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Yeah, whatever... 
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i think the car looks good...not my cup of tea, but he obviously did a good job. lot of time and effort into it, nice and clean
mike
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Originally posted by jerseycat10:
Why are you getting so defensive? Does this hit home for you? I am not going to claim that my car has resale value, I know that. That is why I bought it used! It could have been worse, I could have bought an SVT! And what good is unnecessary preventative maintenance when many of those mods will void the factory warrantee anyway? It's not like he added high performance products that he wants to make sure are lubricated at all times, it it just the typical ricer mods, exhaust and intake, and whatever else you can see when you open the engine bay (i.e. strut tower bar). I am sorry if this hits home for you! And finally, we have 6.7 seconds. There is NO way that car does 0-60 in 6.7 seconds. And even if it did, he should be ashamed of himself. $12,000 in mods to get to 6.7 seconds? All show, no go. The car is only 2 years old. You are telling me he was capable of using $12,000 on the car in 2 years, but couldn't save up the 4000 for a turbo or supercharger? He must be your friend or something the way you defend him.
was that an attempt at trying to hurt my feelings? make it personal? got me there......
why would the guy begin to be ashamed of himself? he has a nice damn clean car....i fail to see the shame in that....I keep missing in my ricer guide handbook where it says being an enthusiast means it doesnt matter what your car looks like, just as long as it reaches 70 mph quicker than anyone else.....last time i checked when my car was goin 70 and your car was goin 70....i dont care how much psi you have on your 6 thousand dollars worth of forged parts.....no one is goin faster than the other person......
everyone has opinions and that is great....but there is a huge difference in opinions and bashing....and this is straight bashing.....
you ram snide remarks down someone's throat because he wanted to have a show car, that you dont necessarily like, all because his idea of enthusiast means show and yours means go.....
do we call baseball enthusiasts ricers because they only watch baseball and dont play?
--Chris--
1999 Silver Frost SVT
#1671 of #2760
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Originally posted by csc99svt:
you got to give the guy some credit though.....
NOT EVERYONE IS LOOKING TO DRIVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!!
Yes, true, HE IS NOT LOOKING TO DRIVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
HE'S JUST DRIVING TO LOOK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE! 
'95 CONTOUR SE
-Enkei 16s
-SVT wannabe
-Dual escapes w/ 2 1/2" stainless tips
-True LED taillight conversion
- Audi Xenon Projector Retrofit
-Mp3 deck, dual 10s
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By the way, only a fool would pay 18 grand for that.
Have you heard the old saying? : "A fool and his money are soon parted"
'95 CONTOUR SE
-Enkei 16s
-SVT wannabe
-Dual escapes w/ 2 1/2" stainless tips
-True LED taillight conversion
- Audi Xenon Projector Retrofit
-Mp3 deck, dual 10s
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that one was funny, I damn there fell out of my chair
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what the hell ever happened to "to each his own." I still stand on the fact that he is asking too much for the car but I dont think it's rice (for whoever said it i forget). I just hate when people use the word rice period. Every person and their grandma has a different opinion about rice so theres no point. It gets pretty damn annoying. Every modified car in the world whether it's show or go is rice if you ask the right person. Just 2 more of my cents.
1998.5 black SVT-MODIFIED
konig/kumho/eibach/knauberized/borla/touring wing/35% tint/B&M/sparco/streetglow/ford racing
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im not very interested in performance... to be honest. I like my tour the way it is. Stock it's a quick little thing. I dont drag/street race... it get's me from point (A) to point (B)... but i ALWAYS wanted to have a nice looking car.
so yes... i would spend more money on Aesthetics then turbo...engine upgrade...and when finished then i would hit the engine.
95'Contour GL 2.5L (JUNKED!)
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[Current Car]
1995 Ford Mustang 5speed
[Upcoming Car]
2002 Trans Am WS6 (Black on Black)
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I think the bid history says EVERYTHING about this car and its value...
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1998 Black SVT
KKM Tru-Rev Intake / KVR Brakes / Knauberized
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Originally posted by ATL-SVT:
OMG! That guy wants 18000 for a USED 38000 mile AUTOMATIC civic?? That only runs mid 15's and looks like it was stolen from the FNF set?? What an idiot. He's like "it's worth $11.5 K on trade, but I'm only asking $18k" ?!?!? WTF? --Dumbass-- I almost emailed him to ask him how hard he hit his head in the accident?
Not only that but who changes their "highest quality synthetic motor oil" every 1K  Also unless he has some type of aftermarket computer, why would you need to run 93 octane in that car, maybe its just me  In closing an ATX and then mod the car to look like that w/ an ATX  All I can say is "unsmart" 
"THEE" Roger R
USMondeo@aol.com
2005 Crossfire Limited coupe'
-FOR SALE @buyout price & I'll...
-throw in my 93' Regal as winter car
*Dragon Run 06'...Oct 12-15th*
Puur-fection Auto Detailing
Complete packages from $140.00
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