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[capitlj]

LankorDie wrote:
I drove a Thunderbird for 3 years of winters, other then it getting stuck all the time it was a great winter beater.

Your car's a auto (I think) so what's the big deal, easy to drive durning the winter. Just get some good tires, they make all the diffrence.
All fox cougars were automatics, with the exception of the 2.3 turbo XR7's, but its a pain in the ass with my 265/50/15 coopers those things suck when they get snow or ice on em. I could get new tires but i don't want this car to rust out. It is my project car.

[capitlj]

LankorDie wrote:
I would like to add that the; 240sx, two turbocoupes both of which are 12 second race cars, a 55 chevy bel air with a 350 and twin gale banks turbos, a 72 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland thats pushing 450 whp are all his doctor friends cars.

I'm not trying to start a fight, but when you told me about these cars it sounded like you didn't have anything to do with them other then your rich friend let you drive them..
No i never drove any of them but i did fit the turbo kit on the bel air, i did an entire suspension for the 240, head swaps on the TC's and one got a new turbo and rear end, the exhaust on the ranchero 3 inch pipe the whole way out. I never drove them but i did work on all of them.

[MisterCMK]

bah, RWD is great in the winter when it is properly equipped. Throw some weight in the back and good tires and you're ready to rock.

In the snow, 4x4/AWD>RWD>FWD>snowshoes>walking

[97lt1]

I've driven camaros in the winter and even those aren't that bad, I don't think your cougar could be any worse.

[MisterCMK]

capitlj wrote:
No i never drove any of them but i did fit the turbo kit on the bel air, i did an entire suspension for the 240, head swaps on the TC's and one got a new turbo and rear end, the exhaust on the ranchero 3 inch pipe the whole way out. I never drove them but i did work on all of them.

Yeah, well for the sake of argument, I've worked on at least the following:
1975 Trans Am
1973 F-250
1992 Escort
1992 Explorer
1994 Mustang
1995 Mustang
1996 Mustang
1996 Mustang
1997 Explorer
2000 Expedition
2007 Mustang
1998 Accord
1997 Accord
2003 Lancer
1993 3000GT VR4
1999 Camaro
1997 Camaro
1998 Dakota
1994 Ram B350
1991 Dakota
1998 Neon
2003 Civic
1999 Integra
2003 LeSabre
1992 Prism
2000 Eclipse
1988 Caravelle
1994 E-350 passenger van
1949 Chevy street rod
1990 Mustang
1992 Chevy 1500 truck

[integra_gsr98]

I'd hate to put up a list of what I've worked on as well... Chuck too. I've installed remote starters in MOST vehicles on the road.

God I don't even have time to type out all of the vehicles I've worked on.

[capitlj]

Its not the rear drive part its the tires and the fact i dont want it on the street in the winter. If i total my cougar it'd be like losing an eye i love that car. There just inst that many around anymore and the ones that are around are in terrible shape. Last winter i had like 150 - 200 pounds in the trunk, that hooker should have kept her mouth shut, and i almost got stuck in my parking lot in like 2 inches of snow. The tires are just too wide and i can't afford new ones plus if i have to put my old rims back on for the winter it would make me sad, they are really ugly. Winter is depressing enough.

[MisterCMK]

Exactly. Its stupid to brag about how many vehicles you've worked on. Hell, I can't even remember a lot of the ones I've worked on.

Just because you've been there and tightened a few bolts doesn't mean that you are a mechanic. I'm not saying that it doesn't either, but the point still stands.

[integra_gsr98]

Your cougar not being totaled makes me want to lose an eye.

[capitlj]

The question was concerning my automotive aptitude. Those are just some examples proving the fact that i'm not just some moron with a big mouth. I have a big mouth indeed but there is a brain behind it.

[integra_gsr98]

Well technically everyone has a brain. It's what you do with it that makes the difference. I haven't seen the difference you make though.

[capitlj]

integra_gsr98 wrote:
Your cougar not being totaled makes me want to lose an eye.
Don't be an ass. For fucks sake guys you call me out, basically call me a retard, I try to disprove it and this is what i get.

[capitlj]

Just you haven't seen it doens't mean it doesnt exist.

[MisterCMK]

whoaz, drama that I didn't start. Awesome!

[94NDTA]

capitlj wrote:
Just you haven't seen it doens't mean it doesnt exist.
...........what?

[GarageAlchemist]

Anyway, you should get an 86.

[Guest]

integra_gsr98 wrote:
I'd hate to put up a list of what I've worked on as well... Chuck too. I've installed remote starters in MOST vehicles on the road.

God I don't even have time to type out all of the vehicles I've worked on.

Heh, yeah, nearly every common make/model has a couple drops of my blood on the sharp edges under the dash from autostarts....

Basically what the OP has proven is that he has bolted on simple parts to cars (suspension, bolt on turbokits, etc....) I think GSR and I can both say that there is more brain activity installing a deck w/o a wiring harness than there is in bolting on a pair of struts or some headers.

[amicheze]

capitlj wrote:
Just you haven't seen it doens't mean it doesnt exist.

yeah no kidding. i swear unicorns exist.

[weshole]

amicheze wrote:
yeah no kidding. i swear unicorns exist.

Elvis and Hoffa are my neighbors too.

[bubba]

A friend of mine drove his Turbo II Rx-7 all last winter with low-pro tires on the thing. He said it was better than most trucks he's had. And before you say anything it had a lot more power than a cougar and plus it was a lot lighter. And no offense, but I know this has been said before, if you dont like people ripping on your car then you shouldnt have came on here and started putting down our cars from the beginning. A good majority of the cars on here are a lot faster and better looking than any cougar. Hell even my POS CRX could probably either stay with or take that cougar. I dont wanna make any enemies or anything just my 2 cents.