Vacation & first driving lesson ......

[matt69scrambler]

400 + mile vacation trip in the 69 Cougar XR7. I passed the keys off to my girlfriends daughter for her first ever driving lesson,Skull Valley,AZ. Largest lot I could find was in the graveyard parking lot...lol !!! We wanted her to always remember this day.





Skull Valley is very old Indian country. Town got it's name from the fact one tribe killed off another and stacked their heads in piles around the valley. White man came and found the sun bleached skulls .
Drove the Cougar down 10 miles of old dirt road to get to our cabin.




The Cougar ran great and got 17 mpg ! She cleaned up just fine when we got home so it was well worth taking this car on our vacation and making some great memories. We will do it again.


Thanks,
Matt & Tracy

Tracy Middleton

[PhippsAuto]

Great story! My dad had a Cougar XR7 in the mid 1970s. I think it was a 1972, but I'm not positive.

Took our oldest boy out to the middle school parking lot a week ago to see how he could do in a real car after years of driving go-karts. He'll be 15 in January, so he's still a few months away from getting a license, but I thought it would be fun to see if he caught on quickly based on the go-kart experiences. He did very well; just has to get used to the size of the car and where it's ends all are!

Nothing as memorable as Skull Valley, though! Hope your girlfriend's daughter enjoyed it and appreciated it!

[matt69scrambler]

Great story! My dad had a Cougar XR7 in the mid 1970s. I think it was a 1972, but I'm not positive.

Took our oldest boy out to the middle school parking lot a week ago to see how he could do in a real car after years of driving go-karts. He'll be 15 in January, so he's still a few months away from getting a license, but I thought it would be fun to see if he caught on quickly based on the go-kart experiences. He did very well; just has to get used to the size of the car and where it's ends all are!

Nothing as memorable as Skull Valley, though! Hope your girlfriend's daughter enjoyed it and appreciated it!

Cool ! Sounds as he did great and enjoyed it. Wish I could fit in a go-Kart these days....lol

Oh, she'll certainly remember that allright!
'69 Cougar, grave yard, Skull Valley...damn straight! :thumbsup:

If a boyfriend one day tells her he learned in a Wal-Mart parking lot driving a old Honda Civic she can just smile and laugh .....LOL !!!!
I mean nothing against a nice stock Civic .