Originally posted by CART99:
Yikes! Now I don't feel so bad knowing I'm not the only one. As for the Quaife, I'd love too, but money was tight BEFORE this happened, and now I just kissed next year's tax refund good-bye. Oy! No idea how I'm gonna replace the tires, which I will need before too much longer.
As for the service manager, I had it towed to the dealership that sponsored the event. I'm confident these guys are going to treat me right as I talked with many of them at the event while waiting for the tow truck to show up. They went out of their way to help me out while I was there.
No extended warranty, so I'm definitely not covered. Another lesson learned.
In the meantime, I'm going back to mountain biking. At least when I break something doing that (and I will), it will either be cheap or covered by health insurance.
Russ
1999 Contour SVT
"CART 99"
Do yourself a favor, if your keeping the svt and plan on going to the track alot more get the quaife and upgrade the clutch! while its all out and open let them do it for you. Be prepared to pay atleast a grand just for the labor. I had my clutch disenegrate and thought it was something else so when the dealer did the work i was hoping it was something that was covered little did i know the clutch blew up and i wasn't covered, I don't plan on keeping the SVT that much longer but if i did i would have installed a better clutch and quaife for longer life and better durability.
Clock hrs on a clutch is 8.5 hrs according to ford so watch how many hrs they charge you for.
