Originally posted by 98 SE: :breaks out Consumer Reports back issues:
January 1999
"Our 3- and 5-mph bumper-basher tests left little damage. Repair estimates were $263 front, $263 rear." --for the 1998.5 Contour
That's alot better than the $2000 damage the X-Type Jag and Toyota Camry inflicted upon itself!
1998 Contour Sport V6, Black *Cold air induction *Powdercoated intake manifold (more powdercoating coming soon) *Blue headlights, foggies, and signals (no reflectors) *CEG stickers & removed door moldings -------------------------------- 1994 Ford Aspire 4-door, looks like a big egg *64 hp 4-cyl *5 speed *"13 steel rims with go-cart tires *74 mph top speed *I'm going to auto-x the thing (but not compete)
Wife ran off the road last winter in our 95, hit a fence- not hard enough to set off the airbags, and did $1000 damage.... Front bumper was toast, and there is still a crease in the RF fender that we missed at the time of the accident...
"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." - President George W. Bush
