I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

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I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

September 16, 2007, 02:03:29 PM

Ok so I was out to lunch with my co-workers on Friday and we went to a really expensive place...one of those places where the wine list is larger than the menu and a lunch entree is $15 or more.

The parking lot was valet only, something I really hate. There were late model BMWs, MBs, Audis and Lexi all over the place. When I finished and walked out, my Cougar wasn't with all the other cars...it was parked in the single parking space in front of the restaurant.

That's right, a 1988 Mercury Cougar schooled all the Euro-trash in a test of style in the most fashion-conscious part of town.

Keep up the faith people, sooner or later we'll turn as many heads as those py 1960s Muscle cars. :)

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #1 – September 16, 2007, 02:31:06 PM

That's awesome, Jeeves! You gotta love it. Obviously the valet recognized a very nice older car and treated it with respect. That alone is killer...but in the face of all the Euro cars, it means even more.

About 8 years ago I was in Virginia Beach for a (Mustang) car show and drove the convertible to meet a friend at a seafood restaurant in a bay, with valet parking. This was also an expensive place...I think the bill for my meal alone was somewhere near $100. Anyway, I was leaving and went to get the car, and it's parked right in front of the building, between a Porsche and a Benz. The key tag was marked "Cougar GT". That made a nice souvenir! The valet told me it was "too nice" to park in with the other cars. It was an awesome feeling. He got a good tip.

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #2 – September 16, 2007, 02:32:35 PM

Sweet! They know a classic ride when they see one. :D

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #3 – September 16, 2007, 03:15:01 PM

nice that had to give you a good feeling!!
american> euro trash!

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #4 – September 16, 2007, 04:57:31 PM

Man that's simply awesome!

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #5 – September 16, 2007, 05:33:16 PM

Awesome.That says a lot of your car.I hope mine can have that kind of respect when I'm finished building it.

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #6 – September 16, 2007, 06:24:31 PM

man that is a good feeling! about 3 wks ago i was driving to pick my son up at daycare. this sweet and built mustang(02-04) pulls up next to me rolls his window down and tells me that my beater sport is sweet and do i want to sell it. of course i told him there going to burry me in this car.:D

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #7 – September 16, 2007, 06:43:18 PM

wow that's cool. I was in McDonalds drive-thru a couple years ago in my 88 tbird rust bucket. The drive thru kid goes, "Sweet classic" I replied, "what?" "the car." I go, "Oh, that, yeah, um, ok, thanks."

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #8 – September 16, 2007, 06:46:55 PM

I just enjoy the looks and the "thumbs up" I get in parking lots and gas stations. Cool honors for you though. :)

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #9 – September 16, 2007, 06:48:31 PM

I was with John once as we drove through a McDonalds drive through. This little hotty leaned out of the window and said "I like your car!". John drove off with a smile. :)

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #10 – September 16, 2007, 07:06:03 PM

Nice!

I keep a 1987 Thunderbird dealership brochure on my desk at work and a co-worker commented on Friday that that they're really pretty cars and he could understand why people keep them. Those cars had personality.

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #11 – September 16, 2007, 07:06:27 PM

Maybe they didn't think the car would fit into the same parking spaces as the rest of the cars? :p

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #12 – September 17, 2007, 07:43:42 AM

Quote from: Seek;176684

Maybe they didn't think the car would fit into the same parking spaces as the rest of the cars? :p

thats the reason i got the 20th a couple days ago, car was too big for the driver. Not the po i bought it from but the po before that so she sold it back to the guy i got it from.

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #13 – September 17, 2007, 01:14:20 PM

My wife keeps telling me it looks like a boat. I tell her you need two tugs to park it.

I got the ULTIMATE compliment on my Cougar.

Reply #14 – September 17, 2007, 02:17:53 PM

Quote from: Seek;176684

Maybe they didn't think the car would fit into the same parking spaces as the rest of the cars? :p

ROFL! Not in the land of SUVs and pickups...every parking space is big in Texas.

Thanks for the props guys. What's amazing is that the car needs paint and interior work, but hey...its still shiny red and it looks pretty sittin on '93 Cobra rims.