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1 kid and a MINI is no problem at all. When they start in the carier seat you just kind of fling it back there and are good to go. Then they progress to a rear facing seat that stays in a car, you just get in the other side and sit in the empty seat while you strap them in really easy. Then they move to forward facing and you just stick your butt out while you strap them in.

The problem is when you have 2 and need to get a baby into a fixed rear facing seat without being able to sit in the other rear seat.

That was my experience and the reason I got rid of mine. Now that both boys are forward facing it would be manageable again, BUT it is sooo much easier with 4 normal doors to get the kids in their seats.

 

My wife and I owned a 2002 JCW and loved it until my kids got so big that their feet were hitting the back of the drivers seat. We had one in a car seat and the other was a 6 year old. We sold it for a Land Rover LR3 which has tons of space and was really practical. But, I've missed that darn Mini since 2005 when wee traded her in.
Now I am trading in the rover for a 2012 Mini!

 

This is where we are. My sone is 2 1/2 and a bit tall for his age and his little feet want to play soccer on the back of the seat.

Now I understand why my old man was so grumpy with a car full of kids and why the station wagon had a rear facing seat in back.

I would say that you are probably good in the mini until your kid is 18-24 months old.

 

This reminds me of this: Save the earth…kill the kids? | PassiveAggressiveNotes.com

 

Hummmm, back in the olden days, when I was a kid, my dad simply said, "sit still and don't kick the back of the seat" and I didn't, because I knew what would happen otherwise. :nonod:

Jim

 

Well said. It truly was not abuse, it was called "discipline".

Jim

BTW: Is that word still in the dictionary?

 

Hah, Now there you go.... I wasn't thinking abuse of the kids, I was thinking about about how that 283 could handle "chirping" the tires, and that wasn't abuse, they were made to handle it....

 

Bias ply, baby, bias ply!

(and before you say "Hey, that's not on topic, note the creative use of the word "baby" in a thread titled "Children and...". So there! )

I do believe good parents are still out there. So are bad ones. I hate the directions the saying has taken, but "it takes a village to raise a child" applies, when done properly. I knew, for example, that if I crushed Mrs. Bolash's flowers while playing ball (and I did, accidentally, once... or twice), I was going to hear about it - and maybe get marched home with my ear in her hand while sad "ear" was still connected to my head! And my Mom wouldn't complain to Mrs. Bolash for marching me home, she would reinforce her expectations of my behavior relative to "respect for others' property"!

 

Man, does that bring back a few memories from days long ago.

Jim