Originally posted by Blackie:
Ok, I payed $2800 for my thunderbird, that leaves me $10000 to put into it...it'll run low 9's for that kind of money...but in reality, that money game doesnt work...If all the zetec contour owners had the $7000 they saved over a SVT in their pocket, somebody woulda stepped up and got a turbo by now. Truth is, if you had the extra $7000 when you bought the car, you would probably have an SVT rather than the base model. 
I could of gotten an SVT but I didn't want one...the insurance differeances from my Zetec to the SVT was not worth it in my opinion. too bad my base model has never had a motor blow up or a water pump fail at 40k miles.... guess I should of spent that extra money for all that added fun
