E320 Wagon Car seat
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E320 Wagon Car seat
OK, My wife was about to have our second child, she had a S500, but wanted something with more trunk room for the strollers and other stuff, we looked at some minivans and the Volvo XC90. Then out of the blue my Mercedes sales lady called with a good deal on the E- Wagon, which we looked at about 6 months ago when we bought our Escaldae. Four hours later the wagon was in our driveway. My wife drove it for 2 weeks and loved it. Then we went to put in the 2nd car seat the day before she had the baby. The rear facing infant seat. It did not fit. My wife is 5'8" and it was a VERY tight squeeze to get it in the seat behind her. I am 6'5" and there was no chance. Has anyone had this problem, or know of any solutions. This will be the shortest time I have ever owned a car. 3 weeks and 500 miles. I just got the title in the mail today, and am about to sell it. Any help would be VERY appreciated.
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I asked my wife about this, who is quite knowledgeable about car seats, and she recommended that you go to a baby store and look at a few different designs. Being that this is your second, if the car seat was from the first baby originally, there may be some that might fit better. She said that they are making a few that are not as long and sit the baby up just a bit more that might fight into your limited space.
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Congratulations on the wagon and baby.
Any rear-facing child seat is going to restrict the seat in front of it from moving back very far. We had an Evenflo rear-facing infant seat in two of our cars, and in the BMW 5-series, it did restrict the driver's seat considerably. The front-facing seat, which of course, you can't use for a new-born, is not nearly as restrictive. Assuming your older child is old enough to face forward, I would put that seat behind the driver, and the infant seat behind the front passenger seat. This will restrict the passenger seat travel, but at least your wife will be able to drive the wagon. After your baby is over 1 year and over 20lbs, you can switch to a front-facing seat and you won't have this problem anymore.
Any rear-facing child seat is going to restrict the seat in front of it from moving back very far. We had an Evenflo rear-facing infant seat in two of our cars, and in the BMW 5-series, it did restrict the driver's seat considerably. The front-facing seat, which of course, you can't use for a new-born, is not nearly as restrictive. Assuming your older child is old enough to face forward, I would put that seat behind the driver, and the infant seat behind the front passenger seat. This will restrict the passenger seat travel, but at least your wife will be able to drive the wagon. After your baby is over 1 year and over 20lbs, you can switch to a front-facing seat and you won't have this problem anymore.
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The rear facing infant seat. It did not fit.
You can move the right front seat forward and leave infant seat behind -- on the right rear side.
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Thanks for the advice. Putting the seat behind the passenger side still would not work because we both drive all of our cars. I guess my next step will be to babies r us f this weekend for one last try for something that works. Then an ad to sell come Monday. Then (uhg!) a trip to get a minivan.
