Mustang Family car?

T-5 Killer · Jan 16, 2013

So who here uses their mustangs as a family car? I have been wondering if a infant car seat will work in my car. I have a week old new born son. I have put my 6 yearold daughters seat in the Cobra all summer so that isnt a issue.

DeepList · Jan 16, 2013

I won't let my young kids ride in the cobra. Kids put their feet on the seats and make messes, etc. When they're older and can learn to appreciate things, I'll let them ride in the car.

When I had my V6, I had a car seat in the back of it. It was kind of a pain in the ass to get the kid in and out of it, but it worked. I wasn't really as anal about that car as I am about the red one, so it was alright.

nitto389703 · Jan 16, 2013

I use mine for a family car/ daily driver I got my car when she was born the car seat fit perfect. But know she's 2 and my wife has to move the her seat forward because they smashes the baby's feet.she could berly fit. That's why I'm loooking to sell this beast and get me a gs400. So for small baby's is ok but after 2 years naw

Walking Tall · Jan 16, 2013

I have once. If you get a smaller frame car seat then you should be good. Our problem is that my 3 year old is well over 3ft tall. My wife had no room and the car seat is huge. I'm getting a smaller seat so she can ride with me more. We have a Nissan Rogue as a daily so it's not really an issue.

DeepList · Jan 16, 2013

We used the V6 mustang as our sole family vehicle until my first son was nearly 2. Then when my wife was pregnant with our second boy and about ready to pop, we decided that the sixer wasn't going to cut it anymore. I bought her a Ford Escort sedan (4 door) to use as the kid taxi / DD, and myself a Ford Ranger as my DD. I sold the sixer and bought the cobra as my exclusive baby/project car.

whiplash473 · Jan 16, 2013

i rode in the back seat of my mother's irocz with my brother from newborn till age 4 or 5 so it can definitely be done

Barner1 · Jan 16, 2013

I've never had the seat facing the rear, but my child had been in the back with the seat facing forwards. Didn't have a problem

LilRoush · Jan 16, 2013

I use mine for DD since my daughter was born. She gets a ride four days a week to daycare in it without too many struggles for three years now. It was tight for my wife in the front with the infant rear facing seat when I daughter was little, but it worked when needed. Now that my daughter is 3 and in a front facing seat (Evenflow), we all fit just fine.
My daughter likes the Mustang over the Explorer. She thinks it's a 'cooler' car.

whiplash473 · Jan 16, 2013

lilroush that kids gonna be alright

Musturd · Jan 16, 2013

I take my nephew in my stangs all the time he likes it he's like uncle Kyle lets take the race car . Roll bar means race car he was saying at 2 only race cars have these

svt slobra · Jan 17, 2013

my kids ride in mine at least 3 times a week.........my boy is 5 years old and my little girl is a year.......both love it. its a pita to get them in and out, but if it puts a smile on there face than i guess its worth it

Musturd · Jan 17, 2013

Yea exactly . I don't have kids but I love taking friends and family's kids out an having fun with them .

T-5 Killer · Jan 17, 2013

Yeah My 6yo daughter loves the Cobra and goes WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee every time I hit the gas. I hope my little boy will love it just as much when hes big enough.

Mustanger · Jan 18, 2013

I raised my son in a 69 Mach 1, no car seats in those days...he loved to stand on the back seat & be pinned there when I nailed it briefly...( I know not PC nowdays...but we all survived) I pulled a tent trailer with it to go camping with the Mach. I even drove it on dirt logging roads 38 miles to our secret trout streams... forged across two good sized streams with it...had a bear break the drivers window & get in the back seat in Yosemite. I made that Mach do everything!!! Never complained & cleaned up to good as new almost at 115K miles ...details were the first order of business whe we got home! Miss that car forever! (imagine a Ford accessory & Ford installed trailer hitch!??? ...True...)

poisonbl · Jan 18, 2013

Mustanger said:
I raised my son in a 69 Mach 1, no car seats in those days...he loved to stand on the back seat & be pinned there when I nailed it briefly...( I know not PC nowdays...but we all survived) I pulled a tent trailer with it to go camping with the Mach. I even drove it on dirt logging roads 38 miles to our secret trout streams... forged across two good sized streams with it...had a bear break the drivers window & get in the back seat in Yosemite. I made that Mach do everything!!! Never complained & cleaned up to good as new almost at 115K miles ...details were the first order of business whe we got home! Miss that car forever! (imagine a Ford accessory & Ford installed trailer hitch!??? ...True...)

... umm. Wow. All I can say, is wow.

Mustanger · Jan 19, 2013

poisonbl said:
... umm. Wow. All I can say, is wow.

Well we had left a chocolate cake back there & forgot it...Mr. bear was happy to eat it for me! He dented the door in too with his paw, left a big ol muddy paw print, my insurance rep & all his office had to come out & see it when I took it in to get repaired.

also the bear was still in the backseat unbeknownst to me when I looked in to see the damage...lol he came out QUICK with the cake plate in his mouth & hit my shoulder & knocked me down! He was more interestted in the cake than me, but I was mad! So I picked up a good sized rock & hit him right in the head while he was eating.... that's when he charged at me & I vaulted over the car trunk somehow & hit the Restroom door ....but I didn't need to worry he only took a couple steps then went back & finished the cake! Darned camp bears are a big nuisance & I detest them now.

LaserRed95GT · Jan 25, 2013

My 95 was the family car for over 6 years.
That was with my dad, my mom, and my brother and sister and me!
We all rode in the back seat. Obviously this was a little before serious enforcement of seatbelts since one of us didn't wear one.
This car took road trips from Texas to Michigan and Texas to Florida. Its been all over.

These cars 'can' be family cars, just don't exceed 2 kids and one wife

Goldmember · Jan 25, 2013

No kids...yet...but I'm not hauling kids around in a Mustang. Too small. Especially with these newfangled rear-facing seats. I saw a '12 GT at a car show with one of those giant things and the passenger had to be eating the dashboard unless he/she was all of like 4' tall.

I rode in the back of my dad's '89 LX 5.0 Sport no problem, this is when I was 9-10 years old. Tight fit but not terrible.

SN95.oh · Jul 12, 2022

I KNOW THIS IS AN OLD THREAD, I JUST BOUGHT A 94 CONVERTIBLE AND NEED INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO FASTEN THE CHILD SEATS INTO THE BACK.

CAN SOMEONE WALK ME THROUGH IT PLEASE ?