TheDrewster
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- Reno NV
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Mercury Mountaineer
Hey everyone. I just picked up my 1998 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0 V8 today on a complete impulse buy. I paid $1200 for it and it has just over 297,000 on the clock but it purrs like a kitten and not a single thing is broken on the inside.
How did I end up buying it? Well, one of the two things I do for a living is pinball & arcade machine restoration/repair and I used to have a truck to haul the games in. I just recently purchased a new house and when I moved, I gifted my 1994 Mazda B4000 pinball hauler to my younger brother for starting his first year in college. My daily driver is a 2013 Impreza Sport LTD and it most certainly does not haul much of anything. Fast forward 5 months later to today, I peruse the Pick N Pull junkyards for eBay fodder and I spy this vehicle. I give it a good once over, twice over, three times over, and I can't figure out any reason not to pay the $1200 asking price for a vehicle that has been so well taken care of. Everything freakin' works, right down to the moon roof, power antenna and stereo screen. Hell, the center console and seats don't even have any rips or stains in them. This vehicle would make an excellent pinball hauler!
There are two small nitpicks I will figure out in due time. 1) There is a small oil leak, possibly coming from the oil pan gasket, and 2) I can only fill the fuel up to the half-way mark before the gas pump clicks off. I don't know if the gas gauge is wrong or what.
But anyways, I always love the vehicles I own and I am proud to be the new owner of this Mountaineer. It will certainly be put to work very soon!
How did I end up buying it? Well, one of the two things I do for a living is pinball & arcade machine restoration/repair and I used to have a truck to haul the games in. I just recently purchased a new house and when I moved, I gifted my 1994 Mazda B4000 pinball hauler to my younger brother for starting his first year in college. My daily driver is a 2013 Impreza Sport LTD and it most certainly does not haul much of anything. Fast forward 5 months later to today, I peruse the Pick N Pull junkyards for eBay fodder and I spy this vehicle. I give it a good once over, twice over, three times over, and I can't figure out any reason not to pay the $1200 asking price for a vehicle that has been so well taken care of. Everything freakin' works, right down to the moon roof, power antenna and stereo screen. Hell, the center console and seats don't even have any rips or stains in them. This vehicle would make an excellent pinball hauler!
There are two small nitpicks I will figure out in due time. 1) There is a small oil leak, possibly coming from the oil pan gasket, and 2) I can only fill the fuel up to the half-way mark before the gas pump clicks off. I don't know if the gas gauge is wrong or what.
But anyways, I always love the vehicles I own and I am proud to be the new owner of this Mountaineer. It will certainly be put to work very soon!
