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I am putting more wrench time and money into this Show/driver tour, than most of the guys and girls on the CEG.. A handful of other CEG'ers have done the same, and the reason is plain and simple, its a challange, its different and no one else has. Period...Go to some of the more modified tours on here and tell me the lines dont blow other models away., and get you excited, I know it does cause you would not be here other wise...Ford had a winner in terms of its look for the contour, they just could not put it up against the mustang in terms of sales.. From the base model up to the SVT the cars were economic and reliable... Back in the late 90's a 200 HP car was the premire Tour the SVT , now those standards for HP are very very common.. If Ford had the contour as a high performance machine it would have hurt the flagship sports car for them...the mustang... which looks like ass in comparison to a CSVT..Well not the new 05 stang..I have to say that looks really good, for a 2 door...
More and more young people are drivng there own cars now verses driving mom and dads cars. They can afford these cars, hell you can now go and get a SVT for 5,6,7, 8 grand and have a super nice car not to mention the lower models are now selling for 2 grand.... THe tour even at 10 years old looks modern, has a look that did not show its age, and is very very affortable to these younger people. I own 2 now and my brother after seeing ours and seeing all the mods here at the shop went out and bought a SVT back in Boston.. They are great little cars and thanks to our for fathers here at the CEG we now have more stuff to hook up the cars with SO I want to thank you guys with the dreams and determanation to go out and make this possible for the rest of us....
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Hey, it may be the only 4-door SVT ever made.
And the nicest looking...
1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760)
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."
-Soren Kierkegaard (as posted by Jato)
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I have no life
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Originally posted by Dan Nixon:
Hey, it may be the only 4-door SVT ever made.
And the nicest looking...
Don't forget the ZX5 SVT. Oh yea you said nicest looking. 
-'96 SE MTX 3L
-'98 SVT 1,173 of 6,535
-'05 Mazda 6s, loaded, g/f's ride
-Need a 96-00 manual on CD? PM or email me
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Im 20... Iv had my 96 GL ATX for 5 years now... I got a job at 15.. bought the car to learn on.. and Im still driving it.. until about 3 weeks ago.. when the transmission self destructed... got it at 18k 64K ... wow.. I loved every minute of the miles I put into liltour..
I even spent 3,000 on new paint with a lifetime warrenty.. Midnight Blue, with pearl / metal flake.. awesome.. After I get the transmission fixed, im going to 2 tone the car.. White on the bottem, with the ding guards removed.. Im keeping my tour.. reguardless.. I love it.. I will purchase other cars in the future.. but I will drive this car till the wheels fall off... then ill put them back on... I put that on my life..
This car is reliable.. dont get me wrong.. it has problems.. but so does every car.. reguardless if the name says Honda.. or something else.. all cars have problems, bottem line..
1 water pump, 1 alternator, 3 window regulators, 2 o2 sensors, 4 sets of tiers, lateral link, fuel filter, thermostat, timing belt, 2 serpientine belts, and the stupid ass cup holders.. thats all that has really broken.. and I am impressed.. its never left me stranded... never..
The car gimped home about 1 - 2 miles.. with the tranny sounding like rocks where inside it.. As soon as i parked it.. it woulnt move a jiggle.. Close.. but iv never been stranded..
Shes a soldier.. and im taking this time to Salute LiL Tour.. and ford.. reguardless of how everyone flames on them.. because without ford.. this group of people would have never met..
96 GL ATX 
Memphis 15 - Sony 1000wat - JVC Deck
Struts - Crossdrilled rotors
Intake
--- Work In Progress
AIM: sh1zn17
Yahoo!: tinfoilflossa
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Heh, got enough "..." in there LilTour??!
On the "Ford" token, I do (as I am sure many Contour owners do) get alot of crap for it being a "Ford", but then 2 weeks later that same person is complaining about how their engine is leaking oil, or the windows stopped working, or the brakes are making noise, or the radiators leaking.... I could go on and on, but plain and simple, I think this is one of the best Ford's that ford has put out. Reliable, quick, appealing, low insurance, 4 doors, FWD, MTX, and only a few predictable quirks that need replacement every now and then.
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Originally posted by PlatoSVT:
Heh, got enough "..." in there LilTour??!
On the "Ford" token, I do (as I am sure many Contour owners do) get alot of crap for it being a "Ford", but then 2 weeks later that same person is complaining about how their engine is leaking oil, or the windows stopped working, or the brakes are making noise, or the radiators leaking.... I could go on and on, but plain and simple, I think this is one of the best Ford's that ford has put out. Reliable, quick, appealing, low insurance, 4 doors, FWD, MTX, and only a few predictable quirks that need replacement every now and then.
lol... the ... are my thinking dots.... yeah...
96 GL ATX
Memphis 15 - Sony 1000wat - JVC Deck
Struts - Crossdrilled rotors
Intake
--- Work In Progress
AIM: sh1zn17
Yahoo!: tinfoilflossa
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Originally posted by PlatoSVT:
On the "Ford" token, I do (as I am sure many Contour owners do) get alot of crap for it being a "Ford", but then 2 weeks later that same person is complaining about how their engine is leaking oil, or the windows stopped working, or the brakes are making noise, or the radiators leaking.... I could go on and on, but plain and simple, I think this is one of the best Ford's that ford has put out. Reliable, quick, appealing, low insurance, 4 doors, FWD, MTX, and only a few predictable quirks that need replacement every now and then.
I hear that from my dad alot. this past weekend, we took a little vacation and on the way back home, we stopped off the visit my parents. He wanted me to look at his car, 97 Buick, and see what was wrong with it. It had died on him three times in the past month or so. I had a feeling what it was, but said I would anyway. We go out for a drive and sure enough, it dies... in best place of all, an intersection! Well, just being me, I jump out and just hold my hands up and yell, "No problem here people! Got it all under control! Move along!" LOL! Anyway, it was the fuel pump. We get it started and make it back home fine.
Once back home, we sit there talking about all the stuff he has had to do to it since he bought it (used) about 2 years ago (engine, muffler, struts two times, rear shocks three times and two fuel pumps) and said that it might be time to start thinking of getting something else. I said, "Maybe".
A little later, he asked me how my car was holding up and I tell him that my struts were starting to show their age (a little over a year and a half old and well over 50K miles) and that I needed to start looking for some more. And he goes off, shaking his head saying, "D@mn son, you have put so much into that thing and it just keeps letting you down! When in the world are you going to get rid of that thing and get something else?". I quickly did a comparison between our cars; keeping mind what their purchase price was, length of ownership, total money spent on maintaince and total spent of repairs, as well as total mileage driven on the cars since purchuse.
Let's just say that he did not mention anything else about it the rest of the weekend because I beat him hands down. Even including my mods! 
Phillip Jackson
`98 Mystique LS
262K+ and counting...
ATX rebuilt @ 151K
"This storm has broken me, my only friend!" RIP Dime
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Originally posted by {Kontofosho}:
I've noticed we are getting an increasing number of idiots coming on ceg. I still like to think of the svtc as a true enthusiast's car 
A True Enthusiast IMO is someone who would truly love their Contour/Mystique. I Personally LOVE my contour GL, I never plan to get rid of her, sure she isnt the best, but to me, its a very great machine. I NEVER intend to sell her. I will keep my Contour GL when I grow up, and then when I Get my CSVT, I will continue to hold the GL, yet I would treat both the Contours both equally, and care for both of em! That IMO is a true Enthusiast. Not someone who is "Well, this new Mazda 6 is way better, bye Contour!" Reason I came to CEG was 1. The words "contour" and "enthusiast" in the same line, 2. The very large population it had of other fellow Contique owners.
People can say what they want about my Contour, but why should they care, its my car, I am most confortable driving a contour than a lot of other cars I have drivin 
Former owner of a 1995 Ford Contour GL w/ 2.0L ATX
Proud owner of a 2005 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L V6 Vulcan
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I can certianly see the direction you are all looking towards here but my other car of passion, the SVO Mustang is already "at" where the Contour will be heading. The same series of events took place with the classic mustangs as well, except they are now on the "other" side of the fence. They are definetly well into the re-bound phase where as the fox chassis mustangs are at their near bottom end of the cycle. Dirt cheap, still fairly easy to find, and only people that really want them are enthusiasts. The contour is now on the beggining stages of that decline. While certainly it will never have the following similar to that of the classic mustangs (it is posible however) they will indeed rebound. Untill then the will continue to decline in value and in desire by the average consumer. It is also during this time you find the true enthusiats taking advantage of that fact. Thats why I currently own 6 fox chassis mustangs, 3 of them being SVO's. Time will tell, but it's sad to watch it all happen right before your eyes.
Thats my $.02
-Mike Malone
98 E0 Silver Frost MTX & other various mustangs...
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Originally posted by SVT ST PETE:
You can see it by the number of new CEGers over the last few months.
Our cars are getting older, becoming more affordable (cheaper) for younger people to purchase.
The "old" CEG crowd is getting older, making more money and looking for more. More refinement, more luxury, more power, more options, etc.
Not very many 30-somethings want a discontinued, high milage, problematic, decontented, underpowered (by today's standards) car with a small aftermarket and low resale value.
It sucks, but it's true.
But there is the young 20's group like myself. That have these cars. And like myself, are modding the hell out of em. I don't think it will die, but CEG is gonna suck at some point in the near future.
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/310464
Page 2 is my mods list, and I know it is hella incomplete. 
Originally posted by {Kontofosho}:
I've noticed we are getting an increasing number of idiots coming on ceg. I still like to think of the svtc as a true enthusiast's car
I concur. 
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