Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General General CSVT or Mustang GT?? Help!

He is right nice Notchbacks are a bit pricey, you can find LX hatcbacks all day in the $4-6 range. I just passed up on one with mint interior and just a few dings for $4k, slightly modded.

Its funny how the Fox bodies have leveled in price and are not going to go any were but up once more of the nicer ones are harder to find. I think its also funny with most Fox bodies being 20+ years old, you still never find one that has more than 130k miles in it, or so it says . I will probaly pick up a Notch myself in the next year or two.

All I have to say is damn I wish I had enough money to buy a second car to play with.

This might help you.

The big questions you need to ask yourself:
1. You really better not have any debt you can pay off first. lol Don't blow money if you're in the hole already.
2. How finacially secure are you? It never hurts to have extra cash. You never know when you'll need it. Also the stang will eat alot more gas then the tour.
3. How much money do you have for parts to add onto the car? Stang performance parts are cheaper, and easier to find. Contour is the oppisite.
okay no more money questions...
4. What is the main purpose of the car? Is it a backup vehicle or a play toy?
5. How bad are winters where you are. Mustang + snow = bad, Contour + snow = better chance then stang. This plays more if it is a backup car.
6. What do you like more in driving, Drag racing and high speeds, or taking tight turns with speeds that almost pop your ass out of the seat? (not saying you can't do it in a stang, but tour does it a little nicer i would think)
7. ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE STANGS, not as many mod contours. So if you going for a more unique play toy, the tour is a little more of a shock to people. (how many people can say they have a 3L convert turbo charged tours? a handful)

Hopefully that will help you decide.

Wish I knew you were interested about 6 months ago. My buddy sold his 92 LX coupe(notch) for $8500.00. Black, 85k miles, heads, cam, Vortech blower, 400rwhp, tuned by Paul's Performance in Cincinnati, 17x9 chrome Cobra R's. That thing was a monster! It could have used some sort of drag suspension, as it had ZERO traction in first and second gear. Third gear though, BYE BYE!

Mark

WHat's up. My roomate has a 95 GT conv, last of the 5.0's. I've got a 99 CSVT. Love driving both of them, but I prefer the Tour. The Mustang's wider tires make her a little darty on PA roads. My roomate can drive her car better than I can, prob. since she is used to how it handles. She is afraid to rev mine to redline, not being used to 4V per cylinder. Definately different rides, and moters. Mustang's torque still makes me giggle, but I prefer the Contour SVT for it's room, ride, and rarity. Just my .02
Scott

well i am pretty sure when stazi was referring to "traction" i'm pretty sure he meant it in general,not on a dirt road in texas ....and you are on crack if you think that any fwd car has better traction than a rwd car,and that's a simple fact....and a comparable year mustang will have better traction "in general" than a contour....while yes maybe the fwd is better on ice...but your dirt road example is ridiculous,actually the rwd would probably be easier to get back in control of if it did start sliding on a dirt road..

and as far as resale value goes,have you seen some of the prices svt's are going for these days????there is one in the paper at a dealer here a 98 with the dealer asking price of $4800,a comparable 98 gt lists for $7800....now compare a 99 or 00 gt to a 99 or 00 svt and the mustang will still be priced considerably higher in most cases...

It all depends on where you find the car. Someplaces have good prices on car, other don't. I can go threw autotrader and find dealers asking waaaaay to much for a CSVT and another dealer is going to be going dirt cheap on a mustang GT. It depends on where you live, the actual car itself, and the dealer.

Will people STOP saying that FWD is better than RWD in low traction situations? Such as ice, snow, and gravel.

IT IS NOT BETTER, IT IS JUST DIFFERENT. FWD is more intuitive for people that don't understand the way cars work, because you can just steer where you want to go; this is why people that are ill-informed and ignorant think they are "better". RWD just requires a bit more practice and thought to drive in low traction situations.

and MadMerc, the reason you don't see RWD cars in the top of rally anymore is because AWD is legal, duh. In the lower classes of rallying, rwd cars are very common, including mustangs.

okay. I know that RWD vehicles are really good for maneuvering and stuff. But you discount FWD too much. It isn't that bad if you know how to take advantage of your drivetrain configuration. What class of rallying does the GT compete in anyway?