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Originally posted by svttour:
On the way to school today I saw a t-red contour se with an SVT badge on the trunk. placed there perfectly. I think that car may have gotten injto a wreck or something and the person may ahve found an svt in a junk yard or soemthing becasuse the logo was in the stock location and there was a rather old lady driving the car. It didnt bother me much I actually got excited and thought it may have ben a fellow CEGER to meet up with. After I noticed it wasnt I simply went back to my driving. It doesnt bother me much because people can do whatever they please to their cars this is why most people palce TYPE R stickers on everything but when it comes down to taste... then thats a whole other topic.
Elizabeth? 
Function before fashion.
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Originally posted by speedfreak117:
How fast do you think a CSVT is?
A stock svt is drag limited to 143 mph. Non svt's are governed at 112 mph.
Jim Hahn
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3.0L swap and Arizona Dyno Chip Turbo Kit
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Originally posted by speedfreak117:
Originally posted by jtour:
And some people may beat a "fake svt" and think that SVT's are slow. We knowing that if it was a real SVT there wouldnt be even a chance of them wining. So how do you people feel about this issue?
How fast do you think a CSVT is? Who was racing that there wounldn't be even a chance of them winning? You do realize there are faster cars than CSVTs right? Before you jump down my throat I love CSVTs, but I know there are a lot faster cars on the street. Is my SE faster than a CSVT? No, but I am sure my 91 GTI is faster than most. There will always be someone faster than you. Oh and street racing is stupid.
Street racing is stupid. The main question was how do people feel when regular contiques kit there cars. I just threw in the racing part to get the topic started.
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Originally posted by Tourgasm:
You want to know what I think???.....who gives a crap?
Exactly
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I'll probably get a troutslap for this posting, but I don't think it matters all that much. Unless your dragging someone and you say your car is a svt and get smoked, etc.
Alot of smack talk, it is all show and the guy's so full of bs their eyes turn brown...you get the point. put up or shut up, in my words.
I have a svt front clip on my 1999 SE, because my wife wrecked my car, and it happened to be the color I needed, was in nice shape, and I got it for less money than i was going to pay for a diffent colored one I was going to have to paint.
Now, in the case of when in high school I had my 1988 GLS tempo 5 speed, with a mercury hood, a full custom dual exhaust on the 2.3, hand fabbed headers,lowered 4 inches, modded suspension and a wacked out paint job with custom bumpers, and fenders with "5.0" badges on the fenders, well, I was plain nuts when I did that. But, I still was able to have fun with it and smoke my share of stuff with it, after all who in the heck expected a Tempo?!? LOL
Fun part was, more than once, with the rims/tires I had, people thought I was running a 5.0...
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Bring back leaded gas!
Aviation fuel is too expensive...
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Originally posted by RogerB:
Originally posted by svttour:
On the way to school today I saw a t-red contour se with an SVT badge on the trunk. placed there perfectly. I think that car may have gotten injto a wreck or something and the person may ahve found an svt in a junk yard or soemthing becasuse the logo was in the stock location and there was a rather old lady driving the car. It didnt bother me much I actually got excited and thought it may have ben a fellow CEGER to meet up with. After I noticed it wasnt I simply went back to my driving. It doesnt bother me much because people can do whatever they please to their cars this is why most people palce TYPE R stickers on everything but when it comes down to taste... then thats a whole other topic.
Elizabeth?
She drove a green SVT ...
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I really dont care if anyone wants to slap a SVT badge on their tour [or cougar in my case]. because in the grand sceme of things, the difference is rather small.
I see fake snakes [cobras] every day, now thats a BIG performance gap. I dont mind seeing fake badged cars as long as the base and performance models dont differ in displacement or induction.
yes... I am a cougar owner trolling on your board.
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I sure hope that noone mistakenly gets the impression that I really give a crap whether or not they agree with the choices I decide to make to MY car , that I buy and pay for    !
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Originally posted by RogerB:
People mistake my car for an SVT
Peope mistake my car for Escort 
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To me, its all about the badge, period
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