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Torn on selling the Mustang for a 4 door

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Alienwho

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I have a 2012 Mustang. Just broken in with 15k miles. I bought it new and love the car, but since I purchased it my wife has had a baby and we have another on the way (I guess my boys can swim).

I'm really starting to feel the limitations of having a two door vehicle. My wife has a nice crossover that we use for all family stuff but every now and then I've got to fit the baby seat in the mustang which isn't easy, and will be impossible with two. Because of that I've caught the itch to sell it for a more practical 4 door.

The car I really want is a focus ST, but those are going for around $26k in the package I want (ST2+). I'll probably get around $17-$18k for the mustang and it kills me to think about dropping an additional $8-9k on a vehicle that won't be any faster. The mustang is bare bones with just the 6 speed manual and 3:31 gears. I find myself missing an upscale interior and gadgets like bluetooth.

So I've been thinking about alternatives, and I'm actually considering the Hyundai Sonata SE 2.0T. I can get a brand new one that has all the fun gadgets and nice interior I want for $21k, marked down for a $27k. This seems much more reasonable to me than the ST but I am not in love with the exterior styling of the vehicle. I prefer the Kia Optima if I'm being honest but for some reason those are like $3-4k more, so if I'm considering that I'd just get the ST instead.

Any other recommendations? If I could straight up trade the mustang for a fun 4 door vehicle that has as low miles and is reasonably fun to drive I'd be golden.

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I actually just got off the phone with a Ford dealer that has a loaded ST3 with a 30,230 sticker price that I can get for $25735. Very tempting.
 
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Really sounds like a Charger with that slick 8spd V6 is up your ally. I own a 2013 focus. Technically you can get car seats in it. Realistically it's not a good car seat vehicle at all. If you ever have a person in the passenger seat that rear facing seat is going to be murderous to them.
 
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Really sounds like a Charger with that slick 8spd V6 is up your ally. I own a 2013 focus. Technically you can get car seats in it. Realistically it's not a good car seat vehicle at all. If you ever have a person in the passenger seat that rear facing seat is going to be murderous to them.
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I've actually looked at these, but I can't even find a used one for cheaper than $25k in my area.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Why does a father of two need a fast sports car?
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Why not?

In many families one car ends up being the primary "family" hauler. And the other just needs to be functional enough to do the odd day care pickup or shuttle duty if the other car isn't available. The rest of the days it's just the driver only in it. If you enjoy performance cars why limit yourself just because you have kids?
 
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Why not?

In many families one car ends up being the primary "family" hauler. And the other just needs to be functional enough to do the odd day care pickup or shuttle duty if the other car isn't available. The rest of the days it's just the driver only in it. If you enjoy performance cars why limit yourself just because you have kids?
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Speeding tickets, killing yourself or someone else playing racer boy, damage to your vehicle and or other peoples properties. Add to that he is now responsible for two children having a drivers license usually helps. Public roads aren't your personal race track.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Speeding tickets, killing yourself or someone else playing racer boy, damage to your vehicle and or other peoples properties. Add to that he is now responsible for two children having a drivers license usually helps. Public roads aren't your personal race track.
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Maybe he lives in the country and can routinely hammer it on back roads while still staying within speed limits. That's what I do. Live out in the country and have about a 10 mile drive each way with little traffic, some light curves, and enough direction changes to stretch out the cars legs a few times. All while staying within the road speed limits.
 
Oh, wait, you mean fast cars can't go slow?

Come on man, for many of us a fun car is worth it over a practical car.
 
Phanuel said:
Oh, wait, you mean fast cars can't go slow?

Come on man, for many of us a fun car is worth it over a practical car.
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Sure they can but they usually aren't suited well for hauling a family around, don't get great mpg, and also aren't usually designed with safety first in mind. But if looking cool while screaming Yolo out the window while driving 100mph trumps that then by all means Yolo dawg.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Sure they can but they usually aren't suited well for hauling a family around, don't get great mpg, and also aren't usually designed with safety first in mind. But if looking cool while screaming Yolo out the window while driving 100mph trumps that then by all means Yolo dawg.
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He's not buying a Panamera or an Estoque or an S7 or and M5 to take his family to the doctors. He's looking at completely reasonable cars with normal amounts of HP these days.

I love the look of the STs these days, really happy that Ford has finally brought the Euro fun over stateside.
 
Why do you always care so much what people should or should not be buying? Live and let live. Constant preaching about what someone else should or shouldn't buy doesn't really give a favorable impression.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Why does a father of two need a fast sports car?
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Allows him to dream. 😛

Also, just get extra car seats and put them in the back for emergency outings.

If you can afford tbe car and swim gear, a couple of extra seats will not kill you

You can always Craigslist when your swimmers are grounded permanently. :thumbsup:
 
Roommate who is a mechanic just sold his mustang and got an RX8. They are a family friendly 4 door that can really go.

I see no problem with going four-door. 🙂
 
My wife and I both drove Mustangs until #2 came along (when our oldest was 6). I kept my Mustang another 3 years.
 
ketchup79 said:
My wife and I both drove Mustangs until #2 came along (when our oldest was 6). I kept my Mustang another 3 years.
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A son will be on best behavior if he sees a pony on blocks in the garage. He knows it will be his and envy of the class when Dad turns over the keys.
 
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If I had to sell my Mustang to get a four door in that price range I would probably go for a Subaru Legacy or Mazda 3.
 
Wrx hatchback is hella practical and a lot of fun.

Just got one to replace my mustang.

2 kids 8 and 5 fit real well.
 
I was in the same boat with a 2004 Mustang GT convertible and went to a 2012 Chrysler 300 V6-8Spd. It's a great car no doubt. I did sell it though.

I wanted something sporty but a step up from a WRX or Sonota in terms of styling, materials, features, quality. They're good cars but I wanted a more premium car.

I ended up with a Buick GS 6-spd. Awesome car.
 
jaqie said:
Roommate who is a mechanic just sold his mustang and got an RX8. They are a family friendly 4 door that can really go.

I see no problem with going four-door. 🙂
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Jesus, are they hobbits? I have a baby seat in my TC, which has more rear room than my friend's RX8, and it's STILL hellishly tight. The doors help rear-seat access in the RX, but there's just not much back there.

I guess once they can just be in a booster seat the RX wouldn't be that bad. But as babies/toddlers, they have they HUUUUUUUUUUUGE seats these days. I mean epic massive. They're even larger now than they were 6 years ago for my first son.

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And then you get to the fuel economy :

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/05/review-2011-mazda-rx-8-grand-touring-coupe/

I got 15.5 miles per gallon in mostly highway driving (admittedly with some lengthy stop-and-go traffic-jam action), and I wasn’t even hammering on the car. 15.5 miles per gallon! Mazda claims this car gets 16 MPG in the city and 22 on the highway, but I don’t see how even those miserably thirsty figures could be attained in the real world unless you do some heavy-duty hypermiling in your daily commute. The RX-8&#8242;s gas tank holds 16.9 gallons, which gives a total range of somewhere around 250 to 300 miles. At freeway speed, the fuel gauge moves fast enough for you to notice.

My two-ton ’97 Ford Crown Victoria got much better fuel economy, in town and on the highway, than does the RX-8. In fact, plenty of cinder-block-shaped SUVs get better fuel economy than the RX-8.

For a quick comfortable family car, I sort of like the Legacy GT 6MT. They drive really well. It's too bad they don't make them any more, but they can be scooped up as 2011 models with super low miles for relatively cheap.
 
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