I know, not the most exciting thread, but I'm wondering if I can cart my boy around in style in the back of the Evo without having to squash my front passenger (usually my wife).

Has anyone put a child seat in their ride? If so, how far does the front seat have to be moved forward for it to fit. I realize all seats are different, just looking for some experiences. Worst case I'll bring my seat when I go to buy, but I'd rather not if I can help it.

TIA

 

It's got child restraints.

 

I have one. TONS of room! Really... no squishing at all.

 

My wife occasionally rides (not drive) my EVO in the passenger seat with twins in the back seat. She's 5'5" and pretty comfortable space at the front and back.

 

Don't forget to buy this child seat.
http://www.newdimensions.com/Pictures/recaro/5000SP.jpg

 

That is a badass baby seat.

 

The Lancer has way more room than other cars in it's class and so is a good choice for the "family man" I have a car seat in the back, and for convenience I had behind the drivers side at first. Reasonable amount of room in the rear even though I have the seat way back ( I'm over 6 ft ). But I got fed up of my son kicking my damn seat all the time. Could have put it on the passenger side, but in te end decided on the middle because it is the safest spot and it's much harder for your kid to kick the front seats.
The Lancer has the LATCH system, so fitting any modern child seat is really easy compared to the old system

 

Yep, the Evo has the rear seat childseat restraint hooks up top in the rear deck.

Or rather, mine had them... now it has 3 large body panel plugs flush with the deck itself. Any kids can ride in the trunk...

 

2 car seats and TONS of room. Way more then the WRX and a Mustang Cobra (my Previous 2 cars).

Mike

 

I have both front facing and rear facing in my car. The convertible rear facing is a tight squeeze behind driver (I am 6' 2")

 

i have found the seat needs to be moved up just slightly when the car seat is in....not bad though. it's good to know there are so many other evo owners with car seats in the back.

 

I have a child seat in the back of mine, a forward facing seat which holds either my 4-year-old daughter or my 2-year-old son. (If we take both kids, we take the Volvo...)

With respect to access for strapping in the kid, the Evo is much better than the Volvo (S70).

The main complaint I have about carrying a kid around in the Evo is the interior noise level -- I find that when cruising at 70 on the freeway, I have to raise my voice quite a bit to be heard, and have to do that little lean to the right, turn the head a bit, watch the road out of the corner of my eyes thing in order to hear anything that the kid is saying.

 

I picked up my new EVO with my two year old boy..

The looks on the faces of the salesman when I strapped in the seat...

I think one said something like, "it doesn't look right.."

Yeah, well let me tell you, I wanted my son to enjoy Daddy's new car just as much as I was..Heck, he still calls it "Daddys new car with the big spoiler..!!" He loves it!

My son's noticed some unique things, like the bumpiness in the back. He humms when we are driving down the road because his voice skips to the bumps..

Tough to reach back to help him rescue a lost hotwheel car with the Recaros I tell ya..

Other than that, plenty of room, my son loves it, and my wife even likes the seats!! (but not the harsher ride)

 

I have that recaro baby seat in my Evo. I works great. I highly recommend the recaro infant seat too. I bought it 2 years ago because it was the only child seat that and any real cushioning on the seat bottom. The Recaro is sprung loike a real car seat.

The other seats just have that 3/8" piece of open-cell foam on top of a hard seat bottom. No wonder kids get cranky on long trips.

Erik

 

I have to push the pass seat up far front tokeep my daughter from kicking the back of the seat - but there is STILL lots of room for mom and daughter