Any of you allow your children to ride in the S2k? If so what age and how do you go about it? I have a 4yr old who I run to daycare in the morning (2 miles), unfortunately to drive the S, I have to go home and get it after dropping her off, which is totally opposite of where I need to go. This results in me not driving it to work much. Also I would like to take her to some cars and coffee events next year.

 

My kids are a bit older now, but I used to take mine on short little trips when they were around 5 or so when they were at booster seat age.

 

Why wouldn't you take your kids in the S2000 in a boosterseat?

 

No airbag shut-off switch in the pre 06 models.

 

never bothered me in my '03. put in the booster, push the seat all the way back, and don't crash. Hell, when I was a kid, never used one of those seat belt thingy's on family trips cross country.

darcy

 

Use the trunk.

 

Oh, yeah, toddlers at "cars and coffee!" Pretend that's you in the white car making the left turn.

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-- Chuck

 

My daughter is also 4 and tall for her age, but we do the booster around town all the time. I won't take her on the interstate, but short trips are no problem.

 

I've taken my daughter to 3 rides since she was 6 and she's 7 now - she's loved all of them! The first time we used a booster seat and it was okay but she didn't like sitting in it for such a long period in that kind of a car. She's fairly tall for her age so not using a booster seat was not an issue. The two other rides we didn't use a booster seat and she was much more comfortable. I always have her seat all the way back.

I would suggest taking her on long rides (1+ hour) before going to a ride event since she might not be receptive to sitting for a long ride in the S - it's not as child friendly as a minivan

But hopefully she likes it and you can take her to some events to have some father-daughter bonding time!

Here's a photo of us at one of the events:

 

never bothered me in my '03. put in the booster, push the seat all the way back, and don't crash. Hell, when I was a kid, never used one of those seat belt thingy's on family trips cross country.

darcy
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This may be a big mistake. If your child is tall enough to use the seat belt, you're better off without the booster seat. The seat will bring the child closer to the airbag, making the airbag potentially dangerous. Without the cut off, you're making things more dangerous. Once my son was tall enough for the shoulder belt to hit him correctly, he was in the car. Before that-no way.

It's better without the booster in any case.