Thread: More "infant friendly" landy than a series 3? Options?

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

i have heard s3's are quite good in crashes( or maybe just rollovers) i know our defender did well at protecting me. i have also seen and heard that the disco 1,2 are not so good. i think you will struggle to find a good 300tdi on a budget. you may get lucky but then it depends on how much time you have.
i know this is a bit personal but what would your budget be roughly if you sold your s3?

Depends on what I got for the series 3 and the shed full of parts I have for it. Assuming I got what I want for it I would think I'd have a total of about $5-6k to work with - she has to be worth at least $4k at current prices, plus all the extras on it and the parts I have as well.

I can afford more than that but have to replace before I sell the series if it happens so I do have the backup available to cover this.

What I really want is a Kombi but I think this may still be a pipe dream.

I really don't want 5 or 6 or 8 cylinders and know nothing about diesels.

Originally Posted by Killer

I was able to get my SIII certified for a child seat in the front row, simply by drilling a hole right at the back of the tub (SW beside the door/tailgate opening, where there are several thicknesse of metal. I then bolted the standard child seat attachment fitting to this, I may heave had to use a longer bolt I can't remember. The child seat strap was just long enoufh to reach this position. I then took it to a certifier and it went through no problems. Give me a yell if you need to know more.

Cheers, Mick.

Being a lwb this may be hard to do this way. I'm sure it is doable but I will wait and see. What if there was a fitting already fitted for a car seat though? A lot of them used to just have a hole drilled through the parcel shelf (for a sedan) and these are fine. How are they to tell that the mod is new or old since a rwc or inspection doesn't look for child restraints.

Maybe you could buy a cheap car with rego to drive while you track down some series model 5 door panels and convert the S3. Coat of paint then sell the cheap car. Everyboby wins

Buy a Disco1 300TDi, it will use less fuel than the S3 and the engines are reasonably bullet-proof.

Or as others have said: buy a cheap flat car and keep the S3.

i am sure you could get a decent 4cyl car for around 5k-6k with around 100-150kms. i love the series landys but i can understand your problem. it would be awesome if you could have both, but then that is probably a long shot. is there a certain time limit that you need to have this sorted out by?

Sorry, I didn't read your original post correctly (LWB Hardtop), it may be worth talking to an engineer about positioning a bolt for yours though, he may be able to suggest a suitable place for it. I would not like to just put a hole anywhere and try to get away with it. I hope you can find a suitable solution.

Cheers, Mick.

Sadly can't justify 2 cars. 2 x rego costs when one is bad enough isn't an option for me. Besides who wants to drive a car when you have owned a series landy??? I've gotten used to the rough ride and the high driving position.

I'm sure a solution will present itself.

if you had a 109 s/w would that be good enough?