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[tim king]

Isn't the baby gonna get a bit cold travelling along in that.....

Of Course not she will be in baby seat on passanger seat

So your Mrs is going on the boot rack?

NO she will be at work in her car so ,On the days I'm am looking after baby the vx220 will be used .all the rest of the time we will use my wife's car ( which has back seats ) and a boot

[tim king]

Is that a vote labour poster in your garden being reflected in the neighbours window? :crazy:

Depending on how he answers these questions he could make my list of ultimate über mongs.

No its a for sale sign

[2.2_na]

As suggested on here, duct tape around the seat back and forhead, allowing you to drive with two hands is the only truely safe way.... But the looks you get from other motorists takes the fun out of it..

1 picture of that online, and you would probably get more attention then you ever bargened for.

You could always try it out on the Mrs first.

[tim king]

Where did you get the luggage rack from?

^^^^that

the car was a ex-demo so came if all the extra's

[cheeky_chops]

The VX and babies just don't work for long IME. Baby can only go in a rear facing baby seat until they are about 10 months and that is the only type of seat that will fit in the VX.

WRONG

You can have the rear facing seat in there just fine. And you can EASILY/SAFELY fit a Maxi cosi Tobi and Priori in there for forward facing. The only issue is once they grow out of the stage 2 seat you cant have them in the car, so you might make 4 years tops. The reason you cant have them in a stage 3/4 seat is 99% of them are NOT crotch strapped meaning the child will submarine in an accident So you can have kids in a vx till they are 4ish and then again when they are 11.

For the record when we went car seat shopping the lady at the shop we goto (an independent) said that all the seats we tried were the best fit in any car shes ever seen.

My only issue is its fcuking noisy and come winter the heater will NEVER be good enough. Summers were fun though And she loved going to town with the roof off (I never had the roof off with her in the car if we were likely to exceed 30mph)

Look at the children section of the seloc wiki.

Pretty much spot on.

Never took either of mine out in a rear facing seat. Had a indi in MK fit the stage 2 seat forward facing seat and it fits a treat. Ben still uses it in the VX and is near 6 (Tom 4) - he is pretty much tallest in his class and is prob on the 25 kg weight limit.

Regarding safety - ffs, i was driving around with them in my 11 year old rover 214 shed and no body batted a eye lid. The chassis/door bars are a seriously strong bit of kit. I used to put the roof up if we were going on the motorway, but only to stop the whining!

[tim king]

[/quote] I wouldn't want to stick holes in my clam. Is it an option to look at getting a cheap shed Tim? And looking at the picture of the pram on the car, I suspect you may be gaining the attention of the local constabulary on a regular basis. [/quote] As i won't sell the vx220 i will let you now if i get pulled over

[2.2_na]

i will let you now if i get pulled over

Let's hope you don't.

[Mangham54]

i will let you now if i get pulled over

Let's hope you don't.

And park the car up first

[Anarchy]

Why not use one of them baby rucksacks to carry baby around instead of a pram.

[tim king]

Why not use one of them baby rucksacks to carry baby around instead of a pram.

I have been thinking about all the thing's that have been said and , then realised that i may not need the pram as the car-seat ( carrycot ) clips to the ,pram ,push chair frame ( the wheel's ). so would just need to put the wheel,s/ frame thing on the outside of car ,plus no wind drag ,
Don't know if a baby can stay in a carrycot (car-seat) for long time . IE when i visit my mum ,or will i need a cot at my mum,s . As i intended to use pram at mums so baby can lay down , when i visit

[XXX]

You are scaring me now.....

[tim king]

You are scaring me now.....

Wat i mean is not to take the pram on the car ,but just the pram frame ,as the carseat fit's on to the pram frame , so can push the carseat about ,If you don't know wot i mean ask a mother that has a 9 in one pram set up ( mamas and papas ) pram as all the parts fit on the base

[XXX]

What I was referring to was this:

Don't know if a baby can stay in a carrycot (car-seat) for long time . IE when i visit my mum ,or will i need a cot at my mum,s . As i intended to use pram at mums so baby can lay down , when i visit

..asking for baby-care advice on a forum

[tim king]

What I was referring to was this:

Don't know if a baby can stay in a carrycot (car-seat) for long time . IE when i visit my mum ,or will i need a cot at my mum,s . As i intended to use pram at mums so baby can lay down , when i visit

..asking for baby-care advice on a forum

well did think there would be some one on the forum that may know something about baby's lol

[turbobob]

/quote


I wouldn't want to stick holes in my clam. Is it an option to look at getting a cheap shed Tim?

And looking at the picture of the pram on the car, I suspect you may be gaining the attention of the local constabulary on a regular basis.
/quote
As i won't sell the vx220 i will let you now if i get pulled over

Sorry Tim I wasn't very clear. I meant a cheap shed in addition to the VX not instead of.

[2.2_na]

What I was referring to was this:

Don't know if a baby can stay in a carrycot (car-seat) for long time . IE when i visit my mum ,or will i need a cot at my mum,s . As i intended to use pram at mums so baby can lay down , when i visit

..asking for baby-care advice on a forum

well did think there would be some one on the forum that may know something about baby's lol

Have you tried asking for VX advice on a baby-care forum?

[turbobob]

What I was referring to was this:

Don't know if a baby can stay in a carrycot (car-seat) for long time . IE when i visit my mum ,or will i need a cot at my mum,s . As i intended to use pram at mums so baby can lay down , when i visit

..asking for baby-care advice on a forum

well did think there would be some one on the forum that may know something about baby's lol

Have you tried asking for VX advice on a baby-care forum?

But they won't know anything about VX's

[2.2_na]

What I was referring to was this:

Don't know if a baby can stay in a carrycot (car-seat) for long time . IE when i visit my mum ,or will i need a cot at my mum,s . As i intended to use pram at mums so baby can lay down , when i visit

..asking for baby-care advice on a forum

well did think there would be some one on the forum that may know something about baby's lol

Have you tried asking for VX advice on a baby-care forum?

But they won't know anything about VX's

No, that's Vauxhall you're talking about.

[tim king]

[/quote] Sorry Tim I wasn't very clear. I meant a cheap shed in addition to the VX not instead of. [/quote] It may be some thing to think about but ,If i bought a cheap run-around ,there sill 2 Lot's of insurance and 2 lot's road tax ,so would it be that cheap .I will see wot happens when louise go's back to work ,and I'm at home with baby . I cud let her use the vx220 and i use the ford , but i think see would get sick of putting petrol in ,and the hard ride and the noise ,As it about a hour drive on crap roads

[2.2_na]

I cud let her use the vx220 and i use the ford , but i think see would get sick of putting petrol in ,and the hard ride and the noise ,As it about a hour drive on crap roads

Sounds like a good enough excuse for you to not let her use it.