Friends at CEG
I haven't posted in a long time. I'm an old man of 56 who loves his Mystique. 98.5 LS 2.5V6. The car has held up well and needed no warranty work except for recalls. The Alternator went last year. I was stuck on vacation and paid a dealer $500 to replace it. Claimed he had to remove a tie rod? I still love the car and get "new car" excited whenever I experience that great V6. I have not done a lot of "mods". I replaced all the speakers with Pioneer 6X8's and Last year purchased a Kenwood 819 HU with mp3 caspabilites and did away with my sony cd changer. Put in some Sylvania Brite White Headlights. If You were to do one performance upgrade would you get a chip or put in a K&N intake?
Gripes - Tires- Goodyears lasted 27.000mi, Dunlap d60's lasted 20,000, I now have Sumitomo SRIXON4's which seem to be the best riding tire of the three. We'll see how long they last.
I hate the way the back bumper get's scratched.(my wifes beach chairs) Otherwise the body has held up well.
Likes
That Engine, Mercury's Interior (Old men like fake wood),
Dependability, ATM - Best shifting auto I ever had.
Well I keep my cars about ten years so I've got another four with the Merc. All my friends have SUV's,Taurus's and Gran marquis and GM bubble cars. The kids are grown and out of the house. I saw a FOCUS with Ground effects the other day... Take care CEG'ers.
