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I'll chime in.
I have a three year old daughter and another in the oven. Neither of my 911s are "daily drivers", however when my daughter was 1 month old, we relocated to Seattle and brought my wife's Honda and my SC. For about 3 months my SC was my daily driver, and my daughter regularly rode with me. Here are my observations: Rear facing could be made to work in the rear, but the front passenger seat will be useless. Personally, I never found a rear facing car seat base that would fit properly in the seat bottom in the rear of the car. Rear facing in the front is much more practical, but the back seats will be virtually useless. Before you buy a car seat, take measurements... lots of them. Go to a reputable car seat dealer and ask to test fit the seat base in your car. I did this, and until you actually put the base in the car, you really have no idea how it will fit.
I hate to break it to you, and I am sure that others with children will chime in, but you have NO IDEA how much ***** you will be carrying around with an infant. NO IDEA. The 80s 911 won't work carrying around a full car seat, all the crap that you have to have with you to care for a kid, and a pissed off wife.
Now that I have said that, here is the smartest thing to do: Your wife is much shorter than mine so short trips could be made to work with her riding in the back seat or in the front all the way up (my wife is 5-9" and there is no way she would fit in my car with me & a baby seat). You mentioned that you often take trips upstate... Do yourself a favor and just rent a car for those trips. You will all be much happier in the long run.
Good Luck Brother. I have been there!
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