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Saint.V8 said:
The L322 is the baby conveyance....the Defender is the vehicle for the other one of us to use.....

Summer never travelled in the P38 as it doesn't have isofix mounts, so having a 2 seat Defender makes no difference.

When I take Summer to nursery, I'll drive the L322 and when my partner takes Summer to the nursery she'll drive the L322.

during the weekends we use the L322.
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And when the L322 is off the road?
 
wil2813 said:
don't think any of us on here had isofix when we were put in a car as a nipper.not suggesting anything other than its a excellent idea but never hurt us years ago unless were just lucky
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It is actually said that isofix can do more harm than good....

Isofix is a solid fixing and the belt has some give....research states that in the event of collision, more force is transmitted to the car seat using isofix, as the belt will give and stretch and slow the impact time down resulting in less force transmission!!

The problem lies (and why isofix is recommended over belts) is that you can't really go wrong placing and securing the baby seat with isofix, its click and go!! Whereas research also suggests that almost a 1/3rd of belt secured seats are installed incorrectly....
 
wil2813 said:
don't think any of us on here had isofix when we were put in a car as a nipper.not suggesting anything other than its a excellent idea but never hurt us years ago unless were just lucky
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Isofix - you were lucky (prompts 4 Yorkshiremen sketch)

When I were a lad we didn't even have seatbelts, I once went from Staffordshire to Scotland standing in the front footwell of my Dad's Rover 90 with my nose pressed against the windscreen (true)

And you tell young people that today - they won't believe you . . .

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Yep carry cot on back seat was all we used to do. And drive sensibly of course, something that seems to beyond the ability of most drivers these days.
 
odyssey said:
Isofix - you were lucky (prompts 4 Yorkshiremen sketch)

When I were a lad we didn't even have seatbelts, I once went from Staffordshire to Scotland standing in the front footwell of my Dad's Rover 90 with my nose pressed against the windscreen (true)

And you tell young people that today - they won't believe you . . .

A
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I can top that, drove right across France and Germany with little lad in a carry cot on the back seat or standing between the front seats of my Morris 1300 and a year later drove back.:D
 
Isofix? Us four boys would race to get into the back of my old man's Comma van first - why? The first two would get the relative comfort of the wheel arches to sit on - the next two would get to sit on one of the (many) toolboxes - as my old man was a plant engineer the tools were huge and heavy - spanners the size of your arm - if he turned the van over there would be four minced kids left when the doors were opened! Considering he had a habit of nodding off on the motorway (Mum would prod him to wake him up) I'm surprised we're still alive! Them were the days eh?... :lol:
 
StuckAgainSteve said:
Isofix? Us four boys would race to get into the back of my old man's Comma van first - why? The first two would get the relative comfort of the wheel arches to sit on - the next two would get to sit on one of the (many) toolboxes - as my old man was a plant engineer the tools were huge and heavy - spanners the size of your arm - if he turned the van over there would be four minced kids left when the doors were opened! Considering he had a habit of nodding off on the motorway (Mum would prod him to wake him up) I'm surprised we're still alive! Them were the days eh?... :lol:
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My RRC is stuffed to the gills with my tools and its tools, so I've worried about that myself.
 
Comma van, father had two of those yellow ex gpo first van i ever drove, before that morris minor van parents in the front 4 kids in back sitting on the plumbing tools, oh the fun
now ive got 2 kids and cant go out as a family in my van as its only got room for 3 :(
 
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brianp38dse said:
Comma van, father had two of those yellow ex gpo first van i ever drove, before that morris minor van parents in the front 4 kids in back sitting on the plumbing tools, oh the fun
now ive got 2 kids and cant go out as a family in my van as its only got room for 3 :(
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My old man's was a yellow ex GPO one too - but resprayed blue - on the outside only!
 
For the money the old gpo commers were great, the roof rack was amazingly heavy duty, and the old man still has the alloy racking in use in the shed, the three foot long starting handle was great never a problem on a cold morning.
 
This brings back happy memories of the eight or so of us in our late teens who used to be driven around country pubs and village dances by my mates sister who drove an Anglia van. As long as the doors shut, we were just fine.....
 
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