PaddyG

I'm looking to use a rear-facing infant seat in the middle and two regular car seats, one on either side of the rear-facing.

Does anyone use this, or a similar config? Wondering if it works well or if it's too crowded?

Once a year we take a six hour trip, but otherwise it would just be running around town and the odd 90 minute trip on the weekend.

Thanks in advance.

asmi84

There are videos on YT showing that it's possible, but depends on seats (some of them are wider than others).

BarryT

It would be tight. If you're using booster seats it would be hard to buckle the seat belts. I have one Recaro booster seat and the seatbelt buckle is close to the end of the seat. If the kids in the forward facing seats can buckle themselves in you may want to look at something with third row seating like a Q7.

PaddyG

Thanks.

BlackAce

As mentioned above, it depends on the seats, but I would say your options are extremely limited. We have two smaller seats back there now, and recently bought a Combi Cocorro for the middle and even it doesn't fit. Furthermore, even if the seat width worked, the position of the Q5 belts and buckles makes multiple side by side car seats difficult.

We plan to buy the SQ7 when it lands to help mitigate this.