Richstang

Hi All,

Do any of you have child seats in your 3IS? If so, how is the room?

I'm a current owner of an IS300 but looking to get a 3IS. I have a 4 years old and another on the way. :-) In the first gen IS, a rear facing child seat would take up a lot of space. Its not too bad once it's forward facing. I'm just curious how the room is for the 3IS.

Thanks for your feedback and happy Friday!!!

Rich

georgeowls

Much more room, I have a 9 month old with rear facing seat and I had to move my '04 IS 300 seats forward a bit to make the seat fit and it still was a tight fit. Much more room in the '14, which was part of my reason for getting it. A rear facing seat fits with plenty of room even if you have your seats back a bit. You should have no issues.

Richstang

Thanks a lot for sharing. I feel better about getting the IS now. If there wasn't much room, I was going to go the RX route.

alexlude

i'm in the same boat.. already ordered my 3IS, but was going to get a Recaro Performance Sport convertible and go rear facing for a few years until my son was 2-3. What brands of car seat are you using for your rear facing setup?

georgeowls

I believe mine is a Graco Aprica or something along those lines.

Richstang

Graco too, but not sure of which model exactly.

Newpatriot

Current owner of 3IS F Sport. No issue with rear facing child seat. currently have Safety 1st car seat.

JGard18

My rear-facing seat will fit fit behind my wife, but not behind me. I'm 6'5" so I have the seat not only back fairly far, but it's reclined a decent amount so my head can fit.

So while I can fit an adult behind me ok, a rear-facing child-seat is no go.

amoney805

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A rear facing seat is only necessary for the first year. Add a few months to err on the safe side but I can't imagine keeping a two year old In a rear facing car seat.

alexlude

would those who have rear facing car seat mind snapping some photos with your carseat in your 3IS? That would be really helpful... thanks!!

Richstang

I feel a bit better now. Thanks for all the feedback.

Richstang

+1 I'm curious as well.

John510

I have 2 car seats. 1 is rear facing and goes in the middle. Definitely not a car I would buy again to use as a daily kid hauler. its a PITA to get the rear facing seat in and out. In hindsight I should have got an SUV

John510

Yeah.... if your 5' 3"

alexlude

Well since we are planning to just have 1 child (this is not our main car for baby hauling), i'm thinking i should be okay.. my wife is 5'2" and i plan to have the convertible car seat behind my wife.

John, what brand carseat do u have rear facing? i'm planning on getting recaro performance ride.

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...eat-check.html

not my pics, below

rear facing


front facing


planning to go with this convertible..