E92 coupe and a baby..

minttea

I have a baby on the way and a coupe (BMW E92) on the driveway...

Just wondering how other people have got on... is it difficult to manage or should I start looking into getting myself another 2 doors?

Mr Benevolent

minttea wrote: »

I have a baby on the way and a coupe (BMW E92) on the driveway...

Just wondering how other people have got on... is it difficult to manage or should I start looking into getting myself another 2 doors?

It's doable but not ideal. Until you have another kid it should be fine though.

unkel

Best of luck with your baby on the way!

You'll be fine with your 2 door coupe. And no, you do not need a 4 door 7 seat MPV now you're about to become a parent.

Tragedy

I'm not up on coupe's and child seats and the ins and outs of them, but if you're going to be putting the child seat in the back: You will put your back out eventually!

bad2dabone

lovely car, once you have an isofix base installed (something like this http://www.maxi-cosi.com/gb-en/carseats/baby/easyfix)
you'll be able to click the car-seat in and out fairly easily, the only difficulty will arise if you have to park close in to other cars or if someone parks too close to you - cos of the e92's long doors and low roof access to the rear seats.

JHMEG

Tragedy wrote: »

I'm not up on coupe's and child seats and the ins and outs of them, but if you're going to be putting the child seat in the back: You will put your back out eventually!

Only if your child is fat.

galwaytt

I had 2 kids in baby seats, in a TT, so, comparatively, the 3-er is a Bus. I see no issue.

And, ++ small people can't open/mess with rear doors that aren't there......

Tragedy

JHMEG wrote: »

Only if your child is fat.

It's not the weight, it's the twisting of your back.

BostonB

You can put you back out doing anything, even just turning the wrong way. So holding a weight out at arms length is going to increase the risk. But if you are careful not to overreach you shouldn't have a problem. If you had a bad back, then you might find it a problem. Like bad2dabone said the main problem would be parking with long doors and trying to get baby and baby seat out.

Common sense should tell you its easier with 4 doors but its not impossible with 2.

minttea

Thanks everyone.. very helpful.

I'm going to give it a go for a while and see how I get on.

Leprechaun77

You should be grand with the newborn at the start as they are generally in a carseat while putting them into the car. An Isofix base is a MUST! The problem occurs at 7-9 months when they grow out of this seat. You then need to get a forward facing seat that stays in the car. I am at this stage now at it is a pain in the ars€ lifting the little one in and out of the missus' 3-door....

MarkN

Should be ok - anytime I was putting a baby into mine I just stepped into the car to secure the belt etc.. if you've a bad back I suppose it would be difficult.

kildare.17hmr

minttea wrote: »

Thanks everyone.. very helpful.

I'm going to give it a go for a while and see how I get on.

Grand for startin off in the rearward facin seat but like the post above me says once the forward facing one comes itll be a pain in the arse! not to mention the fact the kid will have no room for his feet if the stick out over his seat! this is when i changed to a saloon and tbh never looked back!
some things are more important than the nice coupe in the garden;)

Sobanek

I'd suggest you buy a 4-door saloon / hatch / estate when your baby will be around five

Congrats!

frank gooding

At least there is no fear of kids opening back doors in a coupe.

I know I did it when I was a kid, gave the folks a bit of a fright.

Silver lining found keep the bm.

biko

Try it with the coupe, see if it works. If not go 4 doors.