This is the mindless I can't stand.

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This is the mindless I can't stand.

May 10, 2006, 06:47:25 PM

Just browsing Myspace and came across this in the videos section:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=722837052&n=2&Mytoken=C5666821-15AA-9052-3DF460C3095DB82011939505

What is wrong with it that they have to jump it like that? Why an XR-7?

I'm looking for one of those and people like that are wasting them....I don't care about blown head gasket, rust rotted strut tower, bent subframe, paint gone ones, but.....just loook at it!!

I regret saying this....but it held up pretty well.....but for what? A couple laughs? Jump a Cavalier, a Civic, hell a Sundance :D....anything that can be spotted 7 times in every 10 cars....not that....

This is the mindless I can't stand.

Reply #1 – May 10, 2006, 06:52:37 PM

"Jump a Cavalier, a Civic, hell a Sundance"

maybe they didnt want to die :D

no really, i agree, use a car that nobody actually cares about. not a classic fox body.

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Reply #2 – May 10, 2006, 06:59:04 PM

People are stupid...

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Reply #3 – May 10, 2006, 07:01:39 PM

Sundances are pretty sturdy...well my 94 with no rust is....but that was totaled by a deer....meaning no one could use it....so we use it to haul stuff around the yard...or relieve stress....I've run it into stuff and jumped it...but this was AFTER we took all the useful stuff out of it.

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Reply #4 – May 10, 2006, 07:51:07 PM

face it guys....the only ones that dont think our fox body non mustangs are expendable peices of sh@ are us......such is life...

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Reply #5 – May 10, 2006, 07:56:25 PM

Quote from: bhazard

not a classic fox body.

Classic? The only thing that will ever be classic about our cars is their age.

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Reply #6 – May 10, 2006, 08:24:56 PM

*runs outside and hugs his car* I love my bird

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Reply #7 – May 10, 2006, 08:45:55 PM

Quote from: 88turbo

*runs outside and hugs his car* I love my bird

*looks down* Me too

Shame302 and Tbird232ci are right, though, guys - to the rest of the world they DID do that to a car nobody cares about...

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Reply #8 – May 10, 2006, 09:06:38 PM

That video bothers most as much as This photo does.. the fact is that there is only a select few that are in to these paticular body styles, although it does look like someone really liked that cougar at some point.

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Reply #9 – May 10, 2006, 09:33:38 PM

Even I don't like the Cougars, I don't think I would save one if it needed any work done unless I thought I could make money off of it (not likely). But the TCs do have a special place in my heart, they're just the coolest thing to me, the whole idea of such a car is crazy and Ford did it. The Cougar deserves some respect, too, though. (Yeah, XR-7s are just like a TC underneath, but I just don't like the appearance)

In general though, it's stupid to trash any car that isn't already messed up, it's just pure vandalism and destruction.

This is the mindless I can't stand.

Reply #10 – May 10, 2006, 09:58:45 PM

I'm more of an "Aerobird" freak then a 2.3T nut, so that video pains me. I actually sold my Cougar to a guy who wanted one because it was too nice to mod. I'm still lokkin for a decent one, but most are too nice for what I have planned (the motor I want to use requires some hacking, and YES it's a Ford). I hate it when people ruin these cars. That said though, imagine being a Charger fan...

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Reply #11 – May 10, 2006, 11:35:08 PM

Quote from: jlewis05

Even I don't like the Cougars...

Here I was thinking you where a decent person.

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Reply #12 – May 10, 2006, 11:43:45 PM

Quote from: bhazard

use a car that nobody actually cares about. not a classic fox body.

Shawn and Carmen both have it right 100%. To most everyone else out there, our cars ARE the ones that no one cares about. Just the same way we might think of an old '84 Camaro Berlinetta with an iron duke 4-cyl. Some sick Camaro purist might find that particular car to be the pinnacle of 80's engineering, but to us, it's nothing more than another 80's junk-mobile (which it really, actually is.)

It's a tough lesson to learn, but it's what makes us all special I guess. We find beauty and awe in cars that are, at the NEWEST, 18 years old.

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Reply #13 – May 11, 2006, 12:44:11 AM

Quote from: Ifixyawata

Shawn and Carmen both have it right 100%. To most everyone else out there, our cars ARE the ones that no one cares about.

Which is one thing I really like about "our" cars: at first glance, they seem like every day junkers, but with some TLC, they can really stand out and be prime examples of the last true original American cars (before everything went "puppies" style; not including remakes like the new Mustang).

Even though I prefer the body styling of the Tbirds, Cougars make really nice cars (and do look quite good, dont get me wrong) and shouldnt be destroyed unless it's already gone.

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Reply #14 – May 11, 2006, 01:06:43 AM

I'm wierd when it comes to t-bird/cougar preference. From '83-'86 I like both Coug and T-bird, but I have a slight preference for the Birds. But from '87-'88 it's all Cougar, all the way (Eh, I'd drive an 87-77 TurboCoupe, fa sho!). The first 'one that got away' for me was an '88 XR-7, loaded except leather, I think, had a nice aftermarket system, no rust. It was only $1200... *sigh* I waited too long to call and the car was gone!