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Originally posted by Tim:
I feel so cheap when I drive in an SRT-4, like I'm walking through a dollar-store.
Tim
HAHAHAHAHA 
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Originally posted by Tim:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
That's great,, and I reckon the srt4 isn't about any kind of functionality... PRICE AND RACING. 
I repeat that I honestly wish the interior quality was far better than it is. I feel so cheap when I drive in an SRT-4, like I'm walking through a dollar-store.
Tim
I'm not disagreeing with you.
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Originally posted by Tim:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
That's great,, and I reckon the srt4 isn't about any kind of functionality... PRICE AND RACING.
I repeat that I honestly wish the interior quality was far better than it is. I feel so cheap when I drive in an SRT-4, like I'm walking through a dollar-store.
Tim
So you're saying you feel dirty and cheap?
This might help,
sorry for the non-sequitur,
On a serious note, the interior of the Evo 8 is cheap, as is the Sti, your SRT4, and any other pocket rocket being developed. . .it's for the speed. . .the contour is a 4 Door sedan first, a pocket rocket for some of us second.
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Originally posted by ssmumich00:
On a serious note, the interior of the Evo 8 is cheap, as is the Sti, your SRT4, and any other pocket rocket being developed. . .it's for the speed. . .the contour is a 4 Door sedan first, a pocket rocket for some of us second.
[Ed McMahan voice] You are correct sir! [/Ed McMahan voice] What's the argument here? All cars are different and all drivers are different. Buy the car that makes you happy. If you're not happy with your car, well hot damn you can sell it and get something else! B!tching about which car is better is just using a relative term to define something. Neither car is better than any other car. I'm not saying a 0.9L I3 Metro would keep up with a Skyline, but the Metro beats the Skyline in fuel efficiency. Something for everyone I reckon. And since almost half of this thread is street racing stories and hearsay about Joe Schmo's friend's uncle's brother who saw an SRT-4 one time on TV, why isn't this thread locked? 
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The content of this thread is about as old and rehashed as last week's leftovers
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More like Thanksgiving's leftovers. Come on guys...cupholder functionality?  Kermit you scare me if you're 17 and care if your cupholders work or not. I have 12 of them in my car and I don't use any of them.  In all, I'm at a loss as to why this thread is still going. What's on the list next? Who's lugnuts are prettier? Hey...maybe if we strip that turbo off the SRT-4 (the only thing that makes that car what it is), a lot of you trolls/Mopar-worshippers wouldn't have so much shlt talking to do. 
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
The SRT4 cupholders are much more functional than the contour's.
Everyone's cupholders are more functional than the contour's! That's not saying much. If we were rated on the effectiveness of our cupholders then our cars would never have been built.
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Ya'll are crazy. I was replying to lsneo, yell at him if ya'll have a problem with cupholders.  I have never said the srt4 is some great car or that it's better than a contour, just that it's faster. I defend it where it deserves to be defended but no where else. It also performs much better stock for stock, price for price compared to a svt contour,,, though yeah it's interior quality isn't perfect but I don't consider my contour's to be great (with every bit of plastic broken in it). Ya'll seem to have a real problem that there is a cheap car out there that can decimate stock contours. You should be happy that companies like dodge (I'm sure others will soon folow) are building great performing cars that are also affordable, especially since you can buy these perfect contours new anymore.
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Good god people! You guys are going on and on about how horrible the SRT is. Well, Contours run 5 or 6 psi?  compared to 14 psi stock? The interior is obviously better. Handling is good if you know how to drive it. I guess the torque steer is a little too much for you all since it puts out about 235torque stock.
I never doubted the SVT Contour, but its complainers that are on this thread that give the SVTs a bad name. I honestly cannot believe the sh*t thats going on here. I raced an SVT Contour because he was dumb enough to challenge me. I was completely stock and it looked like he threw the car in reverse... it was so sad. 
Get off your soap boxes and let this damn thread die.
its sad how you all bring up, "I'd rather pay 10,000 than something that's an ugly piece of sh*t" Well you know,
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I think there should be a discussion about the pros and cons of the Contour vs the SRT instead of completely bashing one or the other. I'm game either way, the SRT4 is one hell of a fast car but I'm open to any conversation on Contours. I like to learn about cars so all of this is good knowledge. Just don't knock it 'til you've tried it.
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Stock, srt4 definitely,,, mods into both srt4 definitely,,, though yeah a svt contour is good for mods as well if you got the money and time. I've ridden in a supercharged svt, and yes it put me back in the seat more than the srt4 does, but the srt4 I ride in is stock... Contours aren't horrible, nor are they perfect, srt4s aren't horrible nor are they perfect either,,, if I had I choice, I'd drive neither, I prefer RWD. Those this thread is funny and should continue forever.
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