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Also, I doubt that the insurance on the Contour will be more expensive. Even if it is an SVT. Not like it's been on the Top Ten stolen car list for 7 years straight...unlike the civic(I think it finally dropped off last year).
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Originally posted by gearhead98:
i have enough to buy one but they dont want me to do that so they are giving me my dads old car, this is the second damn POS car they have given me the first was another honda an 85' honda accord, not the lx, long before the ex, it was so low on the options list it was carbed, also when i got it it didnt run half the time(didnt really matter, could not drive at the time)
Frankly, if I were your dad, I'd tell your ungratefull ass to ride the bus. They've outright given you two cars? I bet you never even thanked once, did you? If you want the SVT, go get a job and buy it yourself, problem solved.
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Originally posted by Chode:
Originally posted by gearhead98:
the ex, it was so low on the options list it was carbed,
Uh, I'm pretty sure all USDM Hondas during that year were carbed, don't quote me though.
nope the LX was fuel injected, but carbs are more fune to shoot flames with
Originally posted by Jason43:
Frankly, if I were your dad, I'd tell your ungratefull ass to ride the bus. They've outright given you two cars? I bet you never even thanked once, did you? If you want the SVT, go get a job and buy it yourself, problem solved.
yeah i know they have given me two cars, BUT one didnt run and the other the civic, has some problems with it
the bumper on the front needs to be replaced
the bumper on the back needs to be replaced
the windshield needs to be replaced
the idle air controller needs to be replaced
the rear passenger side door does not open from the outside
the rear window leaks when it rains
overall the contour i think is way better, has lower miles, bettter saftey ratting, has abs(i think, dont svt's have abs?) and is way more fun to drive then the civic, which almost everybody else on earth owns
98.5 Black SE ATX
S&B filter, SVT MAF, optimized SVT TB, mesh grille, removed orange reflectors, painted rear reflector, gutted pre-cats, optimized SVT LIM, 19lb injectors, resonator removed
cant afford an svt but lookin for 1 in nc
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I say just take the Civic since it's what they're going to give you regardless of your SVT argument. Then whenever something goes wrong with the Civic, throw it in their faces with "see, we coulda got the SVT, but nooooooo"   seriously though, keep the peace in your family and just get whatever they want to get for you. When you move out and have money of your own to spend, that's when you buy what YOU want. You have many years left in the future to do things your way. The few years you have left under your parents roof should be done their way.
Kim
1995 Contour GL
Needs less "needs more"
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Umm Civics are higher on insurance because they are more often stolen, wrecked by more kids his age, and more expensive to repair or replace. Ins. companies don't car about reliability!
-Andy
Andy W.
The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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Originally posted by Bull-Mtl:
Just tell your parents that the Contour are life savers, there's a few CEG'rs that got in some serious accidents and are still around to tell their stories...ask around
I know for sure of Chattavega, Striped SVT and who else
Yeah. The 'Tour crashes real well. 
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Originally posted by Andy W.:
Umm Civics are higher on insurance because they are more often stolen, wrecked by more kids his age, and more expensive to repair or replace. Ins. companies don't car about reliability!
-Andy
WORD!
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Originally posted by ChattavegasSE:
Originally posted by Bull-Mtl:
Just tell your parents that the Contour are life savers, there's a few CEG'rs that got in some serious accidents and are still around to tell their stories...ask around
I know for sure of Chattavega, Striped SVT and who else
Yeah. The 'Tour crashes real well.
OK found it here's the link to Buckshot's pix and video of when he crashed his 'tour at a track event
Tough cars
- Eric
previous:
'98 contour sport
zetec mtx
light prairie tan
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Yeah, these cars can take a beating and not you. I was cut off a year ago and hit a wall at about 50MPH. totaled the car and I walked away. there is another CEGer that totaled his car here is the link of his car. he just like I, bought another tour.
Look at the 2nd page
http://members.cardomain.com/wp_master
Built April 18th 1998 #5770 of 6535
Reborn: July 11, 2004 3L and gone again 12/13/2005
new ride: 98 Silver frost SVT with all my old goodies!!!!
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What I would do is get and insurance quote on both cars. When I bought my car it was down to the Accord ex v6 or the Tour v6. The Tour won because insurance was $800/yr less. Originally posted by HITMANinMI:
Why in the hell would you would want a Ford over a Honda. Hondas/Toyota, all foreign cars almost never brake down.
In regaurds to repairs.
#1 It's normal to spend $1000-1500 each year to fix/maintain any car!!
#2 Cheap parts thanks to Bill Jenkins, now Steve Mullins. www.signaturelm.com
#3 a friend of mine had someone hit the side mirror on there 95 Acura. $400 for a new one! 
Average driving costs How Much Does It Costs to Drive?
I haven't found a site with Import costs yet, but I'm looking.
1996 2.5LT V6 Contour ATX My Tour+help/info pics
E0 rims, Gutted Pre-Cats,CTA Custom Exhaust & Intake, Diablo Chip.
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