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jmardy · Aug 21st, 2002, 01:38 PM

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Originally posted by monica
Do I HAVE to buy a special "MINI/BMW" or car seat or can I just go out to the local "Babies R Us" (an endless void of baby stuff)and pick one? And if I do need a special car seat do they make booster seats, up to 80lbs? I'm hoping this whole MINI carseat thing is just people wanting their car seat to be a MINI too. (kind of like the whole $100 floormat thing ) I will be really angry if I have to run around trying to locate special carseats, especially if they are not availible.

When I checked with MINI about a month ago, the MINI isofix seats weren't avaiable in the states.
If you find a seat or booster with the "LATCH" system, it's the same thing as ISOFIX and should work fine.
The Britax Expressway is the only US LATCH seat I've found so far, front facing only.
-John

Aug 21st, 2002, 01:38 PM	#18
jmardy MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jun 2002 Local Time: 07:56 PM Posts: 265 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by monica Do I HAVE to buy a special "MINI/BMW" or car seat or can I just go out to the local "Babies R Us" (an endless void of baby stuff)and pick one? And if I do need a special car seat do they make booster seats, up to 80lbs? I'm hoping this whole MINI carseat thing is just people wanting their car seat to be a MINI too. (kind of like the whole $100 floormat thing ) I will be really angry if I have to run around trying to locate special carseats, especially if they are not availible. When I checked with MINI about a month ago, the MINI isofix seats weren't avaiable in the states. If you find a seat or booster with the "LATCH" system, it's the same thing as ISOFIX and should work fine. The Britax Expressway is the only US LATCH seat I've found so far, front facing only. -John