^^^ LOL, no - in a it was taken out years ago to be put in something else and Carlton tracked it down but was not able to work out a deal sort of way.
- Phillip
Actually, Schrödingerâs cat is in my carport. Whether or not it is dead or alive is contingent upon my observation which in itself is philosphically slopistic.
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Ha! In a sense, many of our Cougars are in fact Schrödingerâs cats! In my observation, mine is very much alive. But my wife sees a dead cat occupying garage space. 
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I understand; and sympathize. Fortunately for me my wife and most other observers are far less critical than I.
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To be fair, my car has spent WAY too many days of non-road worthiness this past year. Been very busy with aging parents, mold remediation, and the illness it caused. But better days aheadâŠ
Meantime, I sure hope the market value of our cars doesnât continue trending lower.
Henceforth known as Snydingerâs Cat 
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Sorry for the woes; hope youâre past them soon. I visited a friend who has a â67 Fairlane 429 project in the works - This has got to be 15 years going, motor is built, never run. His comment to me when he saw mine was âat least you have something you can driveâ. Amen to that. Letâs face it, we donât want to see the values slip, but chances are we didnât buy them as an investment, and itâs typical for something to lose value as itâs used. (sweet lemon philosphy)
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You didnât copyright that did you? I may want to use it!
Sadly, I agree about the value of our precious cars. The younger generation (our kids) show little interest in our cougars with the exception of how much they can sell it for when we kick the bucketâŠ
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The reality I have to get used to is - these cars are dinosaurs to our kids, they want something âclassicâ, like from the late 90s or early 2000s; and to me those are yesterdayâs cars. I think I got old.
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My worst nightmare.
I guess I drive classics as my daily drivers are a 98 k1500 and an 05 super duty!
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I remember the awesome cougar convertible you had on BAT. Did you have any problems setting a reserve that you were comfortable with on BAT? Or do they force you to select a reserve lower than you wanted. I heard several stories where they force you to have a lower reserve so the car will sell. Iâm just wonderingâŠ
To answer your question directly, BAT are always trying to get the seller to agree to a lower reserve, just like any auction house. The thing that really troubles me about BAT is that they are a black hole. Communication is one way. There is no direct phone number to anyone and no way to get anyone on the phone. And they really weed out any comments that donât favor them, even if they are true. But honestly BAT seems unable to pull good prices for rare Cougars, and I did much better with both cars I placed on BAT in the private market.
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Very interesting. I listen to the bringatrailer podcast once in a while and they make it sound like they have a selling specialist assigned to everyone selling a car. I envisioned you speak to this person who preps the seller on what to expect for the auction. I guess thats why I see some auctions where the seller seems confused and their auctions donât go very well.
They do have someone you speak with to set it all up. Once the auction is going, there is far less interaction. One of the issues with BAT is that there is literally no way to call and speak to anyone. And any comments they do not like are immediately deleted by them. Just a very âone-wayâ experience. But can work if you just want to âget your car out thereâ.
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