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forward facing child seat in a CRX?
i have a 2 year old and im thinking about buying my friends crx. does anyone have any experience with a child seat in the front?
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
If you value the 2 year old's life you won't put him in the CRX.
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Isn't that illegal?
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I would NEVER put a child in a older car, let alone a CRX, that's just plain STUPID!
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I don't think that it matters how you face the child seat. I read the the crx has LESS THAN POOR crash ratings. My friend got in a wreck with his and he got all sorts of fucked up. Broken hand, foot, gash on his chin and surgery because he got air in his chest cavity. Not good. Don't put your kids in there. I did take my 5 year old neice (at the time) for a ride around the block so she could see how fast it was. She was so scard. I thought that she was going to cry. I only did a 2nd gear pull to 5 grand. But that was the only time. I wouldn't make it a daily driver to take your kids to school in.
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yeah, dont thrpw your kids in a tin can. Score a volvo and lose the omg racecar menaility for a bit.
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^ Exactly. I was doing like 30 when I wrecked mine and it messed up bad. My seatbelt failed so I smashed my head off the windshield, then the steering wheel. chest drove straight into the steering wheel and i had a huge circle bruise on my chest. Ended up with no broken bones but bruised most of my upper body and was doctor ordered to have a neck brace on for a few days and if I went anywhere, to grab a wheelchair.
I love CRX's but if I were to have a child ride with me I would take a different car. NO WAY in HELL would I let a child ride with me in a CRX. BTW, CRX crash test ratings were 2/5 stars and below if i remember correctly. |
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you woul dthink it would be okay since the crx didn't come with airbags so it wouldn't kill them in an accident, but then you need to use common sence and good judgement and say "no, that's not a good idea".
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Originally Posted by SinisterCRX
^ Exactly. I was doing like 30 when I wrecked mine and it messed up bad. My seatbelt failed so I smashed my head off the windshield, then the steering wheel. chest drove straight into the steering wheel and i had a huge circle bruise on my chest. Ended up with no broken bones but bruised most of my upper body and was doctor ordered to have a neck brace on for a few days and if I went anywhere, to grab a wheelchair.
I love CRX's but if I were to have a child ride with me I would take a different car. NO WAY in HELL would I let a child ride with me in a CRX. BTW, CRX crash test ratings were 2/5 stars and below if i remember correctly. |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Depending on the year. You can't put a child seat in a car that has the seat blets on the door like my 90 CRX.
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true, i wasnt sure if it was a good idea either.
not gonna happen. thanks for the input. |
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I carry my son in his car seat in my rex. The seat belt in the door is kind of pain in the ass, when trying to fasten the carseat. He enjoys it.
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where can u check crash test ratings?
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Originally Posted by dpost-----
where can u check crash test ratings?
www.concreteblockwalltesting.com |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
There was a guy working with me and he was telling me that his friend had a crash in a crx and it looked like the engine was coming trough the dashboard. And this crash didnīt happen at high speed
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ok just for you young guys who dont know ---- about kids... its dangerous to put a kid in the front seat "if" there is an air bag... now if they are in the back seat or front seat in an older car with out airbags... weither it be a civic hatch or a ford ltd... it doesnt matter... i dont care what any one says... because if you think about it... when a kid is in the front seat and buckled in properly with the seat facing the proper direction as per there age... there will be no diffrence between the front seat or back seat in an accident... if the accident is bad enough... your going to die so who gives a ---- about what happens to the kid...
god im just kidding please dont strike me dead... now if there is an air bag... the back seat is the safest ... but if there is no airbags then everyone is ---- out of luck and let me know how stearing wheels taste... my car has like 11 airbags... so when i get into an accident its going to feel like i got mugged... |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
I have a 2 year old son who loves the rex as mutch as I do, he drives with me in it in parking lots, around the track, chills in it at home. He doesnt drive in it. Its not a real safe car, you may never get into a accedent but if you dio how do you explain to your kid when hes 15 and cant use his legs that you made a misjudgment?
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Originally Posted by Zeniceguycrx
I have a 2 year old son who loves the rex as mutch as I do, he drives with me in it in parking lots, around the track, chills in it at home. He doesnt drive in it. Its not a real safe car, you may never get into a accedent but if you dio how do you explain to your kid when hes 15 and cant use his legs that you made a misjudgment?
so i dont see why you cant let your kid ride with you.. just get a good car seat...oh and because he will be in the front seat of the rex... push the seat as far back as possible... you dont want your kid to hit his head... no matter what you do there fucked... http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/b...7_seats_ov.htm oh and hear is the only company that actually does rating on car seats ... just to prove car seats dont help... http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/b...ings/index.htm if you notice only two companys have a semi passing grade... which means they fucken suck... so all this hoopla on how you should travel with your kid... is bullshit... i hope pen and teller do an episode on carseats oneday... they are quite useless... there was an inventer on that show for the american dream that has probably the only car seat i would spend go out of my way to get... but he lost the show and his car seat still isnt on the market... |
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Theres a retarded kid in my town with a rex and he drives around with his fat ass girl and two kids in the backand one is like 6 monthes old. i tryed to trade him a 4 door for his kids to have seats but like i said he was retarded and said no fucken dumb :8 :8 :8
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I love the crx but.....
Its lower then most the cars that are going to hit you=bumper into kids head(side impack. ever open up the door? sheetmetel, sheetmetel, cover look at the rex's u see in the yard? if they are hit in the door it normaly goes in by about 2 to 3 feet. thats where he would be. posibly getting your kid fucked up isnt wurth driving a cool car, you can get a cheap car for 500 to drive him around in and keep the rex for you and him when hes older anyone who argus to put a child in a small, under "safty" enginered compaird to today car is a ------- retard |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
I think it technically legal so long as theres no airbag. Personally I use the front seat in my 1991 Celica (no airbag) I figure if anything happened and I had to get her out in a hurry It would be alot easier/quicker from the front seat.
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Originally Posted by AstroVannin
I think it technically legal so long as theres no airbag. Personally I use the front seat in my 1991 Celica (no airbag) I figure if anything happened and I had to get her out in a hurry It would be alot easier/quicker from the front seat.
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
if your dash gets pushed into your chest as a driver (think head on collision), it will move the same on the passenger side. having a kid in the backseat, this will most likely not effect them as it would if they were up front.
children are supposed to ride in seats a certain way because their muscles aren't developed enough to handle an impact if there was one. anyways, just don't put a kid in the front seat of an automobile. and don't get a CRX for your family car. |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
To sum up the answer YES you can put the seat in the front. Is it safe? HELL NO!! But ---- its your kid, who am I to tell you what to do. Rember its Survival of the fittest.
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i guess none of you looked at the link i posted... basicly no car seat is safe in any car crash...
carseats are the biggest peices of mind safety ---- you can buy... all this "put your kid in the middle of the back seat" ---- is the most assinine thing i have ever heard... thats just mental safety... mentally you feel safe but no matter what its just a plastic tub with no more padding than a vynol dash... im not trying to be funny im serious... statisticly proven there aint ---- you can do... http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/r..._side_test.jpg i guess thats not good enough proof that majority of cars seats are worthless... out of a 0-100 score... 50 being average... this is how much child safety seat companys care... it looks like my college grades write before i dropped out... price score Baby Trend Adjustable Back $90 64. Graco SnugRide EPS $90 61. Chicco KeyFit $150 34. Peg Perego SIP $230 27. Compass I410 $130 26. Evenflo Embrace $70 25. now if thats not proof enough that weither your in a crx or a fucken lexus your kid is not safe then im sorry but its to hard for me to spell this ---- out in crayons for you people Britax Companion $190 20. Graco SafeSeat $150 18. Safety 1st Designer $120 16. Combi Centre ST $110 12. |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
The point is, if the car seat is in the middle of the back seat it has a much less chance of coming into contact with a colliding vehicle or folding sections of the car. The car seat will not get to that point where its coming into direct contact with something.. If you have your car seat on the rear sides, the chance of your child seat impacting anything raise greatly. If you are in a CRX, this also raises the risk. The car is a peice of 14 gauge sheet metal, with no real reinforcements. It would take the other car much less energy to breach the doors of a car like a CRX than it would hitting a stronger, more reinforced car like a Lexus. Whats so hard to understand about that?
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my point is that a car seat isnt going to save ----...
the thread was forward facing child seat in a crx... i am saying a car seat in general in any car isnt much of a saftey device... so weither it be a crx or a minivan the kid is still going to get tossed around... and if the car gets into such an impact that the frame is crushing around the car so the engine comes threw the firewall ... it doesnt matter if the kid is in the back seat on the roof or in the trunk... the kid is fucked... not to mention the driver is dead so then who gives a ---- about the kid... cause now the kid is in an orphanage. |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
The car seat works as a restraint for the kid while he's in the car. If you think they're worthless, put a 1 year old fragile child in the front seat of your car with a regular seatbelt on.
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point being baby;s not in a crx
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It's just a kid. You made the one you have now and can make another if you need to. Now a CRX...you can't pass up a good CRX.
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Originally Posted by stillnoturbo
It's just a kid. You made the one you have now and can make another if you need to. Now a CRX...you can't pass up a good CRX.
Originally Posted by rawr
The car seat works as a restraint for the kid while he's in the car. If you think they're worthless, put a 1 year old fragile child in the front seat of your car with a regular seatbelt on.
---- it...here this should help...sorry it had to come to this but i guess this is the only way you would get it... crayon style http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...foryourawr.jpg and dont try and argue it cause its the truth go look it up... if there are no air bags it doenst matter were the car seat goes because in a severe accident the car seat is not a safty device... it is a seat... get it... no ... get over it |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
I think your missing some very key concepts I was trying to get acrost to you. I never disputed the fact that car seats are not going to ultamatley protect a child in an accident. The point I was trying to make is that car seats will keep your child from flying around the car in the event of an accident.
Placement of the car seat does matter, If you don't think it does I can empiricaly prove it to you. Do you honestly feel like pushing it that far? Common sense should tell you that you should place the child in the area of the car that sustains the least damage when in an accident. This spot is in the middle in the back seats. The child is less likley to come into contact with something in an accident. Do you understand that? If you want to be immature and post more ms paints conveying the fact that you have no idea what I'm talking about. Feel free to continue making an ass of yourself. |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Originally Posted by rawr
I think your missing some very key concepts I was trying to get acrost to you. I never disputed the fact that car seats are not going to ultamatley protect a child in an accident. The point I was trying to make is that car seats will keep your child from flying around the car in the event of an accident.
enough said on the holding the child in place...
Originally Posted by rawr
Placement of the car seat does matter, If you don't think it does I can empiricaly prove it to you. Do you honestly feel like pushing it that far? Common sense should tell you that you should place the child in the area of the car that sustains the least damage when in an accident. This spot is in the middle in the back seats. The child is less likley to come into contact with something in an accident. Do you understand that?
Originally Posted by rawr
If you want to be immature and post more ms paints conveying the fact that you have no idea what I'm talking about. Feel free to continue making an ass of yourself.
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Originally Posted by ichbinsobose
i guess you guys prooved me wrong with the location of a carseat with that video... wow... ;D |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Originally Posted by licenseless
i will bow down and say your write if you proove that putting your kid in the middle of the back seat is safer..cause as long as i can remember car companys have proved its safer to have the kids behind the driver or passanger thats why they put the safty clips above those seats in the back of the car in newer vehicles...
Those cars with three seating positions in the back seat will be required to have three locations for securing the childseat. However, the center seating position will consist only of a lap belt or lap/shoulder belt and a top tether anchor point. NHTSA will not require manufacturers to install the lower anchorage points for the center rear position. NHTSA gives two reasons in support of this configuration. First, NHTSA claims that a lower anchorage point in the rear center position would make it difficult to install another childseat next to it. The second reason NHTSA gives is to minimize cost. Finally NHTSA claims that the traditional lap belt along with the top tether "should perform essentially as well as the full child restraint anchorage system." http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/images/.../sidecrash.jpg seriously... |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Originally Posted by ichbinsobose
damn that was kinda catchy too... |
Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
seriously all of you should watch more photos/videos from ogrish.com ( BTW I think they closed the site now :( ). small cars don`t do ---- on accident, at least not the mild/bad ones, specially a civic/crx of the sort LOL
If i EVER have a kid, I am going to drive something strudy and NOT fast LOL, like a volvo 850 of the sort :6 but again if you are being stupid, not even a tank can save ur ass. BTW someone should start building thick steel (sch 10 lol)car seats for babies with a steel cover, i bet it will make some $ :-* |
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That video made me want to hang someone.
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Re: forward facing child seat in a CRX?
Yeah like race seats. Test those at 80mph and show what they are getting for their money.
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