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I probably won't ever be "done" until the car somehow dies. However, the major things I'd like to do still are: 3L swap, MSDS headers, clutch upgrade, lightened flywheel, quaife, tranny upgrades, repaint(coming soon...), Cougar dash, and maybe some bigger brakes since I should be going faster after that. My main goal for this car is for it to be quick (not fast) and fun while being able to carry 4 people and some stuff in relative comfort. Looks like I only have a few grand in mods left, lol.
Shawn Clone
Jezabel- 1999 SE Sport V6 MTX- Severly wounded, comatose
Silver frost/Black Exterior-Midnight Blue Interior
The Firecracker- 1995 Mystique LS V6 MTX stock and backfiring like a rifle shot
I have 3 loves, my God, Brittany, and my Car.
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You�re never done if you are a real car guy. After the Contours become impossible to keep up there will be another car. Maybe the Contour plus another car. As for becoming more concerned about the financial aspects of modding cars as you mature, maybe the reverse is true, the older guys have the nicest cars. I am waiting for my kids to graduate from school and move out so I don't have to support them any more which should free up a bunch of money for car stuff, either Contour or Ford 60's muscle. This is a life long disease.
Rich S.
1998 SVT
1995 Contour 2.5 MTX 215K miles Son's car(dead and buried)
1997 Contour 2.0 ATX
1998 Contour 2.5 ATX
2004 Tauras Wagon 3.0 Duratec
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i may be done sooner than i thought.........i might be getting rid of the car in the next week or so......not sure what i'm gonna get....i'm having a hard time finding anything else like the contour..i.e small four door 5spd,v6 good handling...i'll prob end up with a csvt
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever."-Aristophanes.
--93 pgt,headers,intake,borla=14.9 1/4mile
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I make a list of mods I wanna do...do some of em, and something new always comes up I wanna do to her....it never stops, and I love it!  
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
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Originally posted by richs:
I am waiting for my kids to graduate from school and move out so I don't have to support them any more which should free up a bunch of money for car stuff, either Contour or Ford 60's muscle. This is a life long disease.
And I though I was getting old for this shyt  .
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Originally posted by durateX:
Originally posted by richs:
I am waiting for my kids to graduate from school and move out so I don't have to support them any more which should free up a bunch of money for car stuff, either Contour or Ford 60's muscle. This is a life long disease.
And I though I was getting old for this shyt .
XL
Your never to old to mod cars and make em fast!
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
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i will not stop on my stique' until the wheels fall off and the engine just drops out the front end... ...thew contique family can only get better...
Semper Fi...
It's Hard To Be Modest When You Know
You're The Best...
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Originally posted by MxRacerCam:
Originally posted by bohdi:
I've learned both from observation and personal experience, the more one tinkers with a car, the more likely it is to become problematic further down the road and arguably eliminating the practicality of it.
exactly! i usually end up modifying something to such a degree that it becomes more of a pain in the ass than enjoyable. then i get sick of it and sell it for 1/10th of what i have into it. then i miss it a couple years later. it's a viscious cycle. 
this is SOOOO true 
Semper Fi...
It's Hard To Be Modest When You Know
You're The Best...
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Originally posted by getlucky151:
I make a list of mods I wanna do...do some of em, and something new always comes up I wanna do to her....it never stops, and I love it!
Same thing happens to me. I'll make my list of mods, upgrades, fixes or whatever and by the time i have everything crossed out a new list has evolved! 
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Originally posted by richs:
This is a life long disease.
Rich S.
Is there a twelve step program for this?
What are the warning signs?
I may be experiencing some of the early symptoms.
And I don't know what to do.
Contouraholics Anonymous
1998.5 SVT
I'm working on it.
WTB 2.0L Contique.
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