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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband drives a Mini Cooper and we have made it work for two kids close in age (not twins). I have become very well acquainted with its limitations. First, you need small bucket seats for the infants— it is better to test them out at the store so you can see how it will feel to have the front car seats moved forward. The worst stage was the rear facing convertible car seat stage. Something about getting small but active wiggling kids into a backwards facing seat with the limitation of the two door Mini Cooper design... it was a back killer. Sometimes, I think we had to lean into the trunk to buckle them— so awkward. I can’t quite explain how tricky it is to get a child into a permanently installed backwards seat with a two door car, leaning from the front seat angle. I was absolutely incapable for a while due to csection. My husband was in charge of that stuff because I had the four door “family car” anyway. Plus the convertible rear facing seats took up the most space. That was the stage when our knees were quite close to the dashboard. The bucket seat (newborn to six months ish stage) was not great either, but we could wiggle the seat into place with the small baby already buckled in. We used a chicco keyfit. Several bucket seats did not fit at all. Once we were able to face the convertible seat forward, everything was better. We had space for our knees again and the twisting motion of getting a kid into the backseat through the two door design was no longer such a back killer. This transition doesn’t happen until 2 years in. Now that our kids can climb into their own seats at 3 and 5 years, I’m encouraging him to keep the car. It has been dependable.[/quote]

I traded in my beloved Mini Cooper for a CRV because it was such a literal pain to get a child into the rear facing seat.  Also no room for stroller in the trunk.  [/quote]

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