Volvo XC wagon

[pixiepunk]

from the pictures i've seen this looks nice and big inside. anyone have one? anyone know if you can fit 3 across comfortably? two older kids - a 2 yo 32 pounder and a 4 yo 38 pounder, they are both in the Evenflo Chase, and my friend who just got a Radian for her 1 yo gave me her Graco Safeseat for the baby we're expecting in April.

we've currently got a Subaru Impreza, so we will have to buy a new car to fit 3 seats without question. the Volvo has a rear-facing third row seat for the occasional extra passenger, but i'm definitely not intending to put one of my kids back there all the time, so i need to make sure i can fit them all three in the back seat easily.

any help/advice would be great. because we have to buy a new car (and we're buying used - on a tight budget) i really can't also buy new carseats, so it's better for us to pick a car we know will work (if we need a regular third row seat, we can get something other than the volvo). but i like the idea of having them all at arms reach since we seem to alway be handing things back and forth, picking up dropped toys on long car trips, etc. and we have a medium sized dog and do a good bit of traveling so having a nice big trunk when we don't need extra seating appeals to me.

thanks!

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	Graco Safe Seat Step 1 - Click for more info The Graco Safe Seat (Step 1)—if you couldn't gather from the name— is intended to be the first of a three-seat process. The Step 1 is for infants in a rear-facing position; the Step 2 is for bigger, older kids in the forward-position; the Step 3 is a belt-positioning booster seat without the safety harness of the previous two.

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[Papooses]

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