New addition to the family

We are now officially a 2 child household! How well does the Leaf fit child seats? Better than our '99 Corolla (and much easier to get in and out due to the increased height of the vehicle). Its definitely not a huge car by North American standards, but being used to compacts most of our lives, the Leaf is actually very spacious inside. Here is a infant bucket seat next to a front facing toddler seat:

An adult can be squished in the back, either on the side, or even in the middle between the two seats. The limiting factor is the width of the carseat themselves. For the toddler we picked up a used Clek Foonf that is much slimmer than the EvenFlo (still in the Corolla), and it is much more space efficient while feeling a lot more solid too. The EvenFlo bucket infant seat is actually the wider one that takes up more space. It is possible to wedge in a (smaller) adult on the side, or even between the two car seats in the middle. Getting out is a bit of an issue in the latter case. We've since traveled with the full allotment of 3 adults and 2 kids (as well as the 4 adult 1 kid permutation). Definitely not ideal, but doable if needed.

Internet hearsay suggests its possible, with the right combination, to have THREE child seats in the back. I would not think of such a thing, for safety and many other reasons :P. At that point I would definitely pine for the passenger version of the e-NV200, which has yet to cross the pond...

Here's the Leaf parked outside the Glen super hospital site with a conveniently located public charging terminal. At $1/hr for charge and no parking fees, it beats the other pay parking spots around there!

As someone not accustomed to publicly advertising my family composition or vehicle contents, I reluctantly made this addition to the car after being tired of getting tailgated and honked at in the 30km/hr zones in our neighbourhood:

Time will tell how well it works...