todras
Pretty fly for a white guy *cowbell*
Your wife doesn't mind my age so why should my car?
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cougar vs contour
- Thread starter 95pgt-t
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i've gotta say, the interior of a cougar, WAY nicer.
But I feel like the cougar is a girls car, if properly modified they look flipping sweet, but a stock one? a little too girlie for me.
I've driven both, liked them equally in handling and what not, considering they are the exactly same car from a technical stand point. But I like the look of an SVT contour better then a Cougar.
But I feel like the cougar is a girls car, if properly modified they look flipping sweet, but a stock one? a little too girlie for me.
I've driven both, liked them equally in handling and what not, considering they are the exactly same car from a technical stand point. But I like the look of an SVT contour better then a Cougar.
cobrawannabe
Addicted CEG'er
ronssvt
Hard-core CEG'er
im sorry your so old, must be pretty depressing :shrug:
todras
Pretty fly for a white guy *cowbell*
I'm sorry no one likes you. Must really suck coming on the internet to a car forum to start things with people to feel noticed.
alright you two (todras and ronsssvt) knock it off
Redlineracer12
Addicted CEG'er
I like the interior of my Cougar a lot. Things I dislike most about the Cougar are the sunroof and the terrible blind spots. It's a lot easier to see out my windows in the Contour than the Cougar. The 99-00 Cougar sunroofs had plastic tracks that pretty much all break. Finding a used one is pretty hard and new they go for $800+ at a discount.
ronssvt
Hard-core CEG'er
its funny because your the only one on here I have problems with, why can't you just get over yourself :shrug:
bensenvill
Hard-core CEG'er
well OK I own both.
a 99 cougar I bought new
and
a 96 SE I picked up just recently.
I'm sorry hands down the interior of the cougar wins, while the design of the tour's interior isnt bad [like when compared to GM] its very bland at best.
the front seats in the cougar sit MUCH lower than the contours, I feel like I'm sitting in an SUV and it really bothers me.
as far as passenger vehicles go, contour wins out, drove into the city yesterday for a cubs game with 3 large rowdy friends with no complaints about space as we sat in gridlock traffic for 4 hours. That would have not been the case in the cougar... which depending on your stance might be a great thing [IE I wouldnt have had to be the one driving].
the contour just feels so much more utilitarian to drive around with... I strongly favor the cougar.
a 99 cougar I bought new
and
a 96 SE I picked up just recently.
I'm sorry hands down the interior of the cougar wins, while the design of the tour's interior isnt bad [like when compared to GM] its very bland at best.
the front seats in the cougar sit MUCH lower than the contours, I feel like I'm sitting in an SUV and it really bothers me.
as far as passenger vehicles go, contour wins out, drove into the city yesterday for a cubs game with 3 large rowdy friends with no complaints about space as we sat in gridlock traffic for 4 hours. That would have not been the case in the cougar... which depending on your stance might be a great thing [IE I wouldnt have had to be the one driving].
the contour just feels so much more utilitarian to drive around with... I strongly favor the cougar.
Dyoel182
Addicted CEG'er
And you lost me.
95pgt-t
Hard-core CEG'er
he's saying the cougar feels sportier,were the contour feels very plain and everyday. and he favors the sportier feeling cougar.
Dyoel182
Addicted CEG'er
Ok gotcha. I love reviews where they brag on one car and then pick the other like on Top Gear.
elraido
I kant speel
The cougar I test drove a while ago didn't seem to handle as nice as the tours I have. It felt heavy IMOH :shrug:
bensenvill
Hard-core CEG'er
well for a 4 door, 4 seater car its a small car, and while its quite compfy it feels like a small car. now when you take that same car and drop 2 of the doors and more or less make it a 2 seater, it feels quite expansive, albeit a bit bloated of a body for what it should be to truely be a sports car.
might have just been the condition/wear on the suspension. The cougar does compromise a bit on rigity with the larger doors, pushed back b-pillar and the lack of a rear brace with the hatchback. but I think it boils down to that the tour comes off as a much sportier car than it appears for a 4 door, and the cougar just doesnt have the extra "grunt" it should for playing up the sporty 2 door look.... but I think its all perception as they are nearly identical.
TGO
King of the OFT
someone once posted here..."what'd the difference between a stock cougar and a stock SVT Contour?"
the answer?
"about 5 car lengths" :laugh: