Haha - your story is the same as mine, almost. When I moved on to college, my sister got her license and got our Contour ("third family vehicle", parents owned). I couldn't stand not having a car so three months later, in November, I bought a '95 Probe GT - the first car I ever drove with MTX.
However - my PGT started falling apart, and I seriously missed the feel of the Contour. When one thing led to another I got rid of it less than a year of buying it. Eventually my sister got another car (not quite a 'tour freak as I am), I started commuting to school and the Contour was put in my name to own for good