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CDMINI · Aug 18th, 2006, 01:35 AM

You may have misunderstood my use of a towel. It isn't under the whole seat to protect the plastic leather. I could care less about that. I use it as a wedge/spacer under the back of the seat bottom because the seat doesn't sit level on the flat part of the seat back there. If it wasn't there the seat would just rock around all the time you are driving and there is nothing safe about that. It's too bad all they make are generic seats and all car seats are built different. I'll bet no one tests these things on every car.

I should be able to buy a seat built for the MINI alone, tested, crashed in it, etc., but no one is going to do that. Your standards may approve the seat moving around as it's hit, but I would think that is just asking for trouble , because you can't tell which way the forces are actually going to come from in an accident in the real world. Another reason testing only confirms the test not the real world.

I still will stick with my top tether and my seat cinched down tightly on a rear wedge if I need it so it is resting foursquare on the bottom of the baby seat, and hope she stays exactly where I put her if we should ever have to faceoff with another vehicle again.Thanks for the thoughts though.

Aug 18th, 2006, 01:35 AM	#11
CDMINI MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Orlando, Fla. Local Time: 10:00 PM Posts: 46 Offline	You may have misunderstood my use of a towel. It isn't under the whole seat to protect the plastic leather. I could care less about that. I use it as a wedge/spacer under the back of the seat bottom because the seat doesn't sit level on the flat part of the seat back there. If it wasn't there the seat would just rock around all the time you are driving and there is nothing safe about that. It's too bad all they make are generic seats and all car seats are built different. I'll bet no one tests these things on every car. I should be able to buy a seat built for the MINI alone, tested, crashed in it, etc., but no one is going to do that. Your standards may approve the seat moving around as it's hit, but I would think that is just asking for trouble , because you can't tell which way the forces are actually going to come from in an accident in the real world. Another reason testing only confirms the test not the real world. I still will stick with my top tether and my seat cinched down tightly on a rear wedge if I need it so it is resting foursquare on the bottom of the baby seat, and hope she stays exactly where I put her if we should ever have to faceoff with another vehicle again.Thanks for the thoughts though.