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1996 Ford Contour fully loaded. 200,000 kms on it. 4 door. Body in excellent condition as well as the inside. I am thinking about buyng this. The price for it is 3700 Canadian.

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Originally posted by Darin:
1996 Ford Contour fully loaded. 200,000 kms on it. 4 door. Body in excellent condition as well as the inside. I am thinking about buyng this. The price for it is 3700 Canadian.




V6 or 4-banger? Also, I suggest getting the car inspected, my car was "excellent" condition as well, I bought it, and onlt after went for inspection (stupid I know).

This is what my CAA inspection gave me:

Stabilizer Bar - maintenance required
Parking Brake - maintenance required

Suspension Arm Bushing - repair urgently
Ball Joints - repair urgently
Rear Calipers - repair urgently
Front Wheel Bearings - repair urgently

There were also a few minor things. Anyways, get the car inspected.


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Yes, i am going to get it inspected tomorrow. The seller just had alot of things fixed before he put it on the lot. but i am still going to get it checked out by a mechanic before i buy it. What are the speakers like in this car? the person who owned it before put a pioneer cddeck in it. But the speakers seem to not have very much trebble at all and its quite annoying.

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Originally posted by Darin:
Yes, i am going to get it inspected tomorrow. The seller just had alot of things fixed before he put it on the lot. but i am still going to get it checked out by a mechanic before i buy it. What are the speakers like in this car? the person who owned it before put a pioneer cddeck in it. But the speakers seem to not have very much trebble at all and its quite annoying.




I hated the sound in the car. Since I got my Contour I put 4 Infinity Seakers, Pioneer HU, Fosgate Amp and a MTX 8000 series Sub, sounds 100X better


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yeah the speakers sound like [censored]. toomuch bass for some reason and no goddamn trebble! i guess ill put some other speakers in it and get a sub and amp

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I think that you are paying to much,the milage is to high for that price.You should be in around the 2500 range.If you decide to buy it check and see if the cats have been replaced,they are terribly expensive to replace.I'm in the Kitchener area and contours newer with less k's are going for around 4000.Good luck.

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You can do much better for that price. You should be able to get a V6 with fewer Km for under $4000.


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well, benchmark it against mine

96 Gl 2.5L auto, all power, sunroof, leather etc.. just wish it had heated seats and CD. Had 135000km on it when plated Jan 04. Safety/smogged. Struts/brakes done. Needed nothing ~ I put winter rubber on it. Body not perfect but not more than $400 in touchups.

Dealer asked 4600, Paid 3800.



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