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The Five-Oh! said:
At the end of the day, without having to do a "mod" an svt contour can roll down the rear door windows with a switch from the driver's seat. a neon, cannot. :laugh:

so when you roll up to a hardass in an SRT4, just roll down your rear windows and smile.
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After this post

I will drop it, as its SOO soo very true
 
Mad_Medeiros said:
Well I'm sorry if all you can afford is a $2000 car.. I rather purchase something newer.
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You really are a smart one. It isn't that I can't afford anything higher, it was because the car was a good deal and I took it.

ANd I have noticed I keep coming up with fact after fact on the car.....only to have you say something else about it only to have me correct you. You don't even know what you are talking about with the SVT, so how can you even say your car is better...when you don't even know what you are talking about?
 
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newcartestdrive.com said:
As impressive as the V6-powered editions of the Contour and Mystique are, they seem a little tame compared to the SVT. In fact, this little honey should be able to run with some pretty tall dogs with pretty fancy pedigrees--and fancy pricetags. Specifically, the BMW 328i and Audi A4 V6 come to mind.
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wheels.ca said:
Introduced in 1998, the Contour SVT was billed as Detroit's answer to the much-prized BMW 3 Series sedans.
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shall i continue? :rolleyes:
 
elraido said:
ATX Zetec: 10-11 to 60, 18-ish in the quarter
MTX Zetec: 8.8 to 60, 16.8 in the quarter
ATX Duratec: 8.7 to 60, 16.7 in the quarter.
MTX Duratec: 7.7 to 60, 15.8 quarter
SVT Duratec: 6.9 to 60, 14.9 quarter

The reason why it didn't sell well in the U.S. was because it was inbetween the Escort and the Taurus in size. Not too many people wanted the one inbetween. You do know how well it sold in Europe, right? In England they even have a term called Monedo Man. Look it up.
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Jesus man, guess what this is not europe and stop treating me like an idiot! I know what the mondeo is, I know all ABOUT them.. I WAS ONCE A CONTOUR FAN MAN.. I love the st220's I know all the motors they came with.. I know about the mondeo's.

Mondeo = German Built thus meaning, its a completely FAR better car then the contour, I drove a mondeo when I was in portugal last year.. You want a well built contour, get one from there.

Hell any ford in europe is better then the suv's and econobox's down here... if they sold the FOCUS RS down here, I would be driving that instead of my srt4
 
elraido said:
I will stop treating you an idiot when you get your facts right...fair? :shrug:
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all you keep blabbering on about is contour this, contour that.. it was this great! yada yada yada...

I don't see you throwing any hard facts on anything else but the contour? and you being so close minded.. guess what, your car is old.. out dated.. and slow.. nuff said.

If you were smart, you would sell it.. since you are such a faithfull contour fan... and buy an 05 mazda 6, v6 6 speed..

Hell I bet you don't even work on your own cars and pay a mechanic to do so.
 
Mad_Medeiros said:
once again let me correct you...

Base neon 16.7, base contour.. what? high 17's?

96 ACR/EXPRESSO neons, mated to a 5 speed.. were 15 second cars, piece of junks mind you.. but quick little buggers

get it in your head man, Neon/Contours were CHEAP american ECONOMY cars.
if it makes you that upset, and in that much denial to realize that, you def. need a reality check!

Stop comparing apples to oranges too.

if the contour was so well rounded why were sales so poor? at least that Base neon, ... for some odd reason, SOLD well.

and btw those times you are getting off that stupid internet list, lol..

well another news flash, I owned a 2004 R/T neon prior to my SRT... it ran a 15.6, not to shabby eh?

For comparing cars today, I would buy an evo X.. not a ford, just my opinion tough :p

mazdaspeed 3's are nice.. just not a very good bang for your buck deal imo.. and with tranny mounts break everywhere, and expensive tuning, no thanks.

this convo is never going to end.
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Please correct me WITH FACTS NOT YOUR OPINION.

Here i will act like you.......my csvt ran 10.40s:shrug: What you don't believe me?? are you in denial about my csvt beating your car???:help:

Correct me.......... your comparisons are your opinions. In the real world we use facts.

Till you can support yourself with facts, your a waste of time. You have showed no proof what so ever. Just blank statements about wow look i have a civic it goes vroom fast:laugh: . My srt-4 will beat a csvt durrrrr. OMG neons run faster than those times recorded by car experts:help:

Geez its never ending. Heck i don't car if you work at NASA. Facts are facts and you are not using them as a bases. T Your running in circles with no substance but OPINIONS.


Hmmm why do i care if my car corners better than others?? I DO!!!
THAT IS WHY I OWN A CSVT AND NOT A NEON!!!!
 
Maybe people care more about a good handling car than a car that has to go 0-60 in 5 seconds. Did you ever think of that:help:

I think i should be just like every other kid in the world and run out and buy my car already pre-fast. That way i can sit on the internet and brag about it.
 
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i know i said i'd say nuthn. but i just gatta tell everyone this. hey psst harrry. srt4s have nuthin after 65m/h. they're gased out :laugh: thats why u'd hardly find an srt owner who'd race u past 60. :laugh:
 
Mad_Medeiros said:
all you keep blabbering on about is contour this, contour that.. it was this great! yada yada yada...

I don't see you throwing any hard facts on anything else but the contour? and you being so close minded.. guess what, your car is old.. out dated.. and slow.. nuff said.

If you were smart, you would sell it.. since you are such a faithfull contour fan... and buy an 05 mazda 6, v6 6 speed..

Hell I bet you don't even work on your own cars and pay a mechanic to do so.
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Yup, when they can't think of anything intelligent to say they always start throwing out insults. No, I don't work on my own car. I change the oil on it and that is about it.....cause nothing breaks on it!!! I need to swap out the struts and springs this spring, but yes I am going to do that myself. Didn't fix my car myself after I hit a deer with the 95...nope. Didn't swap the tranny in my friends mustang....nope. Don't change my own break pads either. seriously.....



And why would I sell a car, that I love, so I can basically throw away money on a mazda 6 when I would rather invest and make money.....hmmmm I don't need a new car that can go faster than what I have now to make me happy.
 
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elraido said:
In sales it lost...not in performance though.
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Maybe not.. but ford wasn't making money off of it

Ok facts

Car and drive 2004-2005 SRT 4 = 13.9-14.2 STOCK
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...erican_performance/dodge_neon_srt_4_road_test

Neon R/T Quarter mile, FACT
2001 Model year, without the NPG ECU
15.8
http://www.allpar.com/neon/neonrt.html

Mine pulled a 15.6, probably because of the full exhaust, intake, UDP.

1995-1997 over 1.3 Million neons were sold in north america
http://www.allpar.com/neon/neon.html
cheap economical ride.

contours overall sales
280,000
wikpedia

now altough sales doesn't prove much its a FACT that you asked for

now how much boost can a stock 3L take before internals blow up?
 
Mad_Medeiros said:
now how much boost can a stock 3L take before internals blow up?
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Rawburt has had a turbo on his for a while now and he sometimes turns it up to around 15 psi....and he beats on his car because he enjoys it....still no *boom* with his stock 2.5L with over 100K miles

But most of the time people with turbos on here run between 7-10 psi with no problems.

And the stock rods have been shown to handle 400 whp. The only "flaw" is weak ring lands depending on the year. But most 3.0L don't have that problem.
 
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Harrry said:
Maybe people care more about a good handling car than a car that has to go 0-60 in 5 seconds. Did you ever think of that:help:

I think i should be just like every other kid in the world and run out and buy my car already pre-fast. That way i can sit on the internet and brag about it.
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Pre-fast means a good platform to begin with, I just made it faster. :D

And once again, the srt-4 handles very well.. I don't know why people are rambling on how far superior the contour handles.. HELLO now its time for me to ask you, where are you're facts stating the srt4 or neon for that matter handles poorly?

I can play this game to

BTW , 40000 SRT4s were sold during its 3 year run.. obliviously dodge did something right, and I'm not the only one praising them for it.. I'm just the only poor sucker praising them on CEG.. LOL

btw, if you ever search around for race videos.. or just racing in general.. You always ALWAYS see srt-4s rolling with camaro's mustang's vette's.. thats called respect

srt4 is loved by those who have them hated by those who couldn't catch up, and
comparing an srt4 to a neon is like comparing your girlfriend to her mother, they share the same parts.. but the experience is so much better.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/e68fd1c7-29b5-4220-be8e-996f00e8c50e.htm
 
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Mad_Medeiros said:
BTW , 40000 SRT4s were sold during its 3 year run.. obliviously dodge did something right, and I'm not the only one praising them for it.. I'm just the only poor sucker praising them on CEG.. LOL
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What dodge did right was the speed for the price. Not too many cars out there were that fast for so cheap. And there really is nothing wrong withe handling of the SRT-4. I am torn on the car myself. Love the performance and mod-ability but the harshness of the one I drove made me go bonkers....and it was loud!!
 
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