What he said is about right, you can check kelly blue book if you'd like also:
www.kbb.comright now im replacing the tranny on mine, but it only has 87xxx on it, but then again its the only thing i've actually had to have worked on.
with my other contour it had 165 on the clock before the engine decided to not work (no oil tends to do that) but no major repairs on that one (96 se atx). Seems I cant get away from contours.