Width of GU and 100 series

they fit fine in my GU.

Your best bet is to take your seats to a dealer and try them for yourself.

Having recently owned both and still own the GU, I would say the 'Cruiser has a tad more room inside. But I've never measured either of 'em.

I don't think that either of 'em had fixings for 3 baby seats. I only ever saw 2 - but my kids are 30 and 35 years old and when they were born, cars weren't invented back then!

;)

Try looking on the Manufacturers websites for the relevant vehicle specs.

Bilbo

Kids get bigger quickly and together with this you need some flexibility with seating.

What put us off Nissans was:

- No lap+sash seat belt and No headrest for the centre seat of the second row of seats (safety issues); and

- the second row of seats splits in the centre which is uncomfortable.

A 100 Series has lap+sash and headrests for all seating positions and the second row of seats splits 1/3 & 2/3 which makes it more comfortable.

EV700

Unless they've changed, I think you'll find that the 2nd row of seats in the GU only has provision for 2 baby seats to be anchored, plus there is a point behind one of the 3rd row seats (which would be a pain to try and get a child into I reckon).

Our kids are now 6,9 & 11. But, when the youngest was born (about 1 month after I bought the GU in late 2000), I was faced with this dilema. Although the oldest boy was okay (no baby seat needed for him), the 2nd lad was still in a booster seat and we had to put a capsule in the middle of the 2nd row. No anchor point was availbale. But, we had a cargo barrier.........

Now, the do-gooders will get upset with me.......

I bolted a piece of steel across the width of the cargo barrier (in the cargo section). It was just at the height of the back seats. I bolted a baby seat anchor bracket to that bit of steel and attached the capsule to it.

As far as I was concerned, that set-up (although not compliant with the law), was at least as safe as having the capsule anchored to a "proper" point........which, after all, is just a captive nut with a decent sized washer under the floor. In my mind, my set-up was anchored to 4 (FOUR) solid anchor points; the 4 bolts that held the cargo barrier in place.

Fortunately I never had to find out whether my engineering skills were up to the task, but I still stand by my decision.

Cheers

Roachie

gday DJ

I think, as others have said, the cruiser may be a little bigger, and have a better back seat (seatbelts, headrests etc). we fitted the car seat in the middle with 2 extesion straps from the mounting points to the join between the seats, which worked perfectly, and gave us I would consider the best mounting points, can't go forward, or sideways at all. Sitting on the crack in the middle is not an issue (Ihave never done it but SWMBO has on occasions between the 2 kids seats without complaint, which she is good at!)

Cheers Andrew

Hi mate,
you asked which one is wider and as usual u got, mine is this, my mates is that.....if you go to the nissan website & the toyota website they give u the accurate measurements of the two vehicles. You wont have any troubles with either vehicle.

I've owned both and the 100 seems much bigger inside.

HI and thanks again for your help. Cool suggestions re fitting the third seat. I've been scanning the local nissan dealer but they don't have any Patrols in stock yet. When they do, I'll go in and have a look. I've already looked at the Landcruiser. Sounds like either vehicle will do the job well, though will have to be a bit creative to get the third anchor point. Our kids are 4, nearly 2 and 6 mths to go. Really appreciate your feedback.

DJ

There is only 2 anchor points for the 2nd row of the Patrols. Thats because they have a 50/50 split for the seats. There is usually another anchor point in the third row.

I think the Cruiser is better in that regard , along with the Lap/sash and head rest for the middle of the 2nd row.