Mileage

How many miles has your Cougar done?

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That's still helpful mate, ta.

I'm interested by the number of people who've had to replace tank straps though, (mentioned in this thread and elsewhere).
 
Mine has 137754 miles and serviced every year at garage . Only problem high co readings on this years M O T.
 
Mine has done 66,000 miles, nothing major has had to be replaced. The only part I have had to change since buying her last december is the Power steering cooler.
 
Thanks Tophat.

One last big push from the rest of you to say how far your cars have gone? And if you like, what went wrong and when?
 
The Fourby is at around 88,000 miles - have done about 10,000 since I bought it from The Don. Engine has done over 100k miles though (if I remember correctly, Scunny has my engine, I have his) :eek:

New wishbones/trackrods/droplinks back in Feb at around 86,000 miles. Think it had a new clutch when this engine was dropped in. The 4x4 running gear has done starship miles too as it had done over 100k when it was removed from the donor car (y)
 
Funny thing is the quality of cars must have gone up and up because when I got my first car in 1992 it was already 10years old and a pile of rust two years later, on the other hand my cat is now 11years old and (touchwood) is the best car i've owned for reliability compared to the rest and still looks good.
 
ginja said:
Funny thing is the quality of cars must have gone up and up because when I got my first car in 1992 it was already 10years old and a pile of rust two years later, on the other hand my cat is now 11years old and (touchwood) is the best car i've owned for reliability compared to the rest and still looks good.
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If you were buying Fords in the early-to-mid 80s, some of them will have been built with lower-quality steel, or so I'm reliably informed. Actually, some of them were accidentally delivered without sump plugs. :cautious:

A bad time for the industry as a whole, really.

I've seen a few Cougars in the metal now, and in terms of bodywork they generally seem very sound with good galvanising. Little to no rust even when they've been pranged. Certainly a damned sight better than many Pumas of the same age, (though that might be because the Puma is more common, cheaper and built from different metal stock).

If anyone wants to correct my perception here, I'd appreciate it. Apart from the obvious (wheel arches, especially where the liner traps roadcrap) is there anywhere cosmetic* that tends to rust on the Cougar? Leading edge of the bonnet maybe?

*I know about the subframes and sills. But go ahead and report that too if you like. The more data the better.
 
Bought mine on 88K
Changed Wishbones, Front + Rear Droplinks on 88K
Replaced Handbrake cable on 94K
Had St200 Engine on 99K ( my engine was losing water due to headgasket going )
Just passed 101K and everything seems good with it. Just got to get underneath it now with the waxoil.
 
Bought mine (Zetec) 4 yrs ago on 97k, its now on 117k
Had a new clutch last year as it was slipping.
aside from that, all its needed are 2 front drop links, plugs, rear brakes, a rear spring, 4 tyres and fresh oil/filter every 3k
A previous owner changed one of the wishbones but the other is original so must be on its way out by now, the cat converter probably needs replacing too...
Definitely the most reliable/best car ive owned.....
 
When I parted with mine, Cougar #1 had around 92k I think, and had had wishbones (curiously enough for creaky balljoints rather than knackered bushes), front drop links, new clutch, new alternator, around 14,000 head light bulbs, lots of other stupid little things which just plagued it and was showing very minor rust on the rear wheel arch returns but nowhere else. I bought it 4 years old with 39k on the clock.

Cougar #2 was bought with 90odd on the clock and when I got rid it had about 102k on, with most things original, and all of it completely goosed. It was a wreck, apart from the air conditioning. Front wishbone bushes were hanging out, balljoints rattly and the car was in a real mess cosmetically - rust on the rear wheel arches, and the front wings were completely rotten as well as very dull paintwork and scratches/chips everywhere. The dampers were all completely shot as well. Even the washer pump didn't work - the bottle was full of some white chalky crud which had blocked the gauze protecting the pump! It's the only car I've ever regretted buying to be honest.
 
185,000 0n Ria's car

82,500 on mine, last wishbones at 24,000, last engine at 32,000 ish.................................................:eek:
 
85000 on my V6 about 30000 of those miles have been done with me, nearside front wheel bearing has been replace, nearside rear wheel bearing needs doing but other than a minor starting problem last winter which I suspect was more my fault than the cars, no problems so far
 
209,897 miles up to yesterday trip back from week down to Southampton and along the coast .
done over 578 miles and not sighted 1 cougar on the weeks trip.
atleast 90% of cougars sit on drives or do town driving.
mine is a silver 2.5 v6 original engine and box still.
starts 1st time, good fuel economy.

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nearside front wheel bearing is common, apart from that very reliable ,just filled mine up and did Coventry to Southampton and fuel guage still sat on the full mark.
execellent motorway mileage cruncher.
had my cat almost 4 years
have fun and enjoy
 
I didn't know this was on here. Whats the chance of starting a new poll? I bet the numbers would be a lot different now.
 
I'd completely forgotten about it! Mako is well over 100,000 now, (Steve might weigh in and tell us, since I haven't looked at her dashboard in a few months...) and Tiger just rolled over to 112,000 in the last few days.

I've had a poke around and it doesn't look like I can reset the poll, but you could always start a "Mileage Take 2" thread.
 
Mileage means precious little.

It's an indicated number on the clockset, not a lot else.

A 50k Taxi will have lived a harder like than a 100k motorway car.... The number becomes irrelevant.
 
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