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I drove a 04 automatic today. Granted the newer ones have 50hp more and this was an auto, it still just wasn't what I expected. Just doesn't feel like 400hp. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but the car just wasn't 'inspiring'. And the auto definitely sucks, I've driven family cars that would put you in a better gear than it would. We took it out on the highway and my buddy waxed it in his srt4. 
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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i considered GTOs but then decided i definitely wanted a vert this time around. the prices of the GTOs are unbeatable. definitely a worthy car 
Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
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I don't see how you all got such poor mileage with your SVT Contours! I never had a tank under 20mpg, and usually got at least 23 even in stop and go driving.
Brad "Diva": 2004 Mazda 6s 5-door, Volcanic Red
Rex: 1988 Mazda RX-7 Vert, Harbor Blue.
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Originally posted by Zoom Zoom Diva:
I don't see how you all got such poor mileage with your SVT Contours! I never had a tank under 20mpg, and usually got at least 23 even in stop and go driving.
I was just going through this thread and was surprised to see that too. 12MPG? I got better than that the day I used half a tank at the track
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Originally posted by svt4stv:
i considered GTOs but then decided i definitely wanted a vert this time around. the prices of the GTOs are unbeatable. definitely a worthy car
I imagine you test drove a GTO as well before getting your Cobra. How does the drive/feeling of the two compare?
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Originally posted by Viss1:
Originally posted by Zoom Zoom Diva:
I don't see how you all got such poor mileage with your SVT Contours! I never had a tank under 20mpg, and usually got at least 23 even in stop and go driving.
I was just going through this thread and was surprised to see that too. 12MPG? I got better than that the day I used half a tank at the track
I wonder what kind of mileage we get at 140...
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I can say I got 20 mpg at a pretty steady 110-120 in Colorado.
Brad "Diva": 2004 Mazda 6s 5-door, Volcanic Red
Rex: 1988 Mazda RX-7 Vert, Harbor Blue.
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