Is this a good fucking car? 2000 mercury cougar 5 speed manual

is this a good fucking car? 2000 mercury cougar 5 speed manual

not great but it might get you to work and back
would not be worth more than $800

yeah i'll just be driving to school and shit like that, are you sure its 800? lowest one i see is 1400

for that much money it better be under 60k miles

lol its 151k, but i think he has it priced that high because he installed a new water and power steering pump, and also has new tiers maybe?

talk him down to 1100
use cash

>he installed
Fuckin love people who do work on their cars and think it adds value. "I think its worth this cause i installed new window motors, a battery, and an alternator". Good for you. But for all i know you didnt or you fucked it up somehow and the you repair shop dont come with a maintenance warranty so everything you listed means fuck all.

I have one for a DD. I like it. Shifts nicely.
130k on it and no problems so far :)
Which makes me nervous. Thought about trading for a Honda civic or something.

You're probably better off in a ZX2.

We had those in England but with a Ford badge. Probably all scrapped now.

Do these cars have a bad reputation? I've never heard anything about them.

i drove a few they ride kind of rough.

They are essentially a Ford Mondeo with a different body. Big car (for us) but little practicality with smaller boot and 2 doors.

V6 engine which I have in my Mondeo drinks fuel like a cunt and I think the Cougars only came with it. Probably all crashed/scrapped now as body panels were hard to get hold of.

the engine is bulletproof and mine saved me after being flipped 3 times at 75 and hitting a truck midair.

Slow, FWD, and boring.

Nothing to write home about.

Can't comment on mechanicals, but I remember reading when I thought about buying one that the seats could be terrible if you were too tall or something. Something to consider, could be me misremembering too.

I loved them because they were almost like Recaros.

its even worse when they do "mods" to their cars and think it adds value

should i actually go with a ford escort instead of this? its a couple of hundred dollars less and idk if its worth it. my brother keeps pressuring me to bu the escort instead

they are easier to work on, yes. i bet the cougar has more comfy seats though.

>pic related

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its one of these lol, idk which one i should go with. decisions decisions

check out them sticker mods. go for it nigga. what you waitin for. Iz u dum?

btw op here

honestly, when you are spending less than 2k on a car it doesnt matter. get whatever is cheaper and keep the change for repairs.

makes sense, thanks for the advice

yeah count em op, that's like +30hp right there

Out of those two I'd get the cougar. If I were looking for a cheap ford shitbox I would drop 2k on a Focus hatchback instead of either.

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>box of grass

fucking why?

Why not?

Goddamn, user delivered. Glad you made it out of that.

And here's the truck I hit midair.

Wtf user you can't just drop pics and not greentext

>fwd
you deserved it if we're being honest, hopefully you're crippled enough that you'll never put ff on the streets again

not much to tell, driving to conway with gf/wife and a white beetle slams brakes from 70ish to 0 and I have to go into other lane. Loose control and flip from far right to median which is just grassd to the far right left lanes while hitting a truck midair. No scratches for me and my wife had a small scar on her head. Was so crazy because we were on the radio and tv as should have been dead. When we exited the vehicle there were at least 3 nurses and 2 doctors who were in the rush hour. They all said we should have been dead.

No damage what so ever.

It's slower than my 1990 subaru legacy wagon was. Raced one on the highway up to 90. Maybe it'd pull at the very top end.

IMO it's meh tier

...did it still start?

Almost looks like it could drive except for the FL wheel.

No idea, just used the money from insurance to get a awd audi. Now I drive a s60r vulva.

Fuck yeah man I'd love to ride around in a woman's privates all day