[s-cars] Is it possible to mount a car seat in the center rear seat of an s6 avant?

[chris chambers]

Abe,

When our daughter Aria was born in April 2006 I like you wanted to put her seat
in the middle of our car for maximum protection, and our 93 S4's mannually tightening
lap belt held her seat fine.

Flash forward to ~January 2007 and I learned our new to us 2002 Allroad's middle seat belt
could not be tightened to hold her car seat correctly. It was loose and the seat was tilted.
I found at Baby's R Us the Mighty Tite and installed it, and it worked great!

Flash not so far forward ~5 weeks later, we were involved in a head on collison in the 2002
Allroad, the impact of which totaled both cars, and pushed the Allroad's engine/transmission
back several inches, bending the main driveshaft and broke the rear differential bracket.

The only person that did not sustain any injury was Aria, and the mighty tite was still in tact.
And yes per the standard safety procedures we did replace the Britax car seat

The mighty tite is essentially a ratchet strap with your seatbelt playing the part of the strap, if you 
do not pay attention to what you are doing you can overtension the seatbelt and do damage.
Likewise if you do not pay attention when installing the car seat or fastening your child into it
you can cause problems. It saddens me to see how many people do not take the time to
properly adjust the car seat straps.

We still have the mighty tite and still use it, and I firmly believe that used correctly it is a good
product that can help you safely hold your carseat in place. If the seatbelt in your car is like
our Allroad's and won't hold the seat correctly, you can either move the seat to an outward
position or do like we did and get a mighty tite.

HTH
Chris

 

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>From: Abe Berman <yellowcuda at gmail.com>
>To: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
>Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Sent: Fri, January 22, 2010 9:15:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Is it possible to mount a car seat in the center rear seat of an s6 avant?
>
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>Well, I read the reviews on Amazon for the mighty tite and I don't think that I want to take a chance on it, as many folks seem to think it is a very bad idea to use.
>
>The main reason for wanting to get her in the center seat is safey in a side impact collision, so if this device is suspect at all for safety, it sort of negates that...
>
>Abe
>Loving the seatbelts in his wife's 05.5 Passat 4 Motion Wagon
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Abe Berman <yellowcuda at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Chris,
>>
>>Thanks for the advice, that mighty tite looks great, after struggling with my wife to get the seat in tight enough whenever we need to remove it (read: to clean it) this gadget would allow me to do it single handed!
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>a 
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>>On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:36 PM, chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Use your knee and push the seat down while pulling on the belt to tighten it.
>>>
>>>http://www.edmunds.com/advice/womenfamilies/articles/104581/article.html
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>>>OR
>>>
>>>Buy a mighty tite and very carefully tighten the belt - but don't overtighten
>>>http://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Kids-10001-Mighty-Tite/dp/B000056JHP
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 
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>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: Abe Berman <yellowcuda at gmail.com>
>>>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>>>> Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 7:25:10 PM
>>>> Subject: [s-cars] Is it possible to mount a car seat in the center rear seat of an s6 avant?
>>>>
>>>> I've got it mounted behind me at the point on the driver's side because I
>>>> could not figure out a way to appropriately tension the center seat belt.
>>>> Is there a trick?
>>>>
>>>> Abe
>>>> Burlington, VT
>>>> With daughter who LOVES da boost
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