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    Posted: 04 April 2005 at 8:45pm
well tomorrow i'm gonna go get more details... Milage, Engine condition ETC ETC...


But there is a 900$ 69 Red Mercury Couger... Fine body condition, Hardly any rust... Everything looks great, and i'm concidering talken to my parents about it, if it indeed turns out to be a good deal..

I want to know what people think about the car, The thing looks hot as hell to me but I want to see if any one here knows it's performance etc etc..



I have a 90's caravan that is about to die on me... So i'm looken for a new car..








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if it runs go for it. with the price of insurance you need to find a cheap care i think insurance for a 16 yeasr old is 2.5k. stupid insurance people making money off us kids.
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Yeah I say go for it.

Just look at milage and engine condition before you do anything. And make sure it runs fine.
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get historic car insurance with unlimited milage....... Its costing my freind about 450 a year and hes 17 he owns a completly done up 72 camaro with 455 in it .At the wheels its pushing 539 horses and 575 fp's of torque...... Its a beuty of a car
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My neighbor pays like $150 a month on insurance, or something.  He is 17 I think?




Nice looking car BTW, deffinately go for it.
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i wouldnt get a cougar i dont know for 900$ something is probably wrong as for a test drive first. ill check some of my books at home

i did a little quick homework on the 69 and find out if it has  a 351 windsor engine if it does definately get it those are getting farely expensive if its original



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Remember the old saying "You get what you pay for"

Does it have a title? If not I wouldnt fool with the vehicle...

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Originally posted by HondaXR HondaXR wrote:

Remember the old saying "You get what you pay for"

Does it have a title? If not I wouldnt fool with the vehicle...

Should be a good buy.  I dont mess with cars older than I am tho. lol  I'd get it and then drop in either a newer 351 or go crazy and put in a LS-1.  with the LS-1 you still can get decent mpg and still have a fast car. 
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Personally, I would probably pass on it, unless you know a mechanic or have good knowledge yourself. You don't want to buy something that you're just gonna have to dump money into, which older cars are notorious for.

Personally, I think everyone has too low of expectations! Nobody believes that you can get a good car for less than $2000, but they're wrong!

Look into a 1990 or newer Nissan 240sx or an Altima if you want some room.

I have seen 5speed 1995 Altima GXE's for $1600 on Craigslist, and there are currently a 1990 240sx and a 1993 240SX for less than $1500.

Basically, you can spend a bit more and get a much more practical car.
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Originally posted by dtfastj dtfastj wrote:

Originally posted by HondaXR HondaXR wrote:

Remember the old saying "You get what you pay for"

Does it have a title? If not I wouldnt fool with the vehicle...

Should be a good buy.  I dont mess with cars older than I am tho. lol  I'd get it and then drop in either a newer 351 or go crazy and put in a LS-1.  with the LS-1 you still can get decent mpg and still have a fast car. 




If it doesn't come with a big block V8 I wouldn't mess with it.  With as much as the cars weigh and as little horsepower they put it out (compared to modern moderns of the same displacement) the outcome may not be worth the work.  For $900 bucks there is something that is going to require some major work.
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Do you have absolutely any idea how much that car is going to cost you in the long run?

Stick with new(er) cars, and dependable ones such as Hondas and Toyotas. May not be flashy or powerful, but boy will they save you money in the long run.

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Originally posted by Glassjaw Glassjaw wrote:

My neighbor pays like $150 a month on insurance, or something. He is 17 I think?




Nice looking car BTW, deffinately go for it.


is that a cougar i never saw one before. if it is yeah i like it if its got low/mediumish milage then yeah go for it
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I searched google images and found a relatively red one.
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Originally posted by Badonka Badonka wrote:

Do you have absolutely any idea how much that car is going to cost you in the long run?

Stick with new(er) cars, and dependable ones such as Hondas and Toyotas. May not be flashy or powerful, but boy will they save you money in the long run.

Ive seen some pretty flashy imports.........personally i'd stick with domestic cars..

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Originally posted by the_blade the_blade wrote:

get historic car insurance with unlimited milage....... Its costing my freind about 450 a year and hes 17 he owns a completly done up 72 camaro with 455 in it .At the wheels its pushing 539 horses and 575 fp's of torque...... Its a beuty of a car

that car sounds like a monster

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Originally posted by pbdude985 pbdude985 wrote:

Originally posted by the_blade the_blade wrote:

get historic car insurance with unlimited milage....... Its costing my freind about 450 a year and hes 17 he owns a completly done up 72 camaro with 455 in it .At the wheels its pushing 539 horses and 575 fp's of torque...... Its a beuty of a car

that car sounds like a monster

ok what compression does the engine have  to bad its 72


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That thing sounds like it eats gas like nobodys business.
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ehhh I dont know the compression ratio. Ill ask him what it is  later on today I know its a 6.6 or 6.7 liter engine the cylinders have been bored out .20 and he gets like mabe 14 mpg.......

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Originally posted by Badonka Badonka wrote:

Do you have absolutely any idea how much that car is going to cost you in the long run?


Stick with new(er) cars, and dependable ones such as Hondas and Toyotas. May not be flashy or powerful, but boy will they save you money in the long run.

I would agree with this, but take it a step further and get the Nissan....cheaper resale value than a Toyota or a Honda, so you can get a good used car for cheap...every bit as reliable and probably more powerful but just as economical and more stylish...yes, I'm a Nissan fanboy.

seriously though, for any price you are willing to pay for a car, I'll bet you can find a Nissan model that would fit your cause better than any other manufacturer.

After experiences with both domestic and fpreign cars, I found it really is no comparison! Especially when you are looking into a 4cylinder car...the US sucks at making 4-bangers!

Instead of being like these Japanese, who take a 4-cylinder car, and instead of just adding displacement to make it more powerful like Americans do, they put 4 valves on each cylinder and pull as much power as a lot of American 6-cylinders...all the while being more relibale, economocal, and tunable for a cheaper price.

Ever seen an American 4-Cyclinder car pull 600 horsepower at the rear-wheels? Me neither! But I have see a WHOLE BUNCH of 2.0 liter Nissan 240sx's pushing over 600HP and 1200 torque at th rear-wheels....American car-makers can't do this in their dreams.

And then there's Godzilla...the 2,800 rear-wheel torque inline 6-cylinder Nissan Skyline.

It's kinda funny, all these American manufacturer's think they are badass with their 400HP v8's, when Nissan is making engines half the size that are pushing over 2X the power...makes you wonder.

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My neon when it used to be stock its a 4 valve 132 horse 130 foot pounds torque

i think domestic car manufactorers do a good job

at the like the cobalt or the srt 4......

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