Alright boys and girls its story time. Gather round. Once upon a time there was a boy who just bought a SVT Contour. He was an enthusiast and wanted to learn as much as he could about this car. One day he found a website about SVT Contours called
www.contour.org. "Wow, this website is amazing", said the boy. The boy wanted to know what he should do to make his car faster.
Upon looking around, he saw in big bold letters
NEW MEMBER CLASSROOM: NEW MEMBERS GO HERE FIRST BEFORE TRYING TO POST ON THE SITE!!!!! Wow, that must be pretty important if they made this bold and typed in all CAPS he thought.
Maybe they have answers to my questions in there.
So the boy went into the new member classroom and saw that many people were making their first posts there and introducing themselves. But wait! Before I post, I probably should read that stickied thread called "New Members Read: First Things First", he thought. The boy was a new member and he wanted to make sure he did things right after joining so he clicked on that thread.
Upon going to the "First Things First" again he saw two things that looked very important that he should read. The boy was really wanting to post about his car, so he clicked the "Read Before Posting. (This should be your second stop)" That would have some very helpful info.
Amazing! Anything he could possibly ever want to know about his car was right in front of him. Performance, Aesthetics, Troubleshooting! "This website has everything!", shouted the boy! The boy knew he had the duratec engine and he wanted to make his car go faster, so he clicked the link that said "Duratec Performance."
Upon being directed to the Duratec Performance branch of the forums, he began to find what he was looking for. The boy wanted to ask if its possible to swap in a duratec 3.5L. But wouldnt you know! Someone had already asked it and it was the very first thread! This just couldnt get any better for the boy! Things were really going his way and all this reading was really paying off.
He noticed that the Duratec 35 thread was locked. "Hmmm", he thought. Upon reading the thread he realized this question gets brought up a lot and that people were bashing the newbie for asking such a common question and not searching. "Wow, I'm glad I did the right thing by searching. That could have been bad", said the boy.
Well, the boy only had one more stop and that was the Duratec Performance thread stickied at the top that said "Read First". Upon opening up the thread, he realized he had hit the Jackpot! Anything from the first mods he could do, to serious performance, to parts that were a bad deal. The boy went ahead and read all of these and turned his car into one of the best performing SVT's around.
THE END!
