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(Message started by: tintin on Jun 7^th, 2006, 7:40pm)

Title: cougar?
Post by tintin on Jun 7^th, 2006, 7:40pm

ok, female friend of mine wants a new car since she has been in my cossie (she has a Polo ::) ), £3k to spend, wants leather interior, aircon, toys etc, middle size car, something with a bit of character.

any suggestions? i have pointed her towards Ford Cougar 2.5 XPack or Toyota Celica (newer style), she prefers the ford for comfort, toyota for looks.....

dont know why i ever recommend cars, always seems to come back and bite me on my....

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by Matt on Jun 7^th, 2006, 7:46pm

my dad has a cougar, and i must say they are very very very good cars but like the scorpio, their rare which means parts for em are expensive

£3000 should get you a good car (i only paied £2.5K for my cossie :D), have a look on http://www.autotrader.co.uk, there are some real bargins on there

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by tintin on Jun 7^th, 2006, 8:00pm

yep, scorp is just too big for her and her decidedly interesting parking technique.....was wondering if the cougars were plagued with similar problems to the scorp, and to go for toyota reliability.....

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by Matt on Jun 7^th, 2006, 8:06pm

my dads cougar is 5 years old this september, apart from a loose oil filter and an abs sensor failing (the cast ring on the cv join the sensor picks up shattered, taking out the sensor),

the handbreak self adjuster seems a bit weak, and thus doesnt adjust properly at times.

aparts from that it's just the cost of new tyres (there a special one off tyre for the car)

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by Octavian_P on Jun 7^th, 2006, 8:50pm

The 2.5 engine of the cougar is great, it's taken from the mondeo, has 167 horse power. The power to wheight ratio make it move verry fast. From what i know they are pretty reliable. Japanese cars it is said to be relaible but when something goes wrong...i think they are eaven more exepnsive to maintain

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by scorpio_man on Jun 7^th, 2006, 10:10pm

Quote:

aparts from that it's just the cost of new tyres (there a special one off tyre for the car)

is it a special size or something? ??? same could be said about the 16" scorpio tyre (225x50x16) as it is the same size for the RS200 group b rally car! :)

ford always seem to go for strange size tyres!

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by Spannerdemon on Jun 8^th, 2006, 12:46pm

My wife has a Toyota MR2 G Limited.

Depends how much room you want, but for sheer handling, performance and all the toys you could want, it gets my vote. Not too expensive to run either, as they very rarely go wrong.

She only lets me drive it when I've been VERY good :P

I only let her drive my Scorpio when SHE's been perfect!! :D

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by Matt on Jun 8^th, 2006, 6:11pm

yeah the cougar has an odd tyre size (215/50/16) and if you want a good make your looking at over £100 plus fitting for each tyre

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by tintin on Jul 30^th, 2006, 2:52pm

ok, so she loves the cougar and definately wants one, sat in it and she cant reach the pedals with the seat fully forward (shes only 5'1). It has electric leather seats. anyone know how this can be resolved? i assume a booster seat will lift her further away

cheers

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by Geoff_W on Jul 31^st, 2006, 5:24pm

Tintin,

If you look at the seat mounts they usually have two settings if it is mounted on the front settings you can move the seat forward about an inch and a half and mount it on the rear holes on the subframe.

Geoff

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by tintin on Jul 31^st, 2006, 6:08pm

cheers Geoff, i will ring the garage it is at and get them to see if that will work !!

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by Geoff_W on Aug 15^th, 2006, 10:31pm

Any luck?

Title: Re: cougar?
Post by tintin on Aug 16^th, 2006, 2:59pm

rang FMD }{ }{

and asked if the seats could be moved forward, they asked if it was on a new one, or a second hand one, and proceeded to try and sell me a new car.....

i gave up there and then !! when i find one i can poke around myself i will have a look. last one i saw was £4500 T-plate with plenty of scuffs, rusty discs and mismatching tyres, 60k on the clock, again i laughed and walked away... seriously, how do they come up with these prices !!!

will keep you posted if we ever get it sorted, but her only other choices are Mazda RX8 or Porsche 911 (new one). The Celica/MR2 dont have the interior she wants, so i am struggling to find one she will fit and like....