So, me being a new Cougar owner and still learning it's little quirks, I would just like to ask.....Are they any good in the snow?
Snow.
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Not bad in the snow, i drove past quite a few stuck cars last time i drove my cougar in the snow, their faces were a picture.. as they are front wheel drive it makes it a little more easy to handle, not like my old BMW 328i which was bags of fun in the snow... 
Oh god yes mine is superb!!! They are good due to front wheel drive and the weigh over the drive wheels
Looking forward to the snow next week, I will let you know how I get on! It will be a bit of a learning curve for me after having nothing but rwd cars for the last 10 years
Should be a piece of cake for you then if you can normally drive a rear wheel drive car in the snow, front wheel drive is a doddle .. unless your like bob and have a 300bhp turbo nutter cougar and a heavy foot..
unless your like bob and have a 300bhp turbo nutter cougar and a heavy foot.. 
FWD can understeer quite badly if you rely on engine braking in the snow (if you're used to RWD). Best keep a foot covering the clutch pedal when slowing for junctions etc... The whole "just floor it and the power will pull it round" crap is, well, crap. You'll smash into a kerb with full steering lock whilst spinning wheels wildly having influenced your direction of travel not a jot.
I don't think I ever got stuck in the snow with the Cougar, but the other car at the time was my old diesel Rover 620 and that was the car who's keys I'd usually reach for in the snow. Unless Gill had to go out too, in which case I took the Cougar.
It's not a Land Rover, but it's as good or bad as most other cars on the road. Snow driving is 60% driver, 20% car, and 20% tyres.
I don't think I ever got stuck in the snow with the Cougar, but the other car at the time was my old diesel Rover 620 and that was the car who's keys I'd usually reach for in the snow. Unless Gill had to go out too, in which case I took the Cougar.
It's not a Land Rover, but it's as good or bad as most other cars on the road. Snow driving is 60% driver, 20% car, and 20% tyres.
no! I keep loosing mine
LOL!!!! You mean you lose it against the backdrop of snow...I thought that's why it's called the "Snow Cat" ?? LOL!!!.....you are not meant to see it, it's in camouflage, ready to pounce on those unsuspecting rice rockets and give them a run for their money!!
It (mine's a Zetec) is superbly competent in the snow, and I have never felt uncomfortable in it. It holds well and if you push it, the breakaway is utterly predictable and easy to control.
It's the light steering and quick pickup of the engine that do it. Earlier this year an un-salted slip (and the fact I didn't see it) forced me to do a 40MPH Scandinavian flick as I got on the M1 in Northampton. The car was completely forgiving, straightened itself out and got on with the job.
The only problem is that it's so solid, there's times when it might be slapping your wrist and you won't know it.
It's the light steering and quick pickup of the engine that do it. Earlier this year an un-salted slip (and the fact I didn't see it) forced me to do a 40MPH Scandinavian flick as I got on the M1 in Northampton. The car was completely forgiving, straightened itself out and got on with the job.
The only problem is that it's so solid, there's times when it might be slapping your wrist and you won't know it.
I thought a Scandinavian flick was a service offered in the red light district in Amsterdam... ?
I thought a Scandinavian flick was a service offered in the red light district in Amsterdam... ?
LOL yes, but that's the version you only get to watch for a fiver!
I hit the bottom of the ramp and had to throw the back end off and back to stay in the inside lane. Not exactly a pure flick, but the nearest I can get to explaining it, if you see what I mean.
My poor reading of the road aside, the car just straight-up didn't care.
The Cougar on 6.5J with good rubber is better than any other standard, affordable coupe I know of.
Mine was great in the snow, even in the harsh one of 2010, the V6 will quite easily pull you out of a rut and has enough torque for 2nd or even third gear start offs if your looking for traction.....oh and switch the traction control off in the snow or you will never get anywhere lol, as Jamie said, snow driving is more the person driving than the car, just watch the rally car drivers of the 80's and 90's they never had sofisticated traction control and did alright even in 2wd cars (especialy FWD ones)