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[MiniBonkerz]

I have 3 daughters only young the wife and myself its frustrating only having a 4 seat mini means someone always misses out is there a way i can get 3 kids and 2 adults in a mini ie estate van etc? it would only be used on odd ocasions

chris

Edited by MiniBonkerz, 15 June 2009 - 03:28 PM.

[captainjack15]

I think that if you put a safety belt in your Mini and that it is fitted the same way as all the others then its fine??

My Dad used to fit seat belts when I was a child to hold the baby seat in

But if I am wrong DON'T do it!!

[daemonchild]

This is why I ended up buying a second Mini..

[Billy]

we are a family of 5 and we all fit
2 in their late teens and one 9 fit easy peasy its only fat a***'s that complain

[Ethel]

My dad managed to get 3 of us on the back seat too, pre seatbelt era.

The other major issue is what it says on the V5 & insurance cert.

[THE STIG]

? minis are 5 seaters

mine has 2 proper seat belts and a lap belt in the middle so 3 seat belts in the back and are standard fittment cant remember year they started to fit them

as a kid always went around in a mini and there were 3 kids plus my parents never had any problems till where in late teens then was a bit of a squeeze

Edited by THE STIG, 15 June 2009 - 04:17 PM.

[daemonchild]

My problem is that all of my three at in car seats... and these equate to very fat bums!
So it's not really doable, even if I had the middle belt.

[MiniBonkerz]

same here 2 in booster seats and one in a baby seat just dont work

[Burnard]

The only reason you need the booster seat is to raise the child up so that there body is in the right place one a 3point belt. If you only have lap belts, there is no need for it.

If im wrong the law is an ass, but they would have one hell of a time trying to justify needing a booster seat for a lap belt.

Edit, sorry, just realised you have a '98, so you probably have 3 point belts in the back.

Edited by Burnard, 16 June 2009 - 11:05 AM.

[MiniBonkerz]

see what you mean will have to find out im pretty sure mine does not have a lap belt its a 98 cooper dont remember seeing one :$

[MiniBonkerz]

just had a look no lap belt at all and the log book says 4 seats i did however find £1.30 under the seat

[998dave]

I was about to say they're 4-seaters in the log book, carrying +1 could result in being stopped by the police, and invalidating insurance.

Only possibility I can think of is a third row of seat in an estate, but I'm not sure there's enough room.

Dave

[MiniBonkerz]

looks like the wife will get what she wants then her own mini

[huntface]

I'm fairly sure they're 4 seaters only.

My log book doesn't say though

[MK1]

Looks like I've been driving my 99 Cooper illigally from time to time. Whops.