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Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
Originally posted by svtIVstv:
id consider it, maaaybe for $15k. brand new, one of a kind, looks pretty damn good imo. imagine taking that to a road course! everyone would think you were there to rip up the course (until it actually runs 
toss in a turhbo 3L w/ supporting goodies and a TH trans 
See I think it would be cooler to put the supercharger back in , and leave it how saleen assembled it.
You can put a track monster together for much cheaper than that ;p
of course you could but it would be pretty cool to own the only saleen contour. id almost be afraid to drive it in traffic, not that it has any monetary value, purely contour-enthusiast-collector value.  heck, id be even happier if it had a blown motor. id toss in a turbo 3l in that beyotch! i emailed them asking if they'd take $15k but i doubt it. even though i doubt it will even sell for close to $20k. afterall, WE ARE the only people who appreciate these cars. if we're not willing to pay that much then who the hell will? certainly no saleen mustang fan. 
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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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Originally posted by todras:
Someone explain why it needed 25 oil changes? Seriously. How long can a car sit before it needs a change? What happens to the oil as it site in the car? Always drive my cars so I've never read up on it.
i can't imagine it would need much more than one per year, less if it was in a climate controlled environment.
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Man if I had the money I'd be all over that thing, somebody on here please buy that, it could use a great home.
I mean yes in some ways it does look like crap but it's the only saleen contour out there.
If I had it I'd leave it the way it is since that's the way saleen made it.
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Originally posted by excel4600c:
what site are you guys looking at im on saleens website and i cant find this .
http://www.saleen.com/preowned.htm
The ad says it's a 1998, but isn't it really a 1999?
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Originally posted by Mystique97:
Man if I had the money I'd be all over that thing, somebody on here please buy that, it could use a great home.
imo....
problem with a car like that... you can't get financed for it. hell, a lot of people couldn't get financed for half of it! and that takes a big chunk of the market away from it. so then you've got people with cash... and most of them don't want a tarted up contour thats no faster and probably not too much better handling.
which leaves the collector. i think if anywhere, that car will go to a saleen nut somewhere who wants it not to drive, and not as an investment (because it's a crappy one), but instead just to own a one of a kind saleen.
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Dare I say that I love that front bumper, short of the side vents of course
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showed this to my fiance last night and her response was..
"Well, all of our cars are paid off..."
hehe
hrmmm..spend house refinance money on house repairs..or one off Saleen Contour....
Decisions..decisions
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Originally posted by MxRacer:
and most of them don't want a tarted up contour thats no faster and probably not too much better handling.
The suspension is custom.
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whoever buys that needs to keep it as is... except maybe the supercharger needs to go back in it... but that thing is a collectors item. I hope whoever buys it does not part it out.
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Originally posted by ElKy:
showed this to my fiance last night and her response was..
"Well, all of our cars are paid off..."
Sounds to me like she gave you the go ahead...
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