I appear to have totally taken leave of my senses
Worse (better??) than that the spousal unit is on board.
With 2 kids, a dog, frequent need to transport 2 large dogs and three times a week transporting 3 kids (plus violins on some days) for the 25 min car pool journey, what do you replace a Lincoln MK X with as the main family hauler when the only other car is a Volvo C30? Why a 2013 V6 Mustang convertible of course!
Luckily I get a company car. Although it’s technically my car, my wife does way more miles than me so she drives the ‘company’ car and I drive the C30 that we own. Average mileage is 15k for ‘my’ car and 25-30k for the family car, hence she gets the car we don’t worry about miles on. The record was 41k miles (and I mean 41,000, not 40,999 or 41,001 when I turned it in
)on a Taurus X. We’ve been through a Focus, Taurus X, Mariner and the MK X and it’s time to order next year’s car. We were planning on getting a new Escape but we hesitated too long over color choice (yes really, it’s her turn!!) and the allotment ran out. Not wanting another MK X or Edge we nearly selected a Focus, but in the end my wife has wanted a Mustang ‘vert for a while and this was the of berkeley it, let’s do it year. The final conversation went like this:
Spousal unit “You really want the Mustang don’t you?”
Me “ Yes, but this will be your daily driver and you’re the one who has to haul around dogs and kids so it’s up to you”
Spousal unit “But I want it too”
Together “berkeleyit, how bad could it be? Let’s do it”
So we’re getting a V6 Mustang ‘Premium’ for the leather, SYNC, Shaker etc. plus ass warmers and remote start for the winter. Assuming the car arrives in late May I’ll have a some fun autocrossing it over the summer. Come the fall when the school run starts again I guess I’ll get the Mustang and she’ll take the Volvo. Winter’s going to be fun


This was at a friends house, my wife who drove in the school is standing next to the car, that’s my friend not me walking behind the car.