Couldn't really find a "Car Seat Transgressions thread", so this will have to do.
For starters, I have a Peg Perego car seat and an 2008 Volvo V50. I spent the last 2 hours playing around with different ways of attaching it, with some mixed results....and now i need some advice/feedback.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to use the Latch systems, but they are only on the outboard (door) seats, and not in the middle. I'd prefer to use the middle as that's the safest spot. The problem is that the seat doesn't seem to be as secure in the middle….it wobbles around a bit. I spent a solid hour trying different ways to tighten the mother, but it still feels a little loosey goosey. I heard that it's not supposed to move more than one 1", but I'm not sure what they mean by move. Is that 1" at the point that's closest to the seatbelt/seat, or 1" that's far away as possible (i.e. closer to the front seats)? Obviously that makes a rather big difference, since one side of the car seat is not attached to anything.
If I use the Latch system on the sides, it's definitely tighter. But then the seat is not in the seat I'd like of course.
Now the other thing is that, I can technically use the latch system when the seat is in the middle, if I buckle them outward (i.e, one buckles the left outboard, the other the right outboard). Ive never seen that anywhere, but it seems to fit and does make things tighter. Is that allowed?
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