Yeah, this Cougar is very special to me...in fact this is the second time I owned it.
I bought it in 2002 when I was 19 as my first "real" car. I put nearly 100k on it in 3 years and then thought I needed to "keep up with the Jone's" and bought a 2003 Mazda 6 in 2004. Shortly later I decided I didn't need 2 cars so I sold the Cougar.
Well last year the people I sold the Cougar to said they didn't need it anymore and asked if I wanted it back. I said HELL YA, and paid them $1300 for the car! They had it for 3 years and put about only 5,000 miles on it, so it needed quite a bit of work from just sitting around.