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Jaimerz
10-23-2007, 11:55 AM
Sooo... I did it... I traded in the GA (with a blown head gasket & LIM) and got a 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 MTX. I've been hunting this car for the past month... kept getting salesmen that didn't want to sell it to me, finally saw them lower the price again, and now she's mine :)

I haven't gotten to take pics of her yet, but here's a few that were on the dealer's website.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s262/BlackGrandAmGT/Front.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s262/BlackGrandAmGT/Grr.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s262/BlackGrandAmGT/Gr.jpg

I'm glad I was able to go from a black coupe with a sunroof... to a black coupe with a sunroof :lol: - with lower miles.
mutt421
10-23-2007, 12:02 PM
Congrats on the new(to you) car. I bet it is pretty fun to drive.
Matt95GT
10-23-2007, 01:25 PM
Nice find on the manual trans... manual FTW.

Beware the "Ford-ness" of the Duratec 2.5L... my mom's 98 Mystique and my friend's 99 Cougar were far from problem-free. (4 oxygen sensors that never live past 60K miles FTL)


P.S. I spy Sunburst Spec V. :D
GTSpeeder
10-23-2007, 01:52 PM
Wow, congrats! I've always thought Cougar's were badass! Be good to it and it'll be good to you :)
car audio dave
10-23-2007, 02:46 PM
i had a friend with one of those. i think you can use parts from the contour SVT on the motor to wake it up a bit.
Jaimerz
10-23-2007, 03:05 PM
Yep, you can :D I guess you can even swap the 3.0L engine over, too (of course, with a lot of work)
MysteriousGT1
10-23-2007, 03:57 PM
Yep, you can :D I guess you can even swap the 3.0L engine over, too (of course, with a lot of work)

you can drop any motor in any car with alot of work lol
sunrunner_pei
10-23-2007, 04:36 PM
I'm Sorry. :(



:D
Jaimerz
10-23-2007, 04:39 PM
:red:

:lol:
jayhawk
10-23-2007, 04:59 PM
Well, now the amount of pedals is correct.

I know, I am such a M/T snob. =P
ga5speed02
10-23-2007, 07:38 PM
Sweets best of luck to yuo! good luck :D
Jibo
10-23-2007, 11:28 PM
Nice ride, now go away








:lol:

JK!

Looks great Jaimie!

needs more pics!
Jaimerz
10-23-2007, 11:35 PM
:woot: did some searching and it looks like it's the sport package too :D
goredsox
10-26-2007, 01:24 AM
how do u like it a friend of mine at work has a 99 with a V6 his is an auto and it is purple in color, he doesn take good care of it though...
Jaimerz
10-26-2007, 07:20 AM
Oh I'm really loving her... I wouldn't have bought the auto, or the 4 cyl. or any other color other than black or silver :lol: Guess the sunroof on these things suck and break easily. Good thing I live where it rains all the time then, huh? :lol:
Greengo 07
10-26-2007, 11:13 AM
yea, the sunroof or whatever you want to call it does break easily, my sister in law has a cougar and hers froze while it was open and when she took it to the shop they had to force it back down into the car, it will open fine, but will then have to be forced back down, they said it was a wire from the switch to the roof i do believe, and it would be outrageously expensive to fix it, so good luck, also watch out for your actuators for your hatch, those can go bad quick too,
Jaimerz
10-26-2007, 09:01 PM
More pics...

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s262/BlackGrandAmGT/DSCN2325.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s262/BlackGrandAmGT/DSCN2328.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s262/BlackGrandAmGT/D2331.jpg
Jibo
06-22-2008, 02:57 PM
I am WAY late replying to this, but looks great, now get us so MORE pics Jamie! :lol:
Silversmok3
06-22-2008, 04:38 PM
Nice find on the manual trans... manual FTW.

Beware the "Ford-ness" of the Duratec 2.5L... my mom's 98 Mystique and my friend's 99 Cougar were far from problem-free. (4 oxygen sensors that never live past 60K miles FTL)




X2.
Yesterday at work I dealt with the "Ford-Ness" monster , I had to remove a kick plate under the steering column of a Mercury Mountaineer to get to a customers fuse box.

Which was reversed under the steering column. :eek:

Really cool cars, those Cougars ,just be careful about the quality.
beavercountyemt
06-22-2008, 07:14 PM
can you put the ford mustang rousch motor in it?? How hard would it be? :lol:
Jaimerz
06-22-2008, 11:18 PM
I am WAY late replying to this, but looks great, now get us so MORE pics Jamie! :lol:

:lol: nice thread resurrection

can you put the ford mustang rousch motor in it?? How hard would it be? :lol:

Not sure, but lots of people (with the money) have dropped the 3.0L contour SVT engine in with little modifications :) I don't have the money for that though.
Jaimerz
06-22-2008, 11:25 PM
Here's the most recent pics... I haven't had time/clean car/right setting for better pics.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/balthisj/Cougar/DSCN2392.jpg

I have since replaced the CD player with a better JVC unit.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/balthisj/Cougar/004.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/balthisj/Cougar/2867.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/balthisj/Cougar/DSCN2871.jpg

I now have tint! :D
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/balthisj/Cougar/IMG_0223.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/balthisj/Cougar/IMG_0224.jpg
Silversmok3
06-23-2008, 01:30 AM
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/balthisj/Cougar/004.jpg

Not to sound like an ass, but your headunit says 'Pioneer' on it,not JVC. Care to explain lol?

Slick mods so far. But I like the one in the picture that has 1-2-3-4-5-R written on it :)
Jaimerz
06-23-2008, 08:25 AM
I know it's Pioneer... I replaced it with a better unit, not one of equal quality, in a different brand (JVC). Should have included a comma between better and JVC :lol:

I should take a new pic with the new unit in, it looks a LOT better.
Gagt518
06-24-2008, 11:45 AM
The tinted read end looks awesome! If it were mine, I would scratch off the GTS Emblems on the covers!
Jaimerz
06-24-2008, 01:16 PM
Thanks :) I've been thinking about it. Kinda wanna shave off the Mercury emblem as well
Gravey
06-24-2008, 01:42 PM
I'm Sorry. :(



:D


OUCH!!!!

LMFAO!

It's the nicest looking cougar that I've ever seen!

...except for that one in the bar down by the lake...
Jibo
06-24-2008, 01:44 PM
All these negative people regarding non GA's what gives :lol:
Matt95GT
06-27-2008, 09:33 AM
Not to sound like an ass, but your headunit says 'Pioneer' on it,not JVC. Care to explain lol?


Your reading comprehension = fail.

I have since replaced the CD player with a better JVC unit.
Jibo
06-27-2008, 11:00 AM
Your reading comprehension = fail.
:roflmfao:
Silversmok3
06-28-2008, 04:01 PM
Your reading comprehension = fail.

Not true. I didn't see the caption in the first place.Thus reading comprehension was not the problem.


My reading before posting=fail.


Fixed for accuracy.Carry on. :D
Jaimerz
07-08-2008, 12:29 AM
yanno I'm just gonna keep adding to this thread since it's still on the first page :lol:

Went on a road trip here's some pics:
car audio dave
07-11-2008, 10:52 AM
looking good. what are your future plans for it?
Jaimerz
07-11-2008, 11:18 AM
Don't really have any... saving money as much as I can, so car gets put on the back burner :(
GMFWDFAN
07-11-2008, 11:57 AM
Sweet pics man. I like the tail covers.
Jaimerz
07-11-2008, 10:21 PM
Thanks :)

And because I'm a photo whore when it comes to my car, I took some pics at the beach today:
bballr4567
07-12-2008, 02:41 AM
Nice pics Jme!
Dboucher
07-15-2008, 03:47 PM
Nice ride, only thing needed would be some wheels, a debadging and a 1" / 2" drop. :D

Oh and and if you want a see a Cougar in action check out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APiApBXkzJc
Jaimerz
07-15-2008, 05:35 PM
Nice ride, only thing needed would be some wheels, a debadging and a 1" / 2" drop. :D

Exactly what I'm thinking. I'm planning on debadging it soon, however for the mods that cost money, I'll have to convince my boyfriend that I need them :)