06-07-2019, 11:56 AM | #51 | |
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You could always pencil one in for 4-5 years from now, when K1 can ride in the front seat and K2 will be small enough to ride in the back. That's where I am, now, though what I've found is that since my K1 can ride in the front (and K2 is almost there), the Boxster is actually more useful than it used to be, and it's hard to justify giving that up for a 911. |
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06-07-2019, 12:58 PM | #52 | |
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Yep rear facing seats are huge. One good thing about the f10 m5 w is that I believe you can adjust the upper backrest angle separately which helps with rear facing seats (since it’s the upper most portion that typically hits the seat back). Atkeast that’s how it was on my old f10 with the multicontour seats. F80 seatbacks have that hard carbon fiber shell right? Might make the seats bulkier and therefore harder to get a rear facing seat in there. |
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06-07-2019, 01:00 PM | #53 | |
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06-07-2019, 01:11 PM | #54 | |
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I never had a problem even in the E46, but that was because my wife is short so we had her seat forward. We also used Britax Roundabouts (my gosh that brings back memories) and they were pretty small. |
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06-07-2019, 02:36 PM | #55 |
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I've Googled searching for people who have replaced F80 seats with F10 ones...
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06-07-2019, 04:42 PM | #56 |
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Congrats, Zach!
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06-08-2019, 09:27 AM | #57 |
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Being you have the X5 I think you’d be fine with the 911 as long as your wife knows how to drive a manual for the occasion you need to take the little guy out by yourself in the truck. It isn’t the most convenient car to have with such small kids and you’d need to plan things out for the days you need to go as a family but it is doable.
I can’t see putting the whole family in a 911 if you didn’t have too ... I just looked at my drivers seat and there is literally about 4 1/4 inches between the seat back and the back seat and if memory serves me right my 991 is slightly bigger than the 997. |
07-10-2019, 06:45 PM | #58 |
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AF - just seeing your comment now. Wife prefers manual so no issues there.
On the F10 topic, check out what seems to be an e39-themed F10 m5 build |
07-11-2019, 06:51 PM | #59 | |
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07-12-2019, 05:59 AM | #60 |
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