OK, I'm planning on ordering my 05 in the summer if all goes according to plan, but I have a few reservations about it, here's the situation.
I've planned on getting a new car this coming summer for some time, my wife has an 02 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it will be paid off by then and it's my turn. This car will be my daily driver. I have two small kids, 5 and 1.5 years old, both are in booster seats. For awhile now my plan was to get a nice sports sedan, originally I was looking at the Mazda 6. I looked at the Magnum to, but the price for the Hemi version was a little more than I wanted to spend, and to get it without the Hemi would be unthinkable. Plus the lack of a manual trans option really turned me off. Then I moved onto the new Subaru Legacy GT, what a hoot to drive and quick as snot for a fairly large 4 door family hauler. I was pretty much set on the Subaru, fantastic car for the money. I've seen the new Mustang since the NY auto show last year, and fell in love with it from the get go, but due to the above circumstances I never seriously entertained the idea of getting one. Then my wife saw that cornfield commercial, and she looks at me and says she absolutely loves the car and I should get it. I nearly fell off the couch. I then told her to make sure she wasn't yanking my chain, because that would really piss me off if she was leading me on. She wasn't, she was dead serious.
Now here's my question (sorry for the long lead in), has anyone tried to haul kids around in the back of the 05? I went down and looked at the car and as I feared the back seat is pretty small. It actually seemed smaller than the rear seats in my 71 Mach, if thats at all possible. But I figure a) my kids are small, so they are probably the only ones that will be able to sit back there comfortably and b) I'm never really carrying them around in my car for extended periods of time, we usually use her truck for long trips. Farthest I usually go with the kids is an hour drive to the inlaws and stuff like that, and I'm rarely called upon to do dad chauffer duty at all. I also initially had reservations about a RWD car as a daily driver in the NJ winters. After giving it some thought though I'm not to worried, its got ABS and traction control, and I cut my teeth driving vintage Stangs and Chevys in the snow and without the benefit of those computer do-dads. It's just that I've gotten complacent the last few years, I've been driving 4x4's or front drivers for so long in the snow I've forgotten what it's like. I'm fairly certain I'm still getting the Stang, I just wanted to see if anyone else has tried to use it for the occasional family duty. I figure I'm only gonna live once, and I grew up stuffed in the back of dad's Mustangs and survived it. I guess what I'm looking for here is some positive reinforcement. Don't get me wrong, I've got no delusions about the cars practicality, I just really want one!!!
I've planned on getting a new car this coming summer for some time, my wife has an 02 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it will be paid off by then and it's my turn. This car will be my daily driver. I have two small kids, 5 and 1.5 years old, both are in booster seats. For awhile now my plan was to get a nice sports sedan, originally I was looking at the Mazda 6. I looked at the Magnum to, but the price for the Hemi version was a little more than I wanted to spend, and to get it without the Hemi would be unthinkable. Plus the lack of a manual trans option really turned me off. Then I moved onto the new Subaru Legacy GT, what a hoot to drive and quick as snot for a fairly large 4 door family hauler. I was pretty much set on the Subaru, fantastic car for the money. I've seen the new Mustang since the NY auto show last year, and fell in love with it from the get go, but due to the above circumstances I never seriously entertained the idea of getting one. Then my wife saw that cornfield commercial, and she looks at me and says she absolutely loves the car and I should get it. I nearly fell off the couch. I then told her to make sure she wasn't yanking my chain, because that would really piss me off if she was leading me on. She wasn't, she was dead serious.
Now here's my question (sorry for the long lead in), has anyone tried to haul kids around in the back of the 05? I went down and looked at the car and as I feared the back seat is pretty small. It actually seemed smaller than the rear seats in my 71 Mach, if thats at all possible. But I figure a) my kids are small, so they are probably the only ones that will be able to sit back there comfortably and b) I'm never really carrying them around in my car for extended periods of time, we usually use her truck for long trips. Farthest I usually go with the kids is an hour drive to the inlaws and stuff like that, and I'm rarely called upon to do dad chauffer duty at all. I also initially had reservations about a RWD car as a daily driver in the NJ winters. After giving it some thought though I'm not to worried, its got ABS and traction control, and I cut my teeth driving vintage Stangs and Chevys in the snow and without the benefit of those computer do-dads. It's just that I've gotten complacent the last few years, I've been driving 4x4's or front drivers for so long in the snow I've forgotten what it's like. I'm fairly certain I'm still getting the Stang, I just wanted to see if anyone else has tried to use it for the occasional family duty. I figure I'm only gonna live once, and I grew up stuffed in the back of dad's Mustangs and survived it. I guess what I'm looking for here is some positive reinforcement. Don't get me wrong, I've got no delusions about the cars practicality, I just really want one!!!
'96 Neon winter beater, and I also want a new toy to replace (or share stable with) my '94 GT, so I just may get an '05 GT to kill 2 birds with one stone. 
