Need the voice of "reason"... 2007 Mustang GT... For a "dad" with young kids?

[wurm]

spacescape wrote:
DAMN YOU GUYS... Your not helping! haa haa. Well, the voice of reason was the "opps" from the sales guy who did a $1000 typo in his e-mail... So, instead of $18K it's $19K... That should help.

Typo, shmypo. I'd be willing to bet that if you walked in with $18k cash, you could drive away in the car.

[mrlynn]

I've been toying with the Mustang/Miata convertible idea for a year now, and keep running into the "Do I really want a garage queen?" dilemma (no room in the garage, for one thing) for the winters here in eastern Mass. I can drive RWDs in snow, but it's the salt that bugs me: eats up everything around here.

But I want a convertible. Now I'm back to thinking about a Jeep. If only there were a quick way to get the top up when it rains. . .


/Mr Lynn

[AAA]

I had a third car off an on over the years. Ended up taking the first offers on all of them. That is, people offered to buy them before I said anything. But, yeah, I hate no space. My house is on cul de sac. No street parking due to the design, and I have a fire hydrant in my part. No drive or extra storage space.

So, I bought a bike. Might by another one this year for the wife.

Not much space needed.

[ADent]

I am a practical guy, so no Mustang for me since the back seat is unusable. Might as well get a Miata or Z4.

Think about a 2004-2006 GTO or 2008-2009 G8 GT if you need a V8 muscle car - as both have usable back seats .

[SDGuy]

A 2 and a 4 year old?
Here's what your ride really should be...

[mstudio]

MacArtist wrote:
You want the Mustang. You think buying a something else would be more practical.

The points you score for buying something practical will be short lived if you constantly talk about the Mustang afterwards. Your wife knows this (they know everything). She wants you to quit talking about the Mustang. The only way that will happen is if you buy it.

Her saying "buy it" is really a polite and expensive way of saying "shut up already".

She wants you to talk to her about how she looks beautiful. How you love her more today than 10 years ago. How gorgeous her shoes look. On and on...

Life is short. If it's something you really, really want; I say do it.

And afterwards, take your wife on a date and tell her how beautiful she is.

How astute, you are totally right on. I recently went through a similar situation.

[mrbigstuff]

I hate to be the voice of reason here, but you really need rear doors for safety for your kids. You also need a car that won't allow them to fly out of the top (a convertible). Also, a wagon is what you need.

You should really concentrate on that.

A nice safe Volvo is what you need. This is the one I'm getting.

[AlphaDog]

I'm sorry, but I'm refusing to be the voice of reason. Life is too short. If you want a Mustang, get a Mustang. I didn't give up driving them until my body got to the point where it was complaining too much every time it had to fold up to get in. I had some really cool ones and most were V8s. Ah to be young again. This board has a bunch of fussbudgets on it; it's your life, so live it the way you want to. If a person tried to follow the advice of everyone here, we'd be paralyzed.

[Racer X]

2 years old and almost 30K? My 72 Skylark has 138K, and my 71 GS has 93K. You need to look a little bit harder. (my '71 had 69K in 1990)

[Speedy]

Could you trade the extra kid in for the Mustang?