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Originally Posted by nick112288
So it's new car time for me. I've been all over the place, looking first at the Ford Maverick, then some of the Subaru SUVs, then other manufacturers SUVs, but I think I want something fun!
This would be my daily driver, about 70 miles a day M-F, mostly highway, but then also my run around town and evening drives car.
Only possible problem is the kids. While there are 5 of us, at any given time I've only got 4 of us at most. That's when I'm dropping all 3 kids off at school before work. Any other time we use the wifes minivan for people transporting.
I've seen lots of stuff about babies and small kids in car seats and how they will or won't fit, but I'm not really finding anything about kids that are either in booster seats or just old enough to be out of booster seats.
The oldest is 13, so she can sit up front no problem. The boys are 8 and 7, so out of booster seats very soon. They would sit in the back. I'm 5'11 so not too tall. Even with that is it going to be an uncomfortable ride for those 10 mintues from the house to the school?
Up to this point the closest I've had to a fun vehicle was a 95 Ram 4x4 that had the Cummins built to about 400hp and a manual I swapped in to it. Right now I'm in a stock 95 Ram 2500 2wd Cummins. Talk about slow! Everything else was a 95 Ranger, 05 Cavalier, 95 LeBaron, 92 Corolla, 01 Taurus, and a 99 Caravan. Cavalier was a manual so it was at least some what entertaining.
Other car I'm considering is a base Mustang Ecoboost, but that's because my father in law works for Ford so I can get A plan pricing.
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i see you're in indiana, where at?
i'm up in lake county. if you're local, i don't mind meeting up somewhere for you to try the car for space in a little more relaxed environment than a dealer lot. yes, 1st gen/2nd gen differences, but the interior is pretty much the same.
i also previously had a '94 lebaron. to draw on your past experience, this car is pretty much the same in terms of space.