this is how we have alexander strapped in.  it's a pedestal seat behind
the passenger seat, with a manual belt.  his seat (don't remember brand,
it's been too long but i think it's an evenflow he's just about to grow
out of) is strapped down with the lap belt, then i use a strong web belt
to hold it against the seat back (wrapped through two points on the
carseat and around the whole of the seat back vertically, then cinched
down *hard*).  seat doesn't move.  he stays strapped in.

will be looking into the britax se soon!

b

On Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 08:03 , Chris Stann wrote:

>> But how do you secure the seat with the lap belt? Its impossible... at
> least in my '87
>> Wolfsburg. There is no way to get the seat to be firmly secured
>> against the
> seat back.
>> Without that, the toddler seat is useless as a safety
>> device.
>
> I thought I'd share my toddler set-up:
>
> My Westy has the 'weekender interior'.  This gives me an extra seat
> behind
> the driver's seat.  This seat comes with a manual lap belt which
> enables me
> to firmly cinch down the toddler seat for my 4-year-old son.  I then
> use the
> 5-point harness that came with the seat to strap him in.  I found this
> to be
> the only acceptable way, in my view, to secure him.  The three-point
> automatic belts are too slack to provide any meaningful restraint.
>
> Chris,
>
> '85 Westy.
>