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Originally Posted by Xerexyz
Okay, we do have two cars. We also have a Mazda 3, which is an adequately fun and more traditional family car. Just have to strap the kid in tighter so they can't grab that fabric strap.
BUT! In the 86 I can reach my kid's face from the driver's seat and pull something out of his mouth, I have an irrational fear of him choking. Can't do that in my sister's land yacht Chrysler Pacifica, all the kids are many arms' length away in that vehicle.
To all the people worrying about having a rear facing seat, I was completely in that camp... that's why we got the Civic. That car wasn't bad btw... it wasn't as much fun as the fr-s, but my wife loved it.
BTW, our other cars that we had when we had the Civic were a 90 Miata and an 85 RX-7 both of which we had to sell after the accident. I'm now in complete fear of people on the road in the midwest and those cars were definitely much much less safe in an accident than the 86 platform.
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Oh, my, so much to comment on in your post. However, I'll just give my opinion on a child choking part. Assuming you don't fill the child's lap with chokable items, and the kid is properly strapped in, I figure that a person would be more at risk because of distracted driving by reaching around and tending to the kid, than the chance of a kid choking to death.
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