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The time has come.
On Friday, I traded in my contour for a new car. Between the dash warpage, the total lack of power, and the bone stock-i-ness of my car (not all contours, just mine) I'd had enough.
The car had 594xx on it when I traded it in, and I just wasn't ready to spend any kind of money on a timing belt...or brakes...or a fuel pump.
I'm making a little more money these days than I was, so I went out and treated myself to some turbo goodness.
I was looking for a silver one with all the fixins, but they had no silver '04s left. I opted for the dealer demo, an 04 platinum grey. It had 4200 mi when I picked it up on Friday, which means the dealer was able to do some price cutting. The car stickered at 24,900, I got it for 21,600. They also made an offer I couldn't refuse on a 10/100 bumper to bumper warranty. The downside is that I rolled some negative equity in from the Contour, so my payments are a little up there. To me, it's worth it though.


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Dealer Demo 1.8T? You're gonna need that 10/100k warranty.

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That's what I said. It was driven only by the sales mgr, who was quite the old man. But still.....


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damn good choice. get a revo chip/software and enjoy

also, be sure to find a local club for dubs...probably an h20 chapter in the tri-state area, but i can't remember for sure right now.

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Sorry, no offense, but the contours look better, even a LX like mine...


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interior is sweet.


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Excellent choice. If that thing was roped to a manual, I'd pedal it for the rest of my/its life.


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Originally posted by Matt R:
Sorry, no offense, but the contours look better, even a LX like mine...




to each his own. i am not a HUGE fan of the mk4 body style, hence me owning a mk3, but i love all dubs. '

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Very nice!


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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
interior is sweet.






I loves me some Audi/VW interiors.


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