Contour/Mystique was it your first?

[m4gician]

Was the contour or mystique your first motor vehicle? The first car you've modded, first car you've purhcased? First car you've had an accident in? First anything?

For me, this was the car I had my first date in with my now soon to be engaged (to me) girlfriend, . I had my first fender bender in this car, my first speeding ticket in this car, my first road trip with my buddies in this car, lol ya, I also got this car used off a very nice used car dealer (LOL) but this car was problem free (thanks to CEG - moosing was a huge problem),

1998 Mercury Mystique LS - Silver Frost
First Car
Used (160,000km @ date of purchase, currently 260,000km)
Bought in December 2003

[Tony2005]

First new car. Owned this car the longest (10.5 years), and therefore spent the most money on repairs and maintenance. First red car owned. First V6 owned. First car with airbags owned. First car with ABS owned. First car with 4-wheel disc brakes owned. First car with power locks owned (and remote entry). First car with Power windows owned. First car with power seats owned. First car with flip down rear seat backs owned. First car owned where appropriate oil level is critical on long sweeping right hand turns .

Edit. Forgot about first car owned where alternator is at the bottom and first car owned which came with its own resident animal-The Moose .

[Desiato]

My first two cars are both Contours. (and I still dive both)

[Honkeytonk Monkey]

1st car owned: 1982 Jetta Used 18,000kms, 1.7 5speed MTX, EFI, sunroof - STOLEN

2nd car owned: 1996 Contour Used 45,000 kms, V6 MTX, ABS, PW, PL, Cruise, AC, alloys, Sport package (oooh floormats) -SOLD

3rd car owned: 1986 Jetta Carat Used 32,000 kms, 1.8L DOHC ATX, 4 wheel disc brakes, sunroof, leather, PW, PL, PS - STOLEN

4th car owned: 2002 Focus ZX5 New 23kms, Zetec MTX, Advancetrac, leather, CD player, PW, PL, Cruise, AC - WRECKED

5th car owned: 1988 Nissan Micra Used 278,000kms, 1.2L 2 barrel carb MTX, power brakes - STILL OWN

6th car owned: 1994 Ranger XLT 4x4 Extra Cab Used 310,000kms, 4.0L V6 Manual, man locking hubs, new shocks, Cruise, ABS, CD player - STILL OWN

7th car owned: 2003 Focus ZX3 Used 30,000kms, 2.0L MTX, 18" TD Monzas, R/S front bumper and spoiler, ICC Tuning Side skirts, Euro rear bumper, scissor doors, Full Hella lighting, Magnaflow exhaust, lots of engine mods, full custom stereo, lowered 2", full alarm, autometer guages, ABS, AC - PARKED FOR THE WINTER

8th car owned: 1996 Contour GL Used 129,000kms, 2.5L V6 ATX, PW, PL, ABS, Premium Audio, Alloys, Sport package, Cruise - TRYING TO SELL

[rouar]

The Contour was the first car I drove regularly ("third family vehicle" purchased a few months after I got my license in December 2000). First car I bought and whose title was in my name was a '95 Probe GT in 2002, then the Contour became mine in 2004. Bought the Maxima in 2005 - it has easily been the most reliable out of all three vehicles.

To date my parents have helped with any vehicle purchase I made. I'm looking to buy a CSVT as a toy "someday" and that will be the first car I purchase Completely through my own finances. That was going to happen a few months ago but moving to Boston changed my plans due to parking constraints (won't have a Ford as my only car anymore) and cost of living out here.

[AnastasiaRae87]

My CSVT is the first car that I financed and have purchased all my own!! First car vandallized ... First black car.... CSVT wasn't my first car.. she is my 6th... none of my cars have been recked or stolen, just bought then for cheap and sold them for a profit... Family in the car business helps this.. FIRST CAR THAT I LOVE!!! All the rest were justs cars....

[TGO]

i learned to drive in a 95 mystique.

first car i "owned" was a 90 new yorker, that my parents got for me but the svt was the first car i purchased myself.

[mystiquevltwin]

i bought the mystique in may 2003. it was my first car, the first car i bought/owned. had my first date/other things lol...first burn out, first road trip, first accident, second accident lol....

it was the first car i modded, its been a lot of firsts. i cant imagine a better car to have all these first happen in.

[beyondloadedSE]

It was my first car and still own it. Hope to own it quite a while longer too.

[RoadiJeff]

My Mystique was my first and still only new car. My wife has had 4 new cars, which I've mostly paid for, but my '98 Mystique was the only one I got to drive off the dealer lot with that new car smell that was all mine.

It's not that I couldn't afford a new car every few years if I want one but my Mystique is still running great and I just don't see any reason to get rid of it. My annual income is definately not an indicator of why I still drive it.

I've had used cars before I bought the Mystique and those were more or less a financial issue. I also bought one used car after the Mystique but that was probably more of a midlife crisis than anything else. It's a Viper RT/10. Guess which car gets parked in the garage and which one stays in the driveway.