Posted by Mike Nieuwoudt on January 01, 1999 at 12:40:31:

In Reply to: child safety -- Soft top vs. Wagon? posted by rach on December 28, 1998 at 09:40:08:

Hi from South Africa. My first daugther is now 2y8m and we used the following in a 110 wagon:
First a rear facing safety belt retained baby seat on the passenger seat if me or Margaret took her out alone, alternatively a sturdy forward facing seat in the centre of the back bench seat.
Second iteration was a bolted down baby seat utelising the safety belt anchor points. It was great but reduced the seating flexibility at the rear.
Since November '98 a safety belt retained booster seat in the rear passenger side.
Whatever you do, do not put a baby seat in the front centre position, nor in a side facing position in the back of the 90. See if you can have the loadbay bulkhead in the 90 removed or moved back (that is if yours have that particular piece of hardware), then fit a forward facing baby seat in the centre at least 300 mm (1 foot) behind the line of the front seat backrests. Make very sure that a knowlegable person do the fitting because the strength of the fixing (anchor) points are of the utmost importance. Of cause, if you take the little one out alone you can use a seat belt retained forward or rearward facing baby seat in the passenger seat. No danger of an air bag exploding in a 90. As far as the softtop / hardtop is concerned, if baby is strapped down properly there should not be much difference in his/her survival chance if the worst happens. Regards

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