Yeah,so I haven't been around for a while. Been busy with work and all,and truck shopping. Poor old Contour is hanging on by a thread,clinging to life each day.
Currently sits at 299,627km in the driveway. My used tranny that I had installed back in August is acting up,with very rough shifts,very stiff,needing 2 hands to sometimes to change gears...on a warm day. Sometimes won't even go into gear,or pops out of gear. Otherwise,mechanically,the car is sound.
Paint is beaten to hell from ice and chipping off everywhere,my grille emblem fell off,my window seals on the outsides of the driver's side doors have fallen off (MIA),one of my Reflex wipers is bent,passenger's side front turn signal lens is shattered from a rock or something hitting it the other day,passenger side front fender has a nice dent from my boot in it,driver's side door also has a dent below the window from my angry boot when my door latch froze and the door would not stay closed last week,aaaand my passenger side front speaker grille is smashed out due to an annoying rattling speaker,which no longer rattles....or works.
I probably drive the biggest hunk of crap Contour on the road right now,in all of North America. I absolutely am fed up having to drive this car every day. Much of the damage listed above is self inflicted by myself,not being able to control my anger towards the car. I have not washed the car since November,it is absolutely filthy inside and out,and I am ready to send it to the crusher.
I can't wait to finally get rid of this hunk of crap,and I really think I wasted my time,effort and mostly,my money on this car. The amount of money I spent fixing it could have actually bought me a decent car in the first place.
I currently have $4000 saved for a down payment on a new(er) truck. I posted a little while ago that I had ordered a 2006 Cobalt SS sedan,but I had to cancel the order after finding out how much my insurance was going to cost me. I'm on the search for a 2000-2004 Sonoma/S10 4x4 SLS or ZR2 crew cab,or a '98-'04 Silverado/Sierra ext cab 4x4,'04-05 Colorado/Canyon ext or crew cab 4x4 or a 97-03 F150 ext cab or crew cab 4x4. I'm looking at March at the earliest to pick something up,and as far as I'm concerned with the Contour,I'm done with them,will never buy another Contour and will be more than happy to get rid of it.
Anyways,that's my situation,I'm a little sour because I spent the better part of 45 minutes sitting in a ditch in a snow storm tonight waiting for a tow truck. I wish I rolled the f*cking car into the ditch and totalled instead of sliding in at 10kmh.
