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Cougarfest, the yearly event I started for 1999-2002 Mercury Cougars ended yesterday. I decided to tow my Cougar down to the event in case I ran into any transmission problems and made it all the way down safely only to rip my bumper off when backing off the trailer. Fortunatley I had a team of fellow Cougar owners with drills and zip-ties repairing it before I even got out of the car, a bonus of Cougarfest when in need of automotive repair. The rest of the weekend consisted of racing at IRP, showing our cars in the hotel parking lot, and a general invasion of the city of Indianapolis by day. By night we retreated into an alcoholic haze of comradery around our cars, eventually flowing into various hotel rooms consuming varieties of alcohol until daytime. This was repeated for four days, with one hour of sleep resulting in complete exhaustion with a heavy dose of Post Cougarfest Depression (PCD). On the ride back I participated in some construction slalom and picked up my new donated bumper from EternalOne. After suffering a tire blowout one hour from home my Cougar had enough, and I was ready to sleep for three days. I started the event because I liked my Cougar, but now I feel it's become more of an extended family reunion where family members all happen to drive the same car.
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