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This was my daily driver up until a week ago when the transmission began to act up. We have been on the market for an SUV so it gave me the excuse to go shop!

Car was purchased from my boss back in 2008 who is a professional mechanic/detailer. He insured it as part of his company 'fleet', but It was his wife's car, had 48,000 miles when I bought it. As a company vehicle however it was fully inspected before being sold and checked out. Since then has had yearly I inspections and has been kept up mechanically very well.

Interior was also kept up very well. As I mentioned I work for a professional detailer so it got cleaned very often! Previous owner was a Light smoker so there are some marks in the upholstery however there is no trace of smell in the car as it has not been smoked in since 2008 and was professionally cleaned.

It's a great, comfortable car to drive. As I said only reason for selling is the transmission issue. The car still drives relatively well at this point, however shifts hard at higher speeds and does not go in reverse or drive in first gear. The transmission will hold the car in place on a hill in reverse but will not actually power it backwards. It acts up for a little while before the information center begins to read check transmission. At the same time as the transmission issue the ABS and traction control lights kicked on, I assume that is related but I do not know.

Besides that, everything works with the exception of the windshield wash which needs nothing more than the hose replaced. It separated and at the moment is washing the engine instead of the windshield! The outside is in decent shape as well. Only things to note are a blemished back bumper from backing into a cart keeper in a parking lot (is not cracked, the paint just began to chip after the impact), a chip out of the driver tail light but light is not fogged up at all and a decent scratch in the front hood from when one of the kids, god love them, tried to shovel the snow off my car >.<

I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. Email me with any questions or if you would like to set up a time to view the vehicle. As I said it does drive, but I do not know how much longer it will. You may certainly try to drive it home and have it towed from where it stops, or tow it the entire way. If your lucky maybe it'll make it the whole way!

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If you've got a pulse in your wrist and a snapping brain cell in your head, chances are you wouldn't mind parking a Bugatti Veyron in your garage. But for most mere mortals, scrounging up the cash for a physics-bending piece of 16-cylinder glory would require all sorts of unpalatable tasks. Fortunately for those who want to look the part without having to participate in human trafficking, the kit car universe has stepped in to save the day. All you need is a 1999-2002 Mercury Cougar, a boat load of fiberglass and a little patience.
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When Mays took over as lead of design in 1997, he admits to having quite an ego ("My head would barely fit through the door some days. I've long since gotten over myself") and the workload to match. With the Blue Oval's portfolio full of premium brands like Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo at that point, along with the bread-and-butter Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models, Mays certainly had quite the challenge.
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Even after the Mariner heads off into the automotive sunset, Ford says that it will continue to manufacture a handful of Mercury models for fleet and government service for a while longer, though mum's the word on how long we can expect that practice to continue.
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