard to self-buckle and unbuckle. Also the kids won’t scratch the white seats anymore when missing the buckle receptacle.
Btw I’m amazed at how well the white seats hold up. Every couple months I clean it up w vacuum and white damp rag (I have protectors under and behind the car seats)
Circumstances have me re-evaluating my Model 3 reservation. For those with young kids, or those expecting -- how do you anticipate the size of the M3 will work for you?
Also, for those with the model S as well...how does the sunroof work out for kids with rear facing carseats? is the tinting enough where the sun isn't a b!tch?
This wouldn't be the primary family car, but will need to accomodate kids so for the next 5-8 years so i want to make sure it's a good fit. I'm confident in the safety of the car, but could use some wisdom on the joys and struggles of having kids and driving a sedan. Thanks!
No upper anchor doesn't sound safe, even with a seat belt install. The manual suggest routing a single upper anchor belt around the outside of the headrest. That worked with my son's Harmony carseat.2 dionos front facing. The only downside is that backrow headrests don't move. So the upper anchor is not available if you have only a single latch. With a double you can go both side of the headrest.
Just want to emphasize this point - you CAN use the upper anchors using this method. Do it...it's important!No upper anchor doesn't sound safe, even with a seat belt install. The manual suggest routing a single upper anchor belt around the outside of the headrest. That worked with my son's Harmony carseat.
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IMO, this is a TERRIBLE car for kids. My 6 and 10 year olds are constantly telling me, "Go fast!" I'm sure i'll get numerous speeding tickets with them in the back seat. Aside from that, it's fine. They fit without any issues. The only real problem is not having a wifi router built in for tablets/old phones, but you can get around that too.
I looked in the manual and it has a diagram for placing upper anchor with one latch. Think it should be lateral to the headrest on the door side, but double check.2 dionos front facing. The only downside is that backrow headrests don't move. So the upper anchor is not available if you have only a single latch. With a double you can go both side of the headrest.
When I first tried to install the seats, this was a bummer, especially doing that under rain...
I didn't attached the upper anchor but used the back seat belt instead to double the attachment with the classic downside anchors.
What kind of extended did you get? Can you send share the link? Thanksi have 2 forward facing highback boosters for my 4 and 5yo, they get in and out with ease in the car and ever since adding the 2' solid seatbelt extender the buckling part has gotten much easier. without the buckle receiver was always hard for them to click into.