Ok, Here's a really nice 68 CougarXR7 that was made into a XR7-G clone and into a convertible, talk about sweet! Mercury never made a 67-68 Cougar Convertible.
Oh, yeah almost forgot about this 1969 Cougar R code XR7 Converible 1 of 37 made, holly Sh*T this car was so mint! Anyone have $125K thats what the owner said he'll
take for it! I'm short about 100K
Nice looking car, but If I had 100K to spend on a car, it wouldn't be a Ford product. :D
atomsk680
07-16-2006, 11:39 PM
sorry, im short about $120,000
67t5ponycoupe
07-17-2006, 12:16 AM
If I had the cash I would jump all over a Ford GT and be happy to spend the money on it!
ideal_mustangs
07-17-2006, 12:20 AM
Yeah, If I had 100K I'd be all over the GT
428coupe
07-17-2006, 12:21 AM
ORIGINAL: Soaring
Nice looking car, but If I had 100K to spend on a car, it wouldn't be a Ford product. :D
Wouldn't spend it on a Ford product? Thats like blasphamy. What other kind of car is worth that kind of dough?
KTM
07-17-2006, 03:37 AM
Rare car, price seems very high.
FoRdBoY357
07-17-2006, 09:40 AM
Ok, Here's a really nice 68 CougarXR7 that was made into a XR7-G clone and into a convertible, talk about sweet! Mercury never made a 67-68 Cougar Convertible.
i should change my name to CoUgArBoY....anyways.
BZZZTT!! Wrong!....yeah, they did make a 68 cougar convertible....all 4 of em:eek:
jrrhd73must
07-17-2006, 10:42 AM
Although to that guy the cougar is worth 100k, however at no auction is that car going to bring more than a shelby cobra same year. It would be lucky to bring a boss 302 price.
Nice car though...
1965MustangFastback
07-17-2006, 10:49 AM
Show me the proof of four factory built 1968 Cougar Convertibles!
FoRdBoY357
07-17-2006, 11:09 AM
ORIGINAL: 1965MustangFastback
Show me the proof of four factory built 1968 Cougar Convertibles!
i just saw it Mustang & Ford Magazine
atomsk680
07-17-2006, 12:38 PM
IMO i wouldnt pay anything for a hardtop made into a convertible. i would be happier with a hardtop.
Clu7ch
07-17-2006, 01:58 PM
ORIGINAL: 428coupe
ORIGINAL: Soaring
Nice looking car, but If I had 100K to spend on a car, it wouldn't be a Ford product. :D
Wouldn't spend it on a Ford product? Thats like blasphamy. What other kind of car is worth that kind of dough?
1998 Lamborghini Diablo VT low miles (about 25-45K) $115,000 go back a few years you could find one for 75-85K.
FoRdBoY357
07-17-2006, 03:10 PM
I'd get a 2000 Cobra-R. You can pick those up for around $50-$65K
67Sally
07-17-2006, 03:30 PM
With a hundred grand there is now way I'd buy a Ford product either. Ford GT's aren't selling for that anyways. Maybe an '06 Porsche 911 Cabrio or an Audi a8
Soaring
07-17-2006, 03:36 PM
That would be a down payment of this baby.
2006 Porshe GT Carrera V10, 350 CID. $485,000 bux. Just thought I would share this while we are dreaming?
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/03/carreragt06.jpg
I would buya classic GT 500 anyday over any of those cars. Not only do you get a much more amazing car but the value of the car increases instead of decreases. I have been told that on some classic cars that the value increases faster on them than you can make in other investments such as the stock market. But like yall said. That is only dreaming. I am years and hundreds of thousands away from ever buying my dream car.
I personally have a long LONG list of cars that I would gladly spend 120k on, and I'm sorry to say that among the new cars on that list there is not a single Ford Product.
Whatever![:'(] Looks like a pregnant roller skate. :D
paddy187
07-17-2006, 06:39 PM
Looks better than the veyron to me but any modern lambo, zonda, that porsche or a middle price helicopter!!!
dodgestang
07-17-2006, 07:05 PM
Sheesh....that's the most complicated set of bindings I have ever seen
http://www.dodgestang.com/bindings.jpg
Clu7ch
07-17-2006, 07:28 PM
ORIGINAL: dodgestang
Sheesh....that's the most complicated set of bindings I have ever seen
http://www.dodgestang.com/bindings.jpg
sweet, what kinda board is that?!
67Sally
07-17-2006, 07:34 PM
ORIGINAL: eholzer07
I would buya classic GT 500 anyday over any of those cars. Not only do you get a much more amazing car but the value of the car increases instead of decreases. I have been told that on some classic cars that the value increases faster on them than you can make in other investments such as the stock market. But like yall said. That is only dreaming. I am years and hundreds of thousands away from ever buying my dream car.
I have to disagree with you on this one. The Veyron, GT, etc, would own the GT500 (making them more amazing) and the value on these don't decrease the way they do on some Ford Taurus. The production is highly limited so the value goes up after about 10 years tops. Before I get my Bugattis & Bentleys though...the '64 Continental and '67 Camaro are coming. :)
Clu7ch
07-17-2006, 07:50 PM
ORIGINAL: 67Sally
ORIGINAL: eholzer07
I would buya classic GT 500 anyday over any of those cars. Not only do you get a much more amazing car but the value of the car increases instead of decreases. I have been told that on some classic cars that the value increases faster on them than you can make in other investments such as the stock market. But like yall said. That is only dreaming. I am years and hundreds of thousands away from ever buying my dream car.
I have to disagree with you on this one. The Veyron, GT, etc, would own the GT500 (making them more amazing) and the value on these don't decrease the way they do on some Ford Taurus. The production is highly limited so the value goes up after about 10 years tops. Before I get my Bugattis & Bentleys though...the '64 Continental and '67 Camaro are coming. :)
so wait, the GT500 is equivilant to a taurus? :eek: sorry the value of the GT500 has already started it's "maturing" process (a little finance lingo there for ya ;)) so it has a nice sized chunk already built up and the veyron will drop in huge numbers before it starts to "mature" itself. sorry cuz, for a million dollars i could have a FLEET of foxes that would roast the veyron any day of the week. besides i bet damn near all of them (minus the ones bought by COLLECTORS) will end up wrapped up around a tree or pole or thru a brick wall. blood stains DRASTICALLY lower the market value of a car. :D
Soaring
07-17-2006, 08:20 PM
I'm still dreaming. Ferrari....
http://www.ferrariusa.com/F430/img/BackgroundComingSoon01.JPG
67Sally
07-17-2006, 11:39 PM
ORIGINAL: Clu7ch
ORIGINAL: 67Sally
ORIGINAL: eholzer07
I would buya classic GT 500 anyday over any of those cars. Not only do you get a much more amazing car but the value of the car increases instead of decreases. I have been told that on some classic cars that the value increases faster on them than you can make in other investments such as the stock market. But like yall said. That is only dreaming. I am years and hundreds of thousands away from ever buying my dream car.
I have to disagree with you on this one. The Veyron, GT, etc, would own the GT500 (making them more amazing) and the value on these don't decrease the way they do on some Ford Taurus. The production is highly limited so the value goes up after about 10 years tops. Before I get my Bugattis & Bentleys though...the '64 Continental and '67 Camaro are coming. :)
so wait, the GT500 is equivilant to a taurus? :eek: sorry the value of the GT500 has already started it's "maturing" process (a little finance lingo there for ya ;)) so it has a nice sized chunk already built up and the veyron will drop in huge numbers before it starts to "mature" itself. sorry cuz, for a million dollars i could have a FLEET of foxes that would roast the veyron any day of the week. besides i bet damn near all of them (minus the ones bought by COLLECTORS) will end up wrapped up around a tree or pole or thru a brick wall. blood stains DRASTICALLY lower the market value of a car. :D
No of course I wasn't comparing the GT500 to the Taurus at all...I was just trying to show that these exotics don't decrease in value the traditional way that common cars do. I can see your point with the Veyron but a Ford GT can be had for not too much more than a GT500, is more fun to drive (IMO), and in the end I would be willing to bet that it would be a bigger investment than the GT500. GT500's are pretty close to their peak right now because of all the hype. Also, if one of these cars is gonna get the blood stains on it I think it's gonna be from the guy with no air bags or a modern suspension/brakes. Just my $0.02 though
ideal_mustangs
07-18-2006, 12:00 AM
Im with eholzer07 on this one. These foriegn cars do nothing for me at all. For the money you would spend on them, you could buy a whole fleet of great american cars. Call me strange but I like the rough, unsofisticated, brute power of an old classic. Sure they don't handle as good or stop as good or accelerate as good as a Ferrari Enzo or something, but there's just something about an old pushrod V8 that has so much torque that it will two blackmarks for 100 feet that makes me love them so much more.
67t5ponycoupe
07-18-2006, 12:37 AM
Nothing scares the high priced imports like the rubble of a well built American V8! Don't forget the Pantera if you like that Italian styling. I'd kill for one but would really want one with an all aluminum 427. That would dust some Lambo's!
RES
07-18-2006, 12:55 AM
One of the fastest growing investments is the Hemi Cuda Convertable. You can't go wrong with a Hemi, now you may begin the shunning.
67Sally
07-18-2006, 01:03 AM
ORIGINAL: RES
One of the fastest growing investments is the Hemi Cuda Convertable. You can't go wrong with a Hemi, now you may begin the shunning.
No way. I totally agree :). Pricey though
Soaring
07-18-2006, 01:03 AM
I agree with the rough shod way the Mustangs are put together to give us the amount of power and handling we enjoy for the amount of money we spend on them. But to compare them to European designed sports cars is just not the way to go. There is really no comparison. Rich folks who buy the Porsches and Ferrari's aren't concerned about the cost or the depreciation over the long haul. They just want great performance now. I was stationed in Germany for several years, and was able to tour the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. I watched two guys put a 911 engine together, then it was put into the car and dyno tested. It was explained to me that if the engine didn't mee their standards, it was yanked from the car, and the same two mechanics had to rebuild it. But, this time they didn't get paid for doing it. Talking about quality control. :D
RES
07-18-2006, 01:05 AM
ORIGINAL: 67Sally
ORIGINAL: RES
One of the fastest growing investments is the Hemi Cuda Convertable. You can't go wrong with a Hemi, now you may begin the shunning.
No way. I totally agree :). Pricey though
but it is worth it.
67Sally
07-18-2006, 01:20 AM
ORIGINAL: RES
ORIGINAL: 67Sally
ORIGINAL: RES
One of the fastest growing investments is the Hemi Cuda Convertable. You can't go wrong with a Hemi, now you may begin the shunning.
No way. I totally agree :). Pricey though
but it is worth it.
If you have the money it's definitely a good investment.
Clu7ch
07-18-2006, 04:42 AM
ORIGINAL: Soaring
I agree with the rough shod way the Mustangs are put together to give us the amount of power and handling we enjoy for the amount of money we spend on them. But to compare them to European designed sports cars is just not the way to go. There is really no comparison. Rich folks who buy the Porsches and Ferrari's aren't concerned about the cost or the depreciation over the long haul. They just want great performance now. I was stationed in Germany for several years, and was able to tour the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. I watched two guys put a 911 engine together, then it was put into the car and dyno tested. It was explained to me that if the engine didn't mee their standards, it was yanked from the car, and the same two mechanics had to rebuild it. But, this time they didn't get paid for doing it. Talking about quality control. :D
now if they did tht over here . . . . . . . [>:]
paddy187
07-18-2006, 07:52 AM
I brought a mustang because i always wanted one but i cannot think of any other american car that is any good, ps. the orginal gt40 was designed in the UK. New americans cars are, too big, too heavy, rubbish supension, use really old technology (live rear axles please god no), can't take a corner inside they find the cheap plastic they can for the cabin, normal not well built, fuel inefficent, low power per engine volume. This is probably why Ford/GM have problems and toyota, VAG Don't!!! Take GM introducing the Caddy in europe we don't want them they will sell in very small numbers as Jags (ford owned), bmw, and mercs are better!!! Gm have even said that they are making the next saab 93 replacement in germany and not in Sweden!!! Thus reducing a once proud name to a rebadger!!! Rant over
ideal_mustangs
07-18-2006, 02:22 PM
To me the I just cannot see that the foreign cars are that much better. My grandfather bought a new buick a while back and a cousin of mine bought an Avalon. The buick was about 20K and the avalon was aobut 30K. Thats 10K more right up front. I've drove and rode in both cars quite a bit, and I can not tell a bit of difference in the quality, ride, handling, fuel mileage or power. I would have expected the 30K car to be a better car for another 10K over the buick. The buick is a V6 and will get 35mpg on the highway. The avalon will get about 31. So now how can that foriegn car be better?
paddy187
07-18-2006, 03:02 PM
Well, i had never hear of an avalon, but understand it in european terms a big toyota, don't think it's sold in europe only in oz and US. But i will bet the toyota will be more reliable in the long term but the big problem is this "it was engineered from its top to its tires in the U.S." according to http://www.edmunds.com/new/research/toyota/avalon.html and it has about 260bhp so don't know about the buick (lacrosse is 200bhp) hence the **** MPG in the toyota and if it 10k cheaper they got to save that money somewhere and unless they do the mini, (British Leyland, Austin, rover what ever they called at the time made an accounting error and made a loss on everyone sold)
67Sally
07-18-2006, 04:24 PM
ORIGINAL: ideal_mustangs
To me the I just cannot see that the foreign cars are that much better. My grandfather bought a new buick a while back and a cousin of mine bought an Avalon. The buick was about 20K and the avalon was aobut 30K. Thats 10K more right up front. I've drove and rode in both cars quite a bit, and I can not tell a bit of difference in the quality, ride, handling, fuel mileage or power. I would have expected the 30K car to be a better car for another 10K over the buick. The buick is a V6 and will get 35mpg on the highway. The avalon will get about 31. So now how can that foriegn car be better?
How many of these have you driven though? When I get the choice between driving my Mustang or my parent's Porsche or Audi I would take the German cars any day. You just compared a Jap car to an American one and IMO those two that you mentioned aren't much defferent except for reliabilty. Drive a BMW, Audi, or Porsche (Mercedes sucks) and I doubt you'll ever say that foreign cars aren't that much better. If American cars even up to the foreign ones then why won't they sell?
ideal_mustangs
07-18-2006, 04:44 PM
Well I really don't know why they won't sell. I have driven a Porshe and a few Mercedes as well, and also a low end Jag, and I just really was not impressed with them at all. Don't get me wrong, they are nice cars, but I just couldn't see them being so much better to be worth that much more money. As far as reliability goes, I still hold to my stand that American cars are more reliable. I can count about 10 american cars and trucks that I know of that are approaching 250K or have exceeded it and have never had anything done to them. I don't know of any foriegn cars that have that many trouble free miles on them. I've got a friend who has a porshe and its always in the shop and it cost's a ton to have it worked on. I wouldn't trade my Mustang even for it. I know a guy whose got a Honda with only about 150K miles on it and its had to have 3 head gaskets and overhauled once.
atomsk680
07-18-2006, 04:56 PM
if i had that much to spend on a non-ford, then it would definently be a 1970 barracuda, not necesarilly a hemi-cuda, but a barracuda.
If you guys have been reading consumer's reports and various car magazines over the years, you would not claim that American built cars are a better product than foreign cars. I bought a new Avalon in 1998. The car was assembled in the Kentucky plant by American workers. So, with the exception of the running gear, it is an American built car. However, I put well over 200K trouble free miles on it, and it was still running strong when I traded it in on my 03 Mach 1. The trade-in value was quite a bit more than any American counterpart. I have ridden in Buicks and Cadillacs, and you cannot compare their mushy ride to the stiffer, more controlled ride of the large foreign cars. More than any other product, you get what you pay for in a car.
Clu7ch
07-20-2006, 03:15 AM
ORIGINAL: Soaring
If you guys have been reading consumer's reports and various car magazines over the years, you would not claim that American built cars are a better product than foreign cars. I bought a new Avalon in 1998. The car was assembled in the Kentucky plant by American workers. So, with the exception of the running gear, it is an American built car. However, I put well over 200K trouble free miles on it, and it was still running strong when I traded it in on my 03 Mach 1. The trade-in value was quite a bit more than any American counterpart. I have ridden in Buicks and Cadillacs, and you cannot compare their mushy ride to the stiffer, more controlled ride of the large foreign cars. More than any other product, you get what you pay for in a car.
yes, american cars are not better than japanese cars and MOST if not all foreign manufactures are getting their plants out of america cause we do not bulid them the same way they want them built. but with good reason.if you look at the colture(sp) over there and compare it to ours they are two totally different sides of the spectrum. the japanese go to school all year round, mainly cause the living conditions there are meager to say the least and they are taught from an early age, "work, work, work!" now for us, we are more laid back. we are about having fun now and than. the last i read was that we are trying to assimilate some of their work ethic into our production plants and there has been a slight rise in our reliablity. it will be a LONG while before we are where we need to be. also european cars are in decline with their reliability they are number three behind us now. namely the benz cars. they are having very dumb problems like a/c compressors malfunctioning WAY too early and various other problems.
and paddy, you said we have under powered engines (power per volume) and than when we had a V6 with 200 horses and it was getting better mileage than a 260 horsepower V6 from a japanese car was due to the horse power did you not consider we have the same capabilities to make a high powered V6? DUH! we do, but we also know the economy in this point in time wants a car that gets good mileage and anyone who cares about power knows you will sacrifice mileage to gain power.
i do agree, japanese built cars are more reliable and that's due to what i stated above about their colture(sp, again). yeah, if i really wanted something reliable i would go out and get a japanese car. hell, i almost went out and got a scion tc recently. aside from the fact that i can't afford to make payments at this time, i would have done it, but i still prefer my good old american built machines. i have worked on several of cars from all three continents and lemme tell you i have found some really dumb stuff on foreign cars. like a VW, don't remember what model. it had a dropfilter mounted upside down on the bottom of the car! a DROP filter. they are supposed to be mounted towards the top so you can DROP the filter in, hence "DROP filter". on a saab, the oil filler cap was the dipstick and it had this 3 inch tall spring compressed between thin plastic about tops an inch think. the thing broke in my hand as i went to take it off cause i had to compress the spring to get the filler around the little locking nub things. i have never seen this on any american car. now on the flip side, ford thought it would be a good idea to bolt the distributer cap to the distributer to make it better. well, the problem ther was found on my own 89 4 banger mustang. i went to take the bolts out and they were seized into the distributer and broke off flush with the dristributer. i had to drill it out and use drywall screws (as they were all i could find) to hole the thing on. clips always worked fine!!!
okay, end rant.
atomsk680
07-20-2006, 03:21 AM
ORIGINAL: Clu7ch
yes.....
..........fine!!!
okay, end rant.
yea, not all imports are as great as the "almighty" honda accord, take in for instance, the VW bug sucked back then, it still sucks now:D the VW rabbit sucked back then, well they didnt learn from the first time around, so they are releasing it AGAIN, its gunna suck.
Clu7ch
07-20-2006, 03:25 AM
ORIGINAL: atomsk680
ORIGINAL: Clu7ch
yes.....
..........fine!!!
okay, end rant.
yea, not all imports are as great as the "almighty" honda accord, take in for instance, the VW bug sucked back then, it still sucks now:D the VW rabbit sucked back then, well they didnt learn from the first time around, so they are releasing it AGAIN, its gunna suck.
i wanna know why in the hell WV, "the peoples car", a car built to be affordable, gets off building an 80 thousand V12 car? doesn't that go agains what the company was founded on? even tho it was founded by a sadistic fudge job!
67Sally
07-20-2006, 03:29 AM
German > Japanese > American. Just look at the sheer numbers, tests, and consumer's opinions. The American cars aren't coming to par and that's why their sales are doing so poorly (in addition to a lot of poor marketing). I think a big reason you don't see a lot of older foreign cars around is because they haven't been around that long and when they did come to the States people didn't just immediately start buying. They stuck to the American cars while they were still better. Reliabilty, Comfort, and Resale Value are all riding on the foreign manufacturer's side and the American Auto Companies are putting too much dependence on their client's pride even though these cars are hardly even built here
atomsk680
07-20-2006, 03:34 AM
ORIGINAL: 67Sally
German > Japanese > American. Just look at the sheer numbers, tests, and consumer's opinions. The American cars aren't coming to par and that's why their sales are doing so poorly (in addition to a lot of poor marketing). I think a big reason you don't see a lot of older foreign cars around is because they haven't been around that long and when they did come to the States people didn't just immediately start buying. They stuck to the American cars while they were still better. Reliabilty, Comfort, and Resale Value are all riding on the foreign manufacturer's side and the American Auto Companies are putting too much dependence on their client's pride even though these cars are hardly even built here
not true! most imports have been around as long as the stang.. BMW since 1968, datsun have been aorund a long time, toyotas at least since the 70s, honda came.
Clu7ch
07-20-2006, 03:35 AM
believe me i have checked it out in many places many times trying to prove someone wrong, only to prove myself wrong. now, as of a year ago it was: japanese>american>german. the german cars were declining. i'll be the first to say they are wicked engineers by far, but for whatever reason they started slipping and A LOT of benz drivers were getting pissed at all the little snot going wrong. it wasn't ever really anything major, but enough little stuff to make some noise and rattle a few cages. now, if they have fixed the problem, i don't know. i do remember there was one american company that had a rattling problem with something in their cars and after a study they found it was mainly cars made the late part of the second half of the day. they looked into it a bit more and the gentleman who rivited whatever part into the car was this TALL dude and he was getting sore bending over to rivit the piece(s) in. they worked with some japanese auto maker or conslutant of sorts and figured out they sould raise the car up or make a pit for him to stand in so he's not leaning over and further they found it was easier to go in thru the trunk to rivit it in.
ad1997
08-09-2006, 06:06 AM
hell yA!!! thats what im talking about from coupe to convertible !!! nice job i wouldnt tell people that it seems to be frowned apon when u do that round here , just kidding did they need special added framing or do they ride nice after they got coverted?
paddy187
08-09-2006, 07:21 AM
IS the Vw rabbit what we call a golf in europe a very successful car here and a good european family car and one of the starters of the so called hot hatch. The beetle not my fav car, but the most successful car ever still being made in mexico or brazil, maybe it's appeal in the us is after disney crossed out the swastika and put on a number 53!! Anyway i think a reason for american cars doing badly is there lack of global appeal, i mine the accord is sold almost the same world over and it works, american car on the whole don't have global appeal, mind you could be do to the crap we do get sold here the dodge neon....the PT cruiser, jeeps and caddy's plus the vette viper.
Clu7ch
08-09-2006, 06:47 PM
yeah, american cars need a bit of work to stand up the the standards set by the japanese automakers and with the way things are going now, i don't think we'll ever be able to get good reliability unless EVERY car manufacturer melds together into one formal company and all car companies work as one. still staying as ford, cheve, scion, toyo, audi, benz, ect, as their own companies with their own cars, just forming together to learn how to build them reliably(SP).
67Sally
08-09-2006, 06:57 PM
ORIGINAL: paddy187
IS the Vw rabbit what we call a golf in europe a very successful car here and a good european family car and one of the starters of the so called hot hatch. The beetle not my fav car, but the most successful car ever still being made in mexico or brazil, maybe it's appeal in the us is after disney crossed out the swastika and put on a number 53!! Anyway i think a reason for american cars doing badly is there lack of global appeal, i mine the accord is sold almost the same world over and it works, american car on the whole don't have global appeal, mind you could be do to the crap we do get sold here the dodge neon....the PT cruiser, jeeps and caddy's plus the vette viper.
American cars aren't selling here either. They should probably start at home and then try to get the global appeal
Clu7ch: Mercedes sucks but no American cars have anything on Audi, Porsche, or BMW.
Atomsk: Those cars have been around a long time but how many of them were actually in the US during those early years? It was a risky move back then because the big 3 pretty much controlled the market and once they did come over it took a while to get there foot in the door and actually start selling.
ideal_mustangs
08-09-2006, 08:46 PM
I still can't for the life of me figure out why everyone still thinks foriegn cars are more reliable than american
atomsk680
08-09-2006, 09:20 PM
ORIGINAL: 67Sally
Atomsk: Those cars have been around a long time but how many of them were actually in the US during those early years? It was a risky move back then because the big 3 pretty much controlled the market and once they did come over it took a while to get there foot in the door and actually start selling.
no offense but i dont even remember what this thread is about:D
67Sally
08-09-2006, 10:47 PM
Neither did I...I had to refer back to the last pages. AD1997 revived it
atomsk680
08-09-2006, 11:01 PM
ORIGINAL: ideal_mustangs
I still can't for the life of me figure out why everyone still thinks foriegn cars are more reliable than american
there cheap, not loud, get better gas mileage. they dont have many small problems like american cars, but when they do have a problem, it costs a **** loada $$$. american cars dont really have any real major problems. what Irks me is that people buy imports, drive for a year or so, and expect to get the same money the paid for it back, they dont realize that from the very second they signed the title, it dropped tremendously in value. the same is true for american cars, but after 10 years, the american sport cars grow in value. so a 2006 GT stang in 10 years will be worth more then a 06 honda accord with more features and better mileage, and people dont understand that.
Scott H.
08-10-2006, 01:20 AM
And to tie the whole thread back together...
If you want to know (not guess, or parrot what others are saying) about car quality, go spend some time on the J.D. Powers web site. That's about as real as it gets, and it is the information car manufacturers look at too. Of course you probably won't find information on turning coupes into convertibles though.
We used to chop the top of VW beetles and turn them into convertibles. Of course the VW beetle wasn't quite the quality of an American car, it was better than the first of the Jap cars.
By the looks of those two Cougars, I'd venture to say they were done right with the proper chassis reinforcement. I really am impressed with the Grey Cougar. Looks like it might even have a custom tan leather interior as well.
Sure is a looker!
Foxrider64
08-10-2006, 01:42 AM
ORIGINAL: dodgestang
Sheesh....that's the most complicated set of bindings I have ever seen
http://www.dodgestang.com/bindings.jpg
GAHHH!! you stole my idea! i was going to make millions off of my turboskates!!