Originally posted by Cueball:
Two things I've noted:

1) 17.5 gallon gas tank. Less fillups, sure. But when I do fillup it's like a mortgage payment.


At least you're not stuck using 93 octane anymore.
Originally posted by Cueball:

2) At 80 mph on the highway, the tach (yes - there is a tach with the automatic) is about 2,500 rpm. That compares with about 3,450 in the SVT - so hopefully will get decent highway gas mileage.


FWIW, the Cougar has a tach too. The rpm are roughly the same as what you're getting (highway).

Originally posted by Cueball:

I noticed the owner's manual calls for a 5W20 Premium Synthetic Blend motor oil. What's that? I used Mobil 1 in the SVT and was hoping to get away from it with this car. Is this some sort of half dino/half synthetic oil?


I'm pretty sure the Cougar also came with this oil.
We switched to Mobil 1 5w30 because Mobil 1 didn't have a 5w20 at that time.

So you're thinking of going to dino oil?

Kim 1995 Contour GL Needs less "needs more"