Installing child car seats

[Wildthings]

When my kids were born, I traded my T181 for a van. The van is a way better baby, toddler, kid vehicle IMO.

[kubelmann]

When my first kid was born the Thing had not come to the US yet.... “The car of the future......” My first few cars did not come with seat belts. But they had side vent windows and nice cloth seats.... Recently we restored a 58 Plymouth Fury and of course we painted it red and called her Christine..... The point is the owner had us put in a complete NEW driveline from the lug bolts to the air filter..... Nothing used on this car and all mechanical work was done by ASME certified MOPAR techs... The owner spent nearly $30K on the car in parts.... After she was done we loaded her up for her first freeway ride,,, Took her up to 70 mph and hit the brakes only to find that she was (new or not) a 58 Plymouth with drum brakes.... Even brand new and perfect. One tap on the brakes and everyone in the car could tell (and said so loudly) this in not your Dad’s Subaru with 4 wheel abs traction compensated disc brakes.. Hold a 20th century car to 21st century standards is nothing short of Naive..... You have to drive with your head on straight if you love the VW. It will not keep you safe. That is Herr Drivers role...... A vw is safe only because VW drivers are safer drivers period. It ain’t the car.. rather its the kind of folks who drive them....

[GI Joe]

[oasis]

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I won't buy a car that thinks that much for me. The way cars are being recalled left and right, the last thing I want is a car that's doing my thinking and braking for me. That's what public transportation is for, I think.

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Now: 2003 New Beetle Turbo S / 1990 Single Cab Transporter / 2014 Tiguan R-Line 4motion / 2013 Tiguan S / 2002 Golf GLS TDI
Past: 1974 Thing Acapulco / 2009 Eos Komfort / 1997 Jetta GT / 2002 Cabrio GLX / 2002 Passat GLS / 1971 Super Beetle / 1993 EuroVan MV Westfalia / 1981 Pickup LX / 1985 Vanagon / 1986 Jetta GLI

[mondshine]

I'm with Wildthings.
When my son was an infant, my daily driver was a Westfalia.
The cupboard in the back was full of diapers and diaper changing supplies.
It was easy to throw him on the back cushion and get the job done.

In a few years, it will be time for him to change MY diaper.
I think he'll be moving to another state.

[Turk.380]

No car seats.. no seat belts. Give the steering wheel a quick jerk once in a while to knock'em around a bit and keep'em in line like my dad did. Let your kids grow up with a sense of reality.

Maybe carry a box full of Jarts in the back too just for good measure.
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Brian W
St. Louis, MO
'64 SO-33 Hatch Top Westy | '87 Syncro Westy: Subaru EZ30D powered | 2002 VW Winnebago Vista

[kubelmann]

I read about that in the funny papers, The guys says, “I’d like to die peacefully in my sleep like my dear old grandfather, instead of crying, screaming and yelling like all the folks in the back seat of his car. "