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We have the Maxi Cosi Rodi, Graco Nautilus, and Maxi Cosi Cabriofix across the back of a Ford Focus. Not ideal as the 5 year old has to climb in under the seatbelt as there isn't space to buckle and unbuckle it. But it works! We only use the car a couple of times a week though. Would be quite annoying if we were using it several times a day.


Your 3 year old may be too small for the Rodi but if not it is very narrow.

Agreed with all the above that it's likely to mean a new car! We are shortly about to have a third child, with the older two being 3.5 and 1.5. We previously had a Honda CRV, which is a big 4 x 4 but even in that we couldn't get three car seats safely. After months of googling whether it was possible and which were the best cars for three car seats across the middle, we went with the VW Sharan. So far, pleased with it. It has three isofixes across the middle row of seats, and we've had two 6ft tall grandparents in the back seats pretty comfortably. Also, it has sliding doors for the back, which are a god send for getting the kids in and out quickly. Good luck
We also have an S-Max and I can fix a Maxi-Cosi stage 1, Maxi-Cosi stage 1 and a Gracco stage 2 across the back. We don't use Isofix as we stupidly believed it when we were told they didn't exist in the S-Max, despite we now know the existence of little Isofix tags on the seats! Like Bellenden Bear says, it drives pretty much the same as our Focus did, although parking it can be a pain.
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Hi there


Thanks for the responses. I'm resurrecting this thread as not yet changed our car despite spending hours on line researching and visiting Cargiant twice.


I'm resigned to the fact we need to buy a new car but which one is the question. Currently need a Stage 0+, a Stage 1 and a Stage 2 car seat (and soon to be two Stage 1 and a Stage 2). The Citroen C4 Picasso despite having 2 Isofix seats across the 2nd row will not fit 3 car seats in this combination, we tried at Cargiant tonight. It also didn't look like an S-Max would either ...


Would be very interested to know what cars those of you who have three children under 4 have please?


Many thanks

Rachel

We managed to fit 3 under 5 in our car (Jaguar XF), but I think from memory my middle child went into a booster seat just before #3 arrived so a different seat configuration. We didn't use isofix bases as they took up too much room, and it's a bit of a squash, but they fit!


You may have to get a 7 seater, put your eldest right at the back?

I always ended up in the back between two car seats and the third in the front passenger seat - saves a lot of bickering having them all split up. Now we are down to just one booster seat and I still end up in the back as our 13yr old has longer legs than me and claims the extra leg room in the front.

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