will the rear space be roomy enough to fit a baby seat comfortably? how's TSX's rear space compare to Lexus IS's?

 

The TSX is a more spacious car compare to the Lexus IS model. I test drove both and bought the TSX.

 

I've had to drive a couple babies around and all sorts of babyseats have fit my car comfortably.

Be sure to put a blanket or towel under it though!

 

I have a 3 year old that I take care of and his car seat is a bit of a tight fit. I am 5'7" and his car seat can not sit behind the driver's.

 

+1

I bought the Acura car seat towel for mine..

 

even ur baby will feel cramped in the back of the IS

 

I have 2 recaro baby seats in my tsx...and its roomy....but it only leaves room for someone skinny to fit in the middle..lol

 

The TSX is for Tech savy single guys without a child. Please sell your pimp ride for a Minivan.

 

recaro baby seats =

 

pimpin aint easy

but bitches love my tsx

 

you can fit two seats in there no problem. I can even squeeze in between them and sit in the middle if need be.

The IS rear is a joke, even before putting car seats in there.

 

Only way to solve this problem is to not have kids...I kid I kid










(pardon the pun )

 

 

I know this is old....but how tall are you guys with the baby seats? Looking to get a Recaro, but don't want to have to sit way up if the Recaro is to big. Looked around on Amazon and in most cars people can fit with enough room! Any pics of the Recaro in the TSX?

 

stupid babies

 

styling are you going to front face your child if so its more than enough rear facing is a tight fit though front theres soo much room one thing i hated about my 1st gen it had no damn space for the seat so no one could sit in the front without messing up my view of my side mirror

 

Front face = Plenty of room. Even more room if you put the baby seat behind the passenger seat, so you can remain in a comfortable position.

Two things I do recommend:

1 - Place a towel or some kind of cushion beneath the baby seat to prevent damage to your leather.

2 - Also place a towel on the back of the passenger seat (or driver, depending on where you put the baby seat) to prevent your kid from scratching it all up with his feet. Don't ask me how I know.

Like so:



(Courtesy of Integra2TSX)

 

Also, there is plenty of room in the trunk.

 

My wife's element has the recaro toddler seat. <-- hella pimp, racing blue color. I have a 2 and a 6 year old. They have no problem with the one 5 point harness and the other with booster seat. I'm 6' flat.

 

I'm 5'10" and my 4year old son sits behind me in a Recaro ProSport. I do have a seatback protector installed or else my seat would be destroyed from all the accidental kicking.

 

I've no problems fitting a Graco Nautilus and a Britax Boulevard, but it's a tight fit and there is virtually no space between them. My daughter is 3 and uses the Britax, but even for her leg room is tight behind me and I'm only 5'10". I've since switched to her using the Nautilus since my son is now big enough to use a backless booster. I can't imagine using a rear facing seat back there, unless it's in the middle, but it seems that some of you have made it work. If you need specific seat protectors, there are a ton on Amazon that all fit the TSX pretty well. I have full sized one that protects the leather seat behind the child seat and underneath it, as well as a half sized one that just slides underneath but doesn't go up all the way. My kids don't kick the back of the front seats, at least not since they started getting disciplined for it.

 

i use a Graco snugride rear facing infant seat behind the passenger seat pushed pretty far up. my wife just sits in the rear driver side seat.

 

I have a newborn on the way and have a rear facing Chicco Keyfit 30. We put it behind the passenger and my 5'1" wife is a bit cramped in the front. We tried a 2nd newborn carseat and it was a bit smaller and had a bit more room. It does look like the front facing ones fit fine though.

 

middle rear facing ones would be a challenge for the amount of rear seat room in the TSX

 

Luckily, they aren't in rear facing forever though.

 

Anyone have pictures of the Recaro ProRide in their 2nd gen TSX? I'll be rear facing till 30 lbs or whatever they recommened. I'm 5'10 and my wifes 5'2, but I just want to make sure that my wife will be able to sit without being real close to the air bag.

Yeah I will be getting the seat back/under the baby seat protectors!

 

 

she should be fine. My wife is 5'6" and we had the ProRide for abouth a month in the TSX before switching to the ProSport

 

Sweet. Did you switch to the ProSport because of your child getting bigger? Any issues with ProRide that you did not like? How far could your wife have the seat back with the ProRide faced in the rear?

 

no issues except we got the suade material which isnt the easiest to clean and gets hot. We switched to the ProSport because he is now front facing and we got the non-suade material. He's a big boy


The seat was fine. It wasn't all the way back but she could still sit in the back comfortably at its current setting.

 

To answer the original question NO.
Not sure if the wagon vs sedan is different. I have the wagon, but coming from my accord the space is tighter. Pretty frustrating if you ask me. If you use the tethers I'm sure it will be fine. But if you want to use the buckle as with a booster seat you will be frustrated. Seems that the base of t seat is not wide enough to accommodate the booster seat. I get it in but have to sweat a bit. Forget about my little one trying to do it.

If you are going to have to copntiniously buckel then in and of a booster I would reconsider. Again If youteher the seat in and use a 5 point harnes you will be okay. It's getting at the buckles that will give you fits.

 

Agreed on the booster issue, it is tough, which is why many of us went with those seat belt extensions.

Here's the thread with more info.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...light=extender

That reminds me, I need to get another one for my daughter, who will be graduating into a booster soon.

 

Dang I was looking to get the black one for my wife and the gray suede one for me.

 

Thank you sir. Ordering two for the little ones.

 

Glad another person found that info useful. It really does help a lot, especially when you're in a hurry. My main warning would be to make sure your extenders are secure every journey because once in a while your child may unbuckle the entire extender by accident, and not think to re-secure it.

 

yup. I got the black/grey in suede material and my poor son would sweat like no other in it.

 

That sucks. I really like this one.....



and my wife likes the all black....

 

I would stay away from full-suede baby seats. Getting something that is easily removable and washable is key. We have a Britax Boulevard; it's big, but it's a damn good seat. Used it for both my kids and washed the covers from multiple spills and other accidents and it's still in great shape. Not to mention, it's still pretty highly rated in terms of safety too.

 

top gray one is what we had. Avoid the black at ALL cost.

 

I never thought about removing the inserts and just throwing them in the wash. Can you do that with most seats? This will be my first kid, so I'm still in the mind set that there will be not eating food in the car seat and it will stay somewhat clean. However, everyone says that will not last long and they will have blow outs, puking etc.