Well, I have to say this thread generated a string of very heartfelt and sometimes controversial responses. Definitely helped me see the 'tour in a better light though. I was just getting disheartened, after all the people in the Dyno/Drag thread acting like the SVT was something to scoff at.
My command had an off-base athletic event a few days ago, and I rolled right up to the crowd in my modded SVT and parked with the wheels cocked all dramatic-like, and a crowd of dudes came over to ask questions and drool over the rims, body kit, cowl hood, etc. I love explaining to people that there is indeed a Ford Contour that comes with a two-hundred-horsepower engine, body kit, dual exhaust, and leather interior. It seemed to blow their minds, and they seemed pretty impressed. Tastefully modded Contours definitely catch the eye and stand out in the crowd, that's for sure.
I guess in a couple years I will indeed find myself a nice, modded STI or one of those crazy little rear-wheel-drive Toyota things from the mid-nineties that can be modded to have nine hundred+ horsepower and butt-rape Lambos, like that GreenBeast thing on those YouTube/MySpace vids. That really impressed me. But I think will be keeping my SVT, modding it a bit more, and writing some more How-To's along the way.
ty platform for modding. They can be fun though.
