Im working on a fixed budget of about 0 my floor of my 98 tj is pretty scratched and some rusted spots but not rusted through. People who had it before me had 2 car seats and it scratched the hell out of the back and he was a firefighter and well we will just say the floor is pretty nasty. I also have some leaking in the floor water will come up while driving in heavy rain and that could be fixed by covering my floorboard in herculiner. The question is should I put it in or spend the money on something else for my jeep and if so what? Also I ride with the top and doors off alot in the summer and ive heard the liner can get goey? Also only have the money for 1-2 coats people say it takes 3-4?
Well its not really weakness of the floor its just that it is nasty and if I was to put a new metal floor in and paint it, it would just get scratched up again. Plus when there is a flaw in the herculiner you can just bond it with more of the paint. Plus there are some miner leaks in my florrboard and its very annoying when it rains of im offroading. I have no way to cut metal and I personally think that would cost to much and take to long for I need to be able top drive my jeep daily but I could work on it for a weekend.

We have a small(er) car (Toyota Matrix) that we need to purchase a convertible car seat for. Our other car sear is an Evenflo and fits great in our van, but I doubt the same kind would fit in the Matrix. Anyone have any recommedations for car seats for smaller cars?
eml – We love our Matrix. It’s a great size and the hatchback makes it easy to fit tons of stuff in. We have the 4WD model which is great in weather.

We have a travel system (car seat for infants + stroller) and we will eventually have to buy a car seat for bigger kids.

Most car seats hold up to 4o to 65 pounds… but someone told us that some car seats will hold to 100 pounds.

Do you know of a good car seat that will hold to 100 pounds? We have a big baby and we want the seat to last as long as possible.

I have a 5 year old and am expecting in May – what’s the best way to install the car seats in my car? Should I place the infant car seat in the middle or is it okay to separate them a little?

I’m starting to look into convertible carseats for my son. He is almost too big for our infant carrier. However, our car is not real big. It’s a Honda Accord and I don’t want a carseat that will take up the whole back seat. I would also like to keep him rear facing. Does anyone have any good convertible carseat recommendations? I’m just starting to shop around and I really don’t know which car seats are good and which ones aren’t worth it.

This day in age we primarily drive small cars and pick ups. These car seats take up 2/3s of a seat. They look like an ejection seat out od a Jet. The same goes for these transformer High chairs, you need to add onto your kitchen to fit these battle star galactia space ships into your kitchen.

I am wanting to take my 6 month old son on a plane trip, seated on my lap, but do not know how to bring a car seat. I would prefer to bring my own car seat than to rent one at our destination. Are car seats allowed as carry on baggage or are they only allowed as checked baggage?
Thank you so much for your help.

We would like to know which portable car seats to take a look at to keep in our cars. Most people who have toddlers and travel by air would like to have a driver with a car seat as they leave theirs at home.

Also, please say why you like it.

Thanks.

My husband says since the fumes are contained there is no possibility of an explosion. I think it is a risk. I am suggesting for him to use a butane heater instead. It is going to be -9 tonight and we need the truck done soon, as we have 4 children in car seats and no other vehicle will hold us all.
I am just adding that my husband is really set on this and continues to tell me there is no risk. He comes to the internet daily learning and getting more information on tons of things. I hope this pays off so he can see that I am not just the worried wife.
the only reason why I thought the butane heater was in hopes he could just shut it off while he was working on areas of questions and turn it back on when safe versus spending the time extinguishing the fire and starting again?
thank you, thank you, thank you! He opted to not have the wood burning stove on!!

This is long, but I got it in an email and would like some thoughts and/or opinions on it:

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930′s, 40′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no
brakes. Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren’t overweight.
WHY?

Because we were always outside playing….that’s why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
running into the bushes a few times,we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes. There were no
video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them..

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been
an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.