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#11 of 20 Re: rear facing car seats [loisbrantley] by pkf6 Jan 20, 2008 (4:32 am)
Replying to: loisbrantley (Dec 12, 2007 9:24 am) loisbrantley- i also have the same questions you posted (only I have a Radian 80 car seat)...and i am looking to buy an '08 MDX...did you ever find any answers to your questions?
#13 of 20 Anyone with an MDX and 3 young kids? by lisarob Jul 16, 2008 (6:05 am)
We have a 2007 MDX and am now expecting our third child by the end of August.   Our other two children are 4 and 18 months.   Anyone out there who is using this car with three kids instead of a minivan? Particularly with 3 kids in the 5 point harness seats.   I'm wondering what your seat configuration is and how it's working out for you. It's obviously a decision of driving performance versus convenience (of a minivan) - my husband and I are having a hard time deciding just how much more convenient the minivan would be. Replies to this message: bbaakd (Aug 22, 2008 5:36 am)
#14 of 20 Re: Acura MDX & car seats [scottm123] by soccerandlost Aug 16, 2008 (9:00 am)
Replying to: scottm123 (Sep 25, 2007 4:25 am) "The center position is just not safe. Your child is safer on a side position, even in a crash scenario, as the mounted seat will stay in place. I cannot guarantee the same for a center mounted seat."   Scottm123,   Nearly every expert (and nearly every empirical study) disagrees with you. I don't know if perhaps you are trying to justify your decision to locate your car seat in a window seat, but if properly installed a middle placement is far-and-away the safest location. If you have it installed professionally (out here in LA, you can have it done for about $40 at Tiny World in West LA), it will not move any more in the middle section than it does in the outer sections. And in the event of a side-impact crash, your infant is *FAR* safer in the middle.   There is a ton of information on child seat placement on the internet. For a discussion of a recent study that concluded that "Children seated in the center rear have a 43% lower risk of injury compared with children in a rear outboard position," click here: Study Shows Placing Car Seat in Center of Back Seat Cuts Risk of Injury in Crash Replies to this message: hodog16 (Jul 02, 2009 6:26 pm)
#15 of 20 Re: Anyone with an MDX and 3 young kids? [lisarob] by bbaakd Aug 22, 2008 (5:36 am)
Replying to: lisarob (Jul 16, 2008 6:05 am) Curious if you ever decided your configuration for 3 young kids. I just bought an '08 Tech/Ent and also have 3 young kids (one in a toddler car seat w/ LATCH and the other 2 in booster seats). I've been wondering if I can fit them all in a row. Anyone have any thoughts on this?   Right now the 2 in boosters think it's so cool to ride in the 3rd row and jump in through the tailgate (pretending they are Indiana Jones), but when we take a long trip and I want more storage I'd want to try and put them all in 2nd row.   We do have a minivan ('06 Odyssey) and there is definitely way more space. If I was taking an extended long distance trip w/ a lot of luggage, no doubt we'd take the minvan. But, it's nowhere near as fun to drive. A week at the beach (~2.5 hours away) and I'll try to cram it all into the MDX (have roof rails/cross bars, so I can throw my cartop carrier on), but anything longer probably the minivan.
#16 of 20 car seat tips by demiro Jan 26, 2009 (6:28 pm)
We are looking to buy an 06 MDX. Test drove one today with our 4 yr old. We much prefer the center position, but the seat belt latch has kind of a flexible neck on it. When I cornered moderately hard the child seat tipped about 30 degrees. In an accident, or accident avoidance situation, it seems to have the potential to be very unsafe. For comparison, in our VW Touareg, and in Volvo XC90, the seat belts are kind of tight in cracks of seats and the child seats are locked in pretty tightly. Jeep Commander had same issue as MDX.   Just to clarify, I am not talking about infant seats that latch, but rather full size booster seats that only connect via seat belts.   I know lots of folks have this type of seat in an MDX...am I missing something?   Thanks much for any thoughts.
#20 of 20 Re: Acura MDX & car seats [soccerandlost] by hodog16 Jul 02, 2009 (6:26 pm)
Replying to: soccerandlost (Aug 16, 2008 9:00 am) Anybody who pays somebody else to install their car seats has too much money. I think a lot of local fire departments, hospitals will do car seat checks for free.   I will agree normally the center position is safer in general but in the 2007-2009 MDX I would disagree. The center does not allow for a car seat or base to be placed flat and secure, it always has a lot of give in terms of rocking motions. I applaud Acura for having 3 LATCH sets, but that middle one is useless to me. I can get the seats wedged in pretty good on the outboard seats where they don't budge a millimeter but not so in the center.   I currently have a Chicco infant seat and a Britax Boulevard that fit fine. The Boulevard causes the front seat to have to be a little closer, but not terrible. If we have the need for three car seats, I will probably use the tailgate for 3rd row access as removing and installing car seats repeatedly would be painful, even with the LATCH system. That, and we'll probably trade my wife's Camry in for an Odyssey!   The design of the 3rd row access is poor but not a deal-breaker personally. In 12 months of ownership of my 2008, I have driven with passengers in the 3rd row (6 total adults) exactly once for a lunch trip.

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