Yes, it works fine and have been doing it for more than six years. There are way better things to spend money on than cars.

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Anonymous wrote:We have three dionos in our 2019 outback. Two forward facing and one rear. Works fine but middle seat child does get upset at younger rear facing child kicking them.

We had 3 Dionos in our 2013 Honda Fit. It’s fine in the outback.

Long term you will want an 8 passenger so you can drive a grandparents or kids friend sometime.

OP already said the other car will be a minivan. 8 passenger minivans exist (we have one).

Sorry I lost interest in the wall of text after the initial description. I see the minivan note at end

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Anonymous wrote:We have three dionos in our 2019 outback. Two forward facing and one rear. Works fine but middle seat child does get upset at younger rear facing child kicking them.

We had 3 Dionos in our 2013 Honda Fit. It’s fine in the outback.

Long term you will want an 8 passenger so you can drive a grandparents or kids friend sometime.

OP already said the other car will be a minivan. 8 passenger minivans exist (we have one).

Anonymous wrote:We have three dionos in our 2019 outback. Two forward facing and one rear. Works fine but middle seat child does get upset at younger rear facing child kicking them.

We had 3 Dionos in our 2013 Honda Fit. It’s fine in the outback.

Long term you will want an 8 passenger so you can drive a grandparents or kids friend sometime.

Your toddler will be front facing soon. I'd test the situation using that scenario.

Both of my toddlers hated rear-facing and we turned them front-facing ASAP (at age 18-20 months). It's fine.

My petite spouse sits in the middle seat during road trips with our two toddlers. It's fine. I think you can handle three kids in the back seat of an Outback.

Narrow seats. Toddler in the middle.

Just get the damn minivan. The Pacifica Stow-and-Go system is ingenious and you get ride height of a larger SUV. Honda Odyssey drives more or less like a car. Sienna, don't know since they made it Hybrid.

Anonymous wrote:We have three dionos in our 2019 outback. Two forward facing and one rear. Works fine but middle seat child does get upset at younger rear facing child kicking them.

Op here. I didn’t really consider this aspect of squeezing everyone in. My rear facing child would definitely do this if given the opportunity.

We have three dionos in our 2019 outback. Two forward facing and one rear. Works fine but middle seat child does get upset at younger rear facing child kicking them.

We did it. It required an inflatable booster for our booster kid. Before we needed boosters we were able to puzzle 3 car seats in. I wouldn't say it was comfortable, but it worked as our secondary car just fine for years. Primary was a minivan.

I have done 3 Dionos in an outback for a summer vacation. Doable but not pleasant.
I have an outback and 2 kids and just got another outback instead of the ascent as that thing is too big in my opinion. If you have 1 minivan for most of the travel you can use the outback in a pinch. Especially as the older one ages out of a sea.

Sounds miserable. With three children, you are in Minivan or large SUV territory.

It doesn't sound ideal. I have an outback and it's not very spacious back there.

I have a 2015 Outback and two kids, with a third coming soon. Does anyone have experience with fitting three kids across in their Outback? We will have a kid in a booster (who will be dropped off first for school), the infant, and a rear facing toddler. I can try putting in all three of the seats we have tonight, but I'm curious about actual lived experiences even if I can get everything to fit. For example, how much of a pain is it day-to-day if you have to help all three kids get buckled. We don't drive much, but my spouse and I each need a car that will fit all three kids to do school/child care pickups and drop offs and commute. My spouse will get a minivan in the next month or two to replace her car and we don't want two of them.

If I had to replace the Outback I'd likely consider buying a BMW X7, a Lexus TX, or leasing a three row EV (Rivian R1S, and if inventory opens up, a Kia EV9). I had a bad prior experience with Kia over a decade ago, but they seem to have a better reputation now. I'm not a fan of the Subaru Ascent even though I love my Outback.