Can you help finding a child seat (pic)

I�ve a 996 Cab, and I would like to be able to ride with my wife and 5 month old baby. Untill now I�ve been making short rides with the infant carrier and baby sitting sideways on the back seat wish is not safe , but I would like to buy a proper child seat that would fit on the rear seat. Is there anything available? Thanks in advance. This is indeed very small

I have the Porsche infant seat (for children up to 30lbs?) and I had them install the airbag deactivation kit so the car seat can be used in the front seat. I put the seat in the back of my cabriolet one time as a test and my wife had to pull the passenger seat up so far it was uncomfortable. I've never tried to do it in my coupe but I know there is a little more room there. We have the family rx-330 truckster and I don't think we will all ride in the Porsche until my girl is old enough to sit in the back seat without a child seat. Rob-

I can ride with the infant child seat on the back, and my wife still has room enough in the front, but my infant seat is not from Porsche. J.Seven

Riad , how much did you pay for desactivation of the air bag including labour? Thanks in advance. J.Seven

By law Porsche is required to install it for free... but your child seat has to have the deactivation buckle.

Do you have a coupe or cab? Does make a difference.

riad it�s a Cab. J.Seven

I had the Porsche toddler seat for my Boxster S. Dealer installs free (must install hardware under seat AND reprogram computer). I just put the seat in my 4-day old '04 Targa back seat; its tight but my wife is OK with the legroom. Riad, you're going to have a long wait if you wait until your daughter is old enough to ride with no child seat. Porsche makes a booster seat which I'll need in another year or so, next step up from the toddler seat I have now. Don't deprive your daughter for so long - get the Porsche seat and squeeze everybody in!

BTW - you can disable the airbag using the passenger seat buckle. doing so enables you to use a wider range of car seats than the Porsche option. The hassle is anytime you restart you must reinsert the passenger seat buckle. www.carnewal.com carries the deactivation bar as a solo item.

I have the toddler child seat as well, right now it's installed in my Lexus. You know I would rather take my daughter in the car and leave my wife at home anyway.

Britax makes the seats for Porsche and BMW. If you plan to keep your child in the back seat you can get the Roundabout, which is good to 30lbs. My 2 year old sits in a Britax Marathon in the right rears seat. I took out the seat cushion so that the Britax fits more securely.

I purchased the middle Porsche (toddler) carseat from Sun Coast Porsche about two weeks ago. They had the seat significantly cheaper than my local dealer. The Porsche car seats are incidentally made by Britax specially to fit in the Porsche seats. Porsche just recently released new versions of their car seats Here is a link to the Porsche site with info on the three different seats they have: http://www2.us.porsche.com/english/u...indersitze.htm

earlyapex , which is best to fit on the rear seat, the Marathon or the Roundbout? do you have any pics of your Britax seat in the back of your 996? Is your 996 a Cab? I have a Cab, do you think it will fit? From the picture below you can see the two Britax seats, Marathon and Roundabout. The plastic base of the Marathon seems to be much smaller than the Roundabout, who makes me believe that the Marathon will fit better than the Roundabount due to this smaler base size. The Marathon is the seat on the right, and as you can see it has a smaler base than the Roundabout. Here�s the two plastic bases from under. The Marathon is on the right Let me know your opinion on this. Thanks. J.Seven

I am hoping you took the baby out for that last photo...

Holy crap that's funny.

Found the pics on the net, it�s not a day for such smiles and happiness. J.Seven

I've got a Mac and I'm having a trouble resizing my picture. Let's see how it goes.

Oops. That picture sucked so here goes again.

Does your wife manage to fit on the front seat? The passenger seat seems to be all the way in front. And I can see that your car is a coupe, so more room than my Cab Thanks for taking the time to post the pics. J.Seven

That's kinda what I was saying. When I had the baby seat in the back my wife had to pull her seat all the way up and it was clearly not a situation that would be conducive to a long drive.

J. Seven, Please look at my previous post. Here . I waited until my baby girl was 7 month old to take her a ride on my C4S. Of course, she can always ride on my Cayenne S.

Hey Mav... Did you try taking the bottom leather off? -PK

PK, Yes I did.

Although I recommended the Porsche child seat, its the front seat deactivator that's important for Porsche, not the seat. In the front seat of my Boxster S, I could strap the seat in rock solid. However, in the back seat of the new Targa, I am having a tough time getting it tight because of where the seat belt attaches, so it is a little loose and tends to turn on an angle towards the side of the car on which it is mounted. The base seems to be a little too big (see J.Seven's pics above - Porsche seat is similar to the Roundabout). Also, the angle of the seat back tends to make it hard to fully secure the seat. A Porsche seat is not needed for the back. Any suggestions for other brands of seats that make a good fit would be appreciated.

Yup. It's a tight fit, but my wife finds enough room for day trips. I think that all booster seats that have their seat backs inclined will give you a tight fit. This won't change until you get to the next level of booster which have upright seat backs and utilize the seat belt to secure your child instead of the booster to the back seat. As your child grows he/she should have a little more leg room because their booster will allow them to sit upright instead of reclined. I did try other seats, specifically a Graco booster seat in the back of my Porsche but it tended to get twisted sideways by the seat belt. The Graco has a unique clasp that grabs the seat belt and helps prevent this. We bought the Britax from Baby's-R-Us for $200, which was more than 50% less than what the dealer wanted for the Porsche version.

Hey Mav, How much lower did the car seat go? I'm trying to talk my wife into this... -PK

What do you mean lower? The car seat is low. It does not block my rear mirror view.

I was wondering the diff with the lower seat and without... thanks, PK

I have an '02 targa. Does anyone know if there any difference between the porsche and britax seats if you are only going to use them in the rear? Ie. will one allow the front passenger seat more room to be reclined/pushed back? In addition, is there some other brand that would leave more room while not comprimising on safety. Thanks very much in advance!

BTW, this is in reference to the Junior/middle size seat.

I think the Britax and Porsche seats are the same thing with different fabric. If you're only putting it in back, I'm sure there are others that will fit as well, dunno about sizing tho...

I also use BT roundabout. I removed the backseat so the carseat can be reclined little bit. With the rear seat back pannel , it was just too hard to position the seat as the the seat back is close to 90 degree.

BTW, this would be for rearfacing. Does this change anyone's recommendations?

I tried a rearfacing seat in the back of a 996 cabriolet and the front seat had to be moved so far forward it was unusable. I took my seat to the local pcar dealer and they let me install it in one of their cars.

I picked up a britax roundabout and the only way to get it in rearfacing while reclined (they do have to be reclined??) was to render the front passenger seat unusable. Any other views on rearfacing rear seats? Any other brands that fit better. Is the porsche junior any better??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

jms, have you tried to install the rear facing basket in the rear yet? Porsche junioris is for baby 9+ month older baby. I remember to put mine (basket seat) in the reay once. I forget why I did not install that way. I will try it for you , if you do not have a basket seat for your little one.