tjbarnes74

So, simple and to the point, I am in the market for a new (used) truck, no children at the moment.

On my wishlist is 4x4, less than 75,000 miles, 2012 or newer, and my high end budget is about 20k (which, unless I get very lucky, rules out a crew cab). Though I have no kids and no plans for at least 3 more years, I know fate sometimes has different plans.

In a pinch, can an extended cab 2012-2014 model fit a car seat for an infant through approximately 3 years old?

Midnightcity

Sure. I have a forward facing on the side and rear facing in the middle. If it's your main family vehicle I'd go with a crew but super cab works fine.

SteveLord

I agree that a crewcab is better long term. But supercab can still do the job.

Straight6jeff

Been there done that. With an infant carrier, it had to go on the passenger side because the seat had to be forward about 3 inches to fit (britax marathon). Once forward facing the seat still had to be forward about 2 inches. Once he moved into an intermediate forward facing seat, it had to go into the middle because his feet were squished. Then at 2.5 years his feet were on the console. Number 2 came along at the 22 month mark.

Ended up trading the extended cab for a crew cab because both boys were in the 99th percentile for height....very tall for their age.

the extended cab will work, but if height runs in the genes, a supercrew will work better

Ricktwuhk

So can a small sedan.

tjbarnes74

Thank you fellas, Yeah I am 5'11, lady is about 5 foot even so height may not be a problem, and she has a toyota pruis that will likely be our main family vehicle

M0RRIS

You might get lucky with a crew cab. A coworker just bought a 2012 lariat with a crew cab, 6.5' box and a 5.4L that has 135k kms for $17k. That's in Canadian dollars before you guys say wtf.
So converted to American it's 83k miles and he paid $12k.
It's showing like 17k kms/year which is under the average and the body looks clean.

I'd look at all options if I were you. You never know, you could get lucky. Even if it has less options it could be cheaper. I was looking at f250's as well as f150's. I could find them up in Toronto for $25k-$28k for a crew that had either gas or diesel as a motor choice, was a government vehicle, and was 5-7 years old. The mileage was similar to what my coworker got that I listed above. If I didn't find this truck I was tempted to buy one of those. It would have been way more truck than I needed but the price was right.

Kung

Easily, I'd say. If you have a huge seat (Britax marathon), you may have to either move a seat forward an inch or two, or put it in the middle of the back seat, but we had no issues with ours.

RLXXI

No such beast, the last year that engine was used is 2010.
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M0RRIS

Typo. I meant 2010. I'm used to typing 2012 for mine.