Is that a Turbo Cougar? February 08, 2006, 01:37:43 AM I've heard this atleast 10 times this month. No joke. Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #1 – February 08, 2006, 02:02:15 AM Well is that a Turbo Cougar? Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #3 – February 08, 2006, 02:58:19 AM See Sig! They didn't make 87/88 Turbo Cougars! Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #4 – February 08, 2006, 07:52:11 AM Had a guy at work ask me if mine was one of those turbo V6's once. Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #5 – February 08, 2006, 08:43:01 AM It must be that turbo cluster you installed :D Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #6 – February 08, 2006, 10:40:02 AM hehe. well, some ppl just don't know about our sweet rides.. we can't blame them for not having good taste. hehe Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #8 – February 08, 2006, 12:56:55 PM Talking about hearing something a few times. If someone else call my car a firebird im going to be in jail for murder.............If its not a honda these kids have no idea what it is. Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #9 – February 08, 2006, 01:11:19 PM When kids see the chrome CAI tubes under my hood, they always ask me if I'm hiding the turbo inside the inner fender. WTF?!About 5 years ago I was at a car show in Virginia Beach. I met another local Cougar owner at a nice seafood restaurant, right by an inlet, with valet parking (a first for me). The valets loved the convertible and told me they'd take special care of it. I was a little nervous about that. But when I was leaving the restaurant, my key tag was marked 'Cougar GT', and I was parked right in front where nobody could ding it, between a BMW 735i and a Porsche 911. Needless to say...they were tipped well. I guess it just depends on the mental picture that people have about what a particular car is supposed to be. Some people just aren't good at shape recognition, or at differentiating one car from another. How many times has your T-Bird been called a Cougar? Or vice versa? How about being called a Mustang or Capri? Or Mark VII? Or even a Chevy?! It's amazing when you sit back at a car show and listen to the comments from passers-by about the cars, and what they "think" they are. Some are clueless, some are on the right track, some are dead-on. People are funny like that. Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #10 – February 08, 2006, 01:38:53 PM I took the TC on an annual Thunderbird/Mustang cruise the year before last. Meet here, bs for a while, drive there, bs even longer, go home, kind of deal.When we got to the cruise destination, the cars were divided on the big lawn. Birds to the right, Stangs to the left. Well, I had two ORGANIZERS in a row point left saying, "Mustangs over here". I just said "Thunderbird" to the first guy and went right, then another guy tries stopping me and sending me back to the Mustangs."You see a lot of Mustangs with a bird in the grille?" The guy laughed, apologized, and let me go. I can kind of let that slide with noobs and kids, but two guys who organize and run a Mustang club, a T-bird club, and their respective shows, should definitely know better.Even worse, when I told my wife I was looking at a Thunderbird, she pleaded with me not to buy one of those 'greasemobiles'. She thought I was trying to buy a Firebird. And this was about a year after we sold our '91 Thunderbird, so she should have known better. Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #11 – February 08, 2006, 01:39:58 PM People seem to instantly recognize my car as a Thunderbird, but no one knows that they came with turbo 2.3's in em. Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #12 – February 08, 2006, 01:45:10 PM Quote from: Red_LXPeople seem to instantly recognize my car as a Thunderbird, but no one knows that they came with turbo 2.3's in em.I get a mix between what you hear and cougarman. Half the people I talk to know what a TurboCoupe is, but they all think it's a turbo V6. Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #13 – February 08, 2006, 02:12:40 PM Well, if I get the "what year Thunderbird is that?" question one more time, I'm going to scream! No offense to tbird owners, but geeze, people need to at least notice the Cougar emblem on my car! lol Quote Selected
Is that a Turbo Cougar? Reply #14 – February 08, 2006, 02:57:03 PM When I first bought my Cougar and showed it to my friends the first comment was is that thing super chargerd. He honestly though the XR7's all got super charged.I had to set him staight that the first year for a Super Cougar was 89. Quote Selected
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