First time Cougar owner!
- Thread starter JSanders
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Thanks everyone. I know it was only purchased for racing but im getting a twitch in my eBay finger! Even the other half is thinking about swapping her Millenium Puma for a bigger cat!
Such a shame to see so many go to the scrap yard in the sky. How come so many have passed on?
Such a shame to see so many go to the scrap yard in the sky. How come so many have passed on?
The sad fact is that they're now old cars and, because they can be had very cheaply, some people will inevitably buy them as a 'nail' and run them into the ground with little or no maintainence and then scrap them the first time something vaguely expensive lets go. It's a shocking way to treat any car and one that I can't really comprehend, but some people just see a relatively cheap lump of four wheeled transport and nothing else.
Once the wishbones are replaced at roughly 80,000 miles if the cougar is serviced and maintained regularly then their isn't alot more that can go wrong with it that is all that expensive, admittedly alot of members are starting to suffer with the rear sub frame rusting but for a 12 year old car they are actually very reliable. The biggest problem as far as i see it is that garages see it as a specialist vehical and charge as such so if you are scared to use a spanner labour costs can be very high.
Oh and Welcome to the club
being a member of this club has literally saved me a fortune, and they are really helpful and go out of their way to give advice and practical help, you are in good company mate, just wish my life wasn't in such a mess at the moment, i'm working on that though, welcome to the club dude, you'll have to let us know if we can watch you hillclimbing and where, okay?
ACE CLARKE
ACE CLARKE
Thanks everyone! All signed up now!
Most of the hill climbs are mainly in Cornwall but depending on work commitments, I should hopefully get a few in around your way WildV6 When I know im going to do my first hill climb, I'll make a topic about it with dates and times!
Most of the hill climbs are mainly in Cornwall but depending on work commitments, I should hopefully get a few in around your way WildV6
When I know im going to do my first hill climb, I'll make a topic about it with dates and times! 
Both in fact. The Roush one is no longer available but the BAT one still is.
See page 12 once you've downloaded the catalogue.
http://www.batinc.net/contour.htm
Really? Quite likely as I live in Waterlooville (suburb of Portsmouth), I just can't think where I've been in it recently apart from to work and back!