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Thanks for the info!! The last station I filled up at isn't my regular place. I will avoid this place in order to prevent this from happening again.
Thanks!!
Skip G
As long as you are driving a gasoline engine, with fuel pumped from underground storage tanks, there will be some amount of water getting into your car's fuel system. The only reliable way to avoid the problem you've experienced is to use gas line antifreeze. Fuel injectors and sensors don't care, except that the injectors will work as designed when you do.
The Saturn coupes are too plain. The Toyota Solara is too expensive for a 2-door Camry and also too plain. The Chrysler coupes are out of the question with such poor reliability records.
Personally, I thought Mitsubishi screwed up with the new Eclipse styling. To me, it's ugly, and much less fun without the turbo. Obviously, Mitsu was going after a different audience.
The Cougar is a great looking car. If it's junk, she can sell it and buy a 2003 Nissan Z.
(On the styling note: I think it looks too much like a Pontiac Grand Prix, yuck.)
Another sale made by the Cougar Support Group!!! Please have our commission check sent to:
Cougar Support Group
PO Box 41
Hawthorne, NJ
07506
We will use the check to fund the next few outings.
Malibu:
My plane lands at 5:00pm your time. I will be renting a Cougar and coming over for dinner. Please have it on the table by 6:00pm. After dinner I would like to have a few margaritas while watching the sun set. Around 9:00pm please turn down my bed and leave a mint on the pillow. I'll be very tired after my long trip and will need a good nights rest.
Haven't had to use a can of heat in years.
Do I understand that we're having a Cougar Winterfest at Malibu's place? I should have my passport in a couple of weeks so I can get into California.
Skip G.
For those members thinking of travelling to California:
Please bring a flashlight and lots of batteries.
Good luck!!
PS
Since when did you need a passport to go to California?!?
Or should I say "My Lord" What do you wish for dinner? And should I assume you will want the rental Cougar washed and detailed to perfection?
And of course I will have the servants taking care of any other wishes you may have......Yeah Right!
Dasaint1:
Good point, I was planning on charging a dollar for everyone that enters the house so I can pay the PG&E bill. Or at least buy flashlight and batteries...I have a little problem with candles, I'm sure you understand.
Gustafsc:
Passport-California, Hmmmm? Winterfest: Sounds like fun, come on over!
If it helps any the temp dropped to 62degrees today and we're expecting rain by Friday. California weather...gotta love it!
CSG chat tonight at 7pm est. I hope to see all of you there!!
I have used fuel injector cleaner/water remover/fuel system cleaner in every car I have owned, including the Cougar.
I swear by the stuff, it really does keep your injectors clean, really does keep water in your gas lines from freezing.
I consider it to be an inexpensive alternative to having to get my fuel injectors cleaned.
Rain by Friday = mudslide by Sunday
Skip G.
I took my car to the dealer on Jan.2. They gave me my car back the next day. They said they had to order the part and will send me a postcard as soon as they receive the part.
A month goes by, I call them back. Guess what?!? The part came in on Jan. 5. Noone has bothered calling me or dropping a postcard. So I've made another appointment on the 15th of Feb. to get my seat fixed.
That's Mercury service for you.
Same thing happened to me a few months back. I always call when they have something on order.
They also told me that my front rotors are too low to be machined and would have to be replaced.
Has anyone else had this problem? They are not trying to BS me, the front rotors are worn down, however it does not seem right to me that a car should have to get new rotors after only 40,000 miles. I mean the pads should have worn down, not the rotors.
I would expect the rotors to have to be replaced if the pads had worn down and had worn against the rotors, but this has not happened.
I am reluctant to pay for the rotors myself because i see NO REASON they should have to be replaced so soon. I am reasonably sure they aren't covered under warranty so i'll likely have to eat the cost. It does perplex me though that the rotors are in this bad a shape so soon. I also don't know if my rotors were or were not replaced by the previous owner per the TSB for the zinc coating / squeaking problem that the early '99's had.
Maybe MWS0520 can possibly provide some insight.
Jimbo_G
P.S. BADULAH: My name is now green! I am elated :-)
Would you believe, when they re-assembled the seat, they now have the lumbar support set so that it's near what I would call max when it's dialed down to minimum. And adjusting it to a firmer setting will break your spine. At minimum, it feels like a softball in my back. I'll live with it until I need my next oil change, and then giv'em hell.
Loaner was an Escort w/8500 mi. Boy, is that another crackerbox!!!!!! The engine felt like it was trying to make a milkshake out of me. I am thoroughly spoiled by the V6 in the Cougar, although the 4's that I had in my last 3 cars were very smooth. I guess that the Escort doesn't have balance shafts, and they just let it shake, rattle, and roll (slowly).
Skip G
I wonder if this is an up-and-coming issue with '99 Cougars. Are you other rotor rousers driving '99 Cougars or newer models?
Tire update: Pirelli P4000s -- Well, I've finally gotten out on the interstate again with my nearly two month old Pirelli P4000s. Keep in mind -- since December 22, I've had them installed, re-balanced, re-balanced again and aligned, and re-balanced a third time (as of yesterday). Between the 2nd and 3rd balancings (even a word?), my car had been in the shop for 3 weeks, so the tires barely have 1500 miles on them.
The tires aren't the quietest on the interstate, but they do seem a little grippier. Kauffman Tire (GA and other southern states) offered to replace them with a new set if this last balancing doesn't work things out. We'll see.
Anyone have any similar Pirelli tire experiences? Fish8? How are your P6000s coming along?
Later,
burnsmr
I have no idea what is causing this. Though, I still experience a slight steering wheel vibration at speeds between 60-70mph. I don't know if this is causing the tire wear or not.
According to the dealer(when I inquired during my last service) they said the vibration was just an "annomoly" and normal for this car.
My tire have about 1500-2000 miles on them and they have been aligned once and balanced twice. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
If you watched "Ed" on NBC last night, his girlfriends Cougar appeared again. And yes, it is silver.
Jim H.
We regret any inconveniences to our customers by this decision.
Thanks MWS for the update!
um........, er........... wha.......... who.......why.............
(loses his composure and leaves the room)
Does anyone know what the C2 and the Zn are? Does it have more hp??
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Hug your kitty.
Badulah...my new cougar is also a special edition, I just haven't posted a picture for you.
Although, when you come out for your visit you will meet her! Ha-Ha.
I am thinking about the Auto Specialty front AND rear rotors. I am also going to go with Mintex A/F Street Pads.
I would really like to go with cross drilled rotors, but I really don't want to spend that much money.
I can get new front and rear Auto Specialty rotors plus Mintex A/F street pads for 350.00.
Meineke said they would install everything for about 160.00 adding up to 510.00, which is about the same price they would have charged me for their pads, their new front rotors and to have my old rotors turned.
I had considered just going with just the front Autospecialty rotors, or maybe even getting cross drilled front rotors and sticking with the old machined rotors for the time being. However, I read a post were someone screwed up their braking and wrecked their Acura by updating their front brakes and not their rears so I will try to do everything together.
I will probably order the components tommorrow, I plan on shopping around to see if I can get a better price than what Meineke is offering.
A fine 4 door sports sedan that didn't get the marketing it deserved because it competed against Ford's precious Taurus.
I just hope that their will be a Focus based Cougar replacement so that the Cougar name doesn't die.
The Cougar is still one of the best looking cars on the road. Ford has done a great job with the interior upgrades and it only needed a 30 horsepower boost and maybe a functional hoodscoop to freshen up the styling a bit, and it would have stole back some sales that it had lost to the Celica.
Sad, how sad.
Well, in all honesty, I don't know about the cougar now. I was seriously thinking about getting the S. The coug's still on my shopping list, but it just lost a few points. I know this doesn't matter to everybody, but performance is one of the items on my hitlist.
The C2 is a gorgeous car though.
burnsmr4: the clio? #*@$ YEA! That car is sweet. I really wish more manfacturers would consider bringing their pocket rockets to the USA. I would love to see the Clio, as well as the cougar's lil' brother, the puma, come to the states. However, I doubt we will ever see them here. Small cars just don't appeal to the big, inefficient taste of Americans. Supermini's like the Ka or Audi A2 would never survive here, as sweet as they look. I prefer to blame this, as always, on SUVs.
(If you like kick-but little pocket rockets with really really slick designs, then check the international websites for the manufacturers. Best bet is the UK sites. Just use .co.uk instead of .com. ie www.ford.co.uk You can look at japanese sites too (co.jp) but it's usually all garbled so all you can do is guess-click and ooooo at the pics.)
PS: MWS, thanks for leveling with us.
You can see the difference between what they get and what we settle for by comparing the aforementioned pocket rockets. The Focus SVT puts out 170HP to drive a 2700lbs. car. The Sport Clio V-6 (notice the cramming of the V-6 into this car) utilizes 223HP to move a 2900lbs. car. Y'all do the math (although this could be really close).
Again...oh, well...
For those really seriously in hot rodding, the only solution is now an engine swap. Find a crunched Contour SVT, pull the mill, and drop it into the Cougar. Should fit without any real trouble as they're the same basic assembly.
While you're at it, add the limited slip differential.
Voila!! Instant Cougar S.
Now, MWS, was that so hard??? No serious engineering required. Just off the shelf parts, a few good magazine reviews, and a sales boost for the end of the current Cougar run.
I do feel that Ford is treating Mercury like a red headed stepchild though.
Should there be a next generation Cougar, please put a performance version in the line from the start. I think that you'll be surprised. And, a rebodied Focus ain't gonna get it!!!! Too small, and too tall.
Skip G
Btw, for your convenience, the Hatchbacks Cougar discussion has been cloned to the CSG folder.
KarenS
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Don't shoot the messenger. ;-)
KarenS
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From what I've been reading, did Mercury provide the C2 and Zn as REPLACEMENTS for the S?
Now does this make ANY sense? Hmm... we're going to make a high performance version to seek more people in the younger, performance market. Nah, let's scrape it and just use different paint instead. Yes, Cougar S shoppers will really be interested in yellow or deep blue paint instead.
I remember reading all the early reviews about the New Edge cougar. They all stated the same mission for the cougar: to win Mercury a loyal following of younger buyers. The cougar was doing a great job of this... until FMC started pulling its support out from under it.
Abandonment of the S, and the revelation of the new Marauder boat show that Mercury has gone back to where it came from. It has dropped its mission of appealing to younger buyers. Instead Mercury has decided to stick to its traditional image as an old-people car for grandma and grandpa. (Not that I have anything against grandma or grandpa. I just don't like the cars they drive.)