I own my Cougar since it was new from the dealer. That was April 1999. In 2001 I sold my old original rims, because the tires were pretty expensive. Ford at that time had only Michelin tires for more than 200 Euro per tire and Bridgestone. So I bought my INXX rims, 17 inch and sold the orignal Cougar rims.
Last year I found some original Cougar rims for a pretty good price. I bought them. Since I put the Cougar into a Garage now, I finally put the old rims back on the cat. It looks great.
The reason why I put the Cougar in the garage is my "new" 1992 Mazda 323 (BG). I bought it for a pretty good price from our Citroen dealer.
I was sick of the late public Transportation VVS here in and around Stuttgart. In the past 7 years it took me at least 2 1/2 hours a day to get to work and back. I spent so much time in the trains and transtations, when another train did not come due to technical issues etc. that I decided to get back on the road.
Yes, it is a bit more expensive than the train ticket (97 Euro). But the 300km per week / 1200km per months are ok. I save at least 5 hours a week. 5 hours that I can spend with my family or with other important things.
The little Mazda only 92000km after 25 years. Was owned by a 83 year old lady. It is an 1.6L 88PS Automatic. Average consumption right now a bit more than 9L/100km.
The old lady had a accident last year and my Citroen/Mazda Dealer bought for cheap, fixed it pretty good, made a new service and technical control. He used it as a customer car. That's how we got to it.
It is really in pretty godo shape. Some dents and scratches on the side...a usual old man / lady scenario. But it is great.
Kids and wife love it as well.
Now it is my daily driver.