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Heh, the Mustang was my year round daily which always should've been something sensible since afterall, I have a 3rd gen Camaro I've had for 18 years - that one is my toy, this was just my daily.
The Mustang was fantastic in every respect and I loved every mile. But with three coupes between my wife and I and owning a house and a kid in the future, it just made sense for us to get something now so that it can be paid down fairly well when the kid arrives in a couple years and we have to get my wife something also...didn't want to be on the front end of two car loans with a newborn, so taking a long term view with this decision, which wasn't made lightly by any means. We picked up a top of the line '17 Tiguan SEL 4MO (dirty non-detailed pics, will do full detail next weekend):
Another factor to pull the trigger now is the 2018 Tiguan will be on a new platform and be a whopping 10.9" longer. This generation is effectively an AWD GTI on stilts - has a GTI motor and chassis, and that's going to be lost on the next generation for the sake of interior space and MPGs. We like the size of this one a lot, it actually has SUV proportions in a world of jacked up wagons, and it's nimble and peppy and handles very, very well. She's actually as stiff as my Brembo GT and this little thing is sitting on meaty 255 tires...in fact it has the same 255/40/19 tires my GT had so my snow tires will fit right on. Actually really love this thing, I don't think I could go back to a car for a daily after having a little SUV. Really nice to drive.
And for those curious this stickered for $37,660, I paid $31,832, and got $22k for my GT with 42k miles which is what I said I wanted.
I did tell my wife I'll have another GT in 20 years..or a Vette. She said no problem.
Yup.Heh, the Mustang was my year round daily which always should've been something sensible since afterall, I have a 3rd gen Camaro I've had for 18 years - that one is my toy, this was just my daily.
The Mustang was fantastic in every respect and I loved every mile. But with three coupes between my wife and I and owning a house and a kid in the future, it just made sense for us to get something now so that it can be paid down fairly well when the kid arrives in a couple years and we have to get my wife something also...didn't want to be on the front end of two car loans with a newborn, so taking a long term view with this decision, which wasn't made lightly by any means. We picked up a top of the line '17 Tiguan SEL 4MO (dirty non-detailed pics, will do full detail next weekend):
Another factor to pull the trigger now is the 2018 Tiguan will be on a new platform and be a whopping 10.9" longer. This generation is effectively an AWD GTI on stilts - has a GTI motor and chassis, and that's going to be lost on the next generation for the sake of interior space and MPGs. We like the size of this one a lot, it actually has SUV proportions in a world of jacked up wagons, and it's nimble and peppy and handles very, very well. She's actually as stiff as my Brembo GT and this little thing is sitting on meaty 255 tires...in fact it has the same 255/40/19 tires my GT had so my snow tires will fit right on. Actually really love this thing, I don't think I could go back to a car for a daily after having a little SUV. Really nice to drive.
And for those curious this stickered for $37,660, I paid $31,832, and got $22k for my GT with 42k miles which is what I said I wanted.
I did tell my wife I'll have another GT in 20 years..or a Vette. She said no problem.
Lol at thinking you got a sensible "family car." Obviously you haven't looked at car seat sizes. If you're only planning on one baby and will put the seat in the middle, you're fine, but if you have twins or plan on having more than one child while one or both are still rear facing (at least up to 2 years old), you'll be getting rid of this car much faster than you anticipated. Ask me how I know.
Lol at thinking you got a sensible "family car." Obviously you haven't looked at car seat sizes. If you're only planning on one baby and will put the seat in the middle, you're fine, but if you have twins or plan on having more than one child while one or both are still rear facing (at least up to 2 years old), you'll be getting rid of this car much faster than you anticipated. Ask me how I know.
doubt it. we are only having 1 kid, im 5'5" 140 and my wife is 5'2" 100 so we have a ton of room in the back with our seats where they need to be for us. we are small people and our family will be small.
I had the privilege of being parked next to this 65 GT350 at a Memorial Day show this past weekend.
I had talked to the owners wife at a show last year. They've owned it for almost 30 years and at one time it was their DD, even sporting baby seats for their infants. It's all original, #'s matching, and is currently driven on a regular basis. As far as I could tell it's rust free but has it share of road rash, dings, and a slightly mismatched fender. No trailer queen, it was clean, but not super detailed. This guy gets it.
