Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #30 – October 15, 2007, 11:37:41 AM Quote from: cougar1car;182602thnuderjet i only have one question. ASS HAT??? is that the technical term. I dont know why but i laughed my ass off when I seen that... Sorry I know I didnt bring much to this conversation I just had to ask...I think ASS HAT would be the technical term for the, uh, typo Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #31 – October 15, 2007, 03:00:08 PM Ok like I said I had to ask... im gonna use that one... LOL Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #32 – October 05, 2012, 04:55:53 AM Quote from: thunderjet302;178681If I had the money I'd buy it. I bet some ass hat is going to get it for their kid as a first car and they'll ruin it:disappoinI don't think I'm an ass hat and I don't have kids so it's safe there. Quote from: thunderjet302;180955Serriously someone here should by the thing. It's got 9,000 miles! :DSomeone did but it had 90K-something miles. It now has a little over 100K miles with 16" mesh wheels. Quote from: xjeffs;182405He must not have sold it. He added new pictures. I bought it five years ago but been traveling so much ever since, I haven't gone through it and taken quality shots yets. Sad, I know.BTW, I picked it up for $1500.Here it is on my way out to western Indiana last year when it turned over to 100K miles (I had just driven through at least six hours of rain so yeah, it's dirty) and a more recent pic in the rain with the 16" wheels. Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #33 – October 08, 2012, 09:38:05 PM Holy thread revival! I wondered what happened to this car. I never knew you bought it. I figured that someone bought it for their kid, which ruins a lot of nice old cars. Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #34 – October 09, 2012, 10:13:22 PM Wow what a story! 5 years ago. Nice!!!! Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #36 – October 10, 2012, 03:12:58 PM Even though those pictures are in the rain and show it being used, I do use it but avoid rain most of the time and it is kept under a $300 car cover that is very protective. I park in corners and don't yank on the seat belts and don't pull the tilt lever by the end and relieve the stress from the power window mechanisms and a bunch of other habits to care for it better than most people would do with a 'cheap' car like this. 'Cheap' referring to the $1500 it cost.I should clarify that it is very clean but not perfect. It had 90-something thousand miles and the passenger door and driver fender had been repainted at some point in its past. They still have the VIN stickers on them though so they don't appear to have been replaced, just repainted. That's why I got it for $1500. He had it listed for somewhere in the $3K range, (I have the ad on another computer) but having so many cars, I am very picky and once I discovered those two panels had been repainted, I was going to walk without even offering a price. He really wanted to know my price so I said $1500. He tried to hem and haw for a higher price but that was my price and I guess he got tired of trying to sell it so he gave in.It shines up nice with wax but maybe down the road in five or ten years, I may have the whole thing professionally painted depending on where my priorities are at the time. No cracks in the dash and the interior is great. I need those power recline button covers though because the driver side is cracked. I can't remember if the passenger side is cracked too. Everything else is intact including the seat belt receptacles. Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #37 – October 10, 2012, 04:46:28 PM Nice. Very nice :) Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #38 – October 10, 2012, 06:54:01 PM Quote from: Cougars 2 go;400213Even though those pictures are in the rain and show it being used, I do use it but avoid rain most of the time and it is kept under a $300 car cover that is very protective. I park in corners and don't yank on the seat belts and don't pull the tilt lever by the end and relieve the stress from the power window mechanisms and a bunch of other habits to care for it better than most people would do with a 'cheap' car like this. 'Cheap' referring to the $1500 it cost.I should clarify that it is very clean but not perfect. It had 90-something thousand miles and the passenger door and driver fender had been repainted at some point in its past. They still have the VIN stickers on them though so they don't appear to have been replaced, just repainted. That's why I got it for $1500. He had it listed for somewhere in the $3K range, (I have the ad on another computer) but having so many cars, I am very picky and once I discovered those two panels had been repainted, I was going to walk without even offering a price. He really wanted to know my price so I said $1500. He tried to hem and haw for a higher price but that was my price and I guess he got tired of trying to sell it so he gave in.It shines up nice with wax but maybe down the road in five or ten years, I may have the whole thing professionally painted depending on where my priorities are at the time. No cracks in the dash and the interior is great. I need those power recline button covers though because the driver side is cracked. I can't remember if the passenger side is cracked too. Everything else is intact including the seat belt receptacles. I'm glad it went to someone who will take care of it and not beat it to death. Most of the time a clean example like this gets bought as a "kids" car and destroyed because it is cheap. How many Cougars do you have now? This one is kind of rare given that it is a LS with a floor shifter. I don't think thay made too many of them.BTW I think I have a spare power recline button cover sitting around if you need it. Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #39 – October 10, 2012, 07:11:46 PM Quote from: Cougars 2 go;400213I park in corners and don't yank on the seat belts and don't pull the tilt lever by the end and relieve the stress from the power window mechanisms and a bunch of other habits It absolutely warms my heart to hear someone ELSE actually expressly state they do this on a regular basis. I get made fun of so bad, especially by my one friend and his dad, for these little things. And there is no limit with me...I buttstuffyze and over-buttstuffyze everything's weakness and baby it to death, and demand any passengers do the same. The stuff wears out/breaks under what you "should be able to do to it". So....I want it to last, and I don't mind being slightly "inconvenienced".I wonder how long most cars on the road would last if *everyone* acted like this! Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #40 – October 10, 2012, 08:27:10 PM ^^ The MN12 cars interiors feel cheap compared to the Fix Birds/Cougars. Both of the '89 cars I *endured* rattled like a truckload of empty beer cans being driven across a plowed field in december by a drunk.Rattly, falls apart constantly, and looks like it was designed by a pen 15ed out dope banger in the dark.Did I say I don't care for MN12's styling (or glaring lack of)? lolI'd say I'd rather have a Fox Mustang than an MN12, and I do. I would take a '97 Tbird, only if it was the 4.6 engine, and only if it had a mint interior, and, well, mint everything. But back to topic. The story of the car in this thread is cool. Glad that it's in the hands of someone who appreciates it :) Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #41 – October 10, 2012, 08:34:59 PM Quote from: ZondaC12;400224It absolutely warms my heart to hear someone ELSE actually expressly state they do this on a regular basis. I get made fun of so bad, especially by my one friend and his dad, for these little things. And there is no limit with me...I buttstuffyze and over-buttstuffyze everything's weakness and baby it to death, and demand any passengers do the same. The stuff wears out/breaks under what you "should be able to do to it". So....I want it to last, and I don't mind being slightly "inconvenienced".I wonder how long most cars on the road would last if *everyone* acted like this! I don't touch the windows when they go up or down. It leaves smudges . Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #42 – October 10, 2012, 08:38:13 PM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;400227^^ The MN12 cars interiors feel cheap compared to the Fix Birds/Cougars. Both of the '89 cars I *endured* rattled like a truckload of empty beer cans being driven across a plowed field in december by a drunk.Rattly, falls apart constantly, and looks like it was designed by a pen 15ed out dope banger in the dark.Did I say I don't care for MN12's styling (or glaring lack of)? lolI'd say I'd rather have a Fox Mustang than an MN12, and I do. I would take a '97 Tbird, only if it was the 4.6 engine, and only if it had a mint interior, and, well, mint everything. But back to topic. The story of the car in this thread is cool. Glad that it's in the hands of someone who appreciates it :)The early MN-12s (89-93) had really py interiors. The later cars (94-97) were much better. The 95 T-bird I had was great in that department. It was very comfortable. Now if the front end wasn't such a pile-o- (I had to replace all the ball joints and control arm bushings at 73K, the ones in the Fox T-bird were fine when I pulled them at 128K and 20 years) it would have been a much better car. Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #43 – October 10, 2012, 08:45:24 PM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;400227^^ The MN12 cars interiors feel cheap compared to the Fix Birds/Cougars. Both of the '89 cars I *endured* rattled like a truckload of empty beer cans being driven across a plowed field in december by a drunk.Rattly, falls apart constantly, and looks like it was designed by a pen 15ed out dope banger in the dark.Did I say I don't care for MN12's styling (or glaring lack of)? lolI'd say I'd rather have a Fox Mustang than an MN12, and I do. I would take a '97 Tbird, only if it was the 4.6 engine, and only if it had a mint interior, and, well, mint everything. But back to topic. The story of the car in this thread is cool. Glad that it's in the hands of someone who appreciates it :) Not that I have ever felt even the least bit attracted to anything MN-12....but remind me never to even go near one!!! LOL Quote Selected
Really clean 1988 5.0 Cougar Reply #44 – October 10, 2012, 08:49:16 PM Friend of mine had a 96 Cougar, the interior seemed much more refined than the 89-9whatever years.They are rust magnets though. Wash often, put away in snow time. Ughh. Quote Selected
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