Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General General Message to all SVT owners

Guys, I have spoken to Troy on the phone as well to get my SVT certificate. He's for real and was very helpful, so I'm not surprised to see him here acting concerned.

I, personally, have had NO PROBLEMS with my 98 EO SVT except the sunroof and it has 39.5K miles. I love this car and have owned many Fords over the years. I'm on my 3rd F-150, and previously owned 2 Mustang GT's before the SVT. I have also owned numerous other mainstream foreign enthusiast cars:
TR-7, 2 RX-7's, an MR-2, a Honda Civic, and Sentra SE-R. I truly believe the SVT Contour is on par in quality with anything else I have ever owned. I love it more than any car I have ever owned. But, at 46, I am considerably older than almost everybody on this site. I also suspect I got a good quality production version.

Troy, if you have been monitoring CEG for a while, then you know that other, especially later model SVT Contour owners have had many problems. They are mostly under 30, have very large incomes for their age and the potential to earn much more down the pike. They are very well educated so when they speak to others about their experiences with Ford, it is likely to hold creedance. If Ford discourages them now, then they are losing a very lucrative future market and are gaining negative word-of-mouth.

I own a small business and know it is much easier to keep current customers than to gain new ones. But I also know about the bottom line and the need to contain costs. If SVT were to develop the transmission fixes, oil baffle, and water pump solutions outlined here and provide it for free to owners still in warranty and at reasonable cost to those outside of warranty it would certainly improve Ford's chances of keeping their current SVT Contour customer.

I had a problem with my 97 F-150's V-6 engine. It went bad at 55K miles and the replacement also knocked and was replaced 10k miles later. Ford replaced both motors for free. Despite the fact that I was livid at the time about these motors going south so early, I leased another 2001 F-150 (V-8 this time) last month because I felt a certain LOYALTY to Ford and the dealer who took care of me before. Get the picture.

Anyway, appreciate your concern and we hope to hear from you and other SVT guys who own SVT Contours more often on this site. Thanks.

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Kickimus Maximas Buttimus
98 EO SVT Toreador Red
01 F-150 W/ 2 horse/habit

[This message has been edited by SVTCole (edited March 30, 2001).]