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I have no life
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I have no life
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My dad has been towing with his 2.5 ATX Mystique for years.
-'96 SE MTX 3L
-'98 SVT 1,173 of 6,535
-'05 Mazda 6s, loaded, g/f's ride
-Need a 96-00 manual on CD? PM or email me
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Hard-core CEG'er
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Originally posted by Judge:
Originally posted by js139:
Wow, i thought about that, but i thought about buying a Harley Davidson Truck first. Hope it didn't hurt your car.
dude its in your owners manual how much you can tow...its like 2000 lbs or some crap...and my car being an SVT its 5 speed makes towing much easier than on an auto car.....the car is perfect...its towed from Michigan to Va...and back....then to the race track....then to the painter...and its been used to tow other bikes that I have worked on so I could deliver them to my customers......the car tows beautifully.....
Exactly! What a bunch of pansies around here. "Oh God you can't tow with a Contour you'll *HURT* it!" Puh-lease. Like it's any harder than what most of us put a car through. I too, have thought about a hitch to haul track tires. And a bike behind a SVT? 
-- 1999 SVT #220 --
In retrospect, it was all downhill from here. RIP, CEG.
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Now it's time for me to feel like an idiot...
Here's some questions.
1. With a four cylinder I obviously pull less torque. Where at in the manual does it say my tow limit.
2. I'm moving my fiance in with me. We're trying to get a u-haul trailer that will fit all of her stuff. There is no way its 2,000lbs but it's a 1,000 mile trek. How will my tranny and engine like that?
3. Do I sound like an idiot?
(I think I do. I can't believe I'm even considering this...)
95 Mystique GS Zetec ATX: Dead - Dec 5th, 2003
94 Accord LX 2.2L MTX Non-Vtec. Few bolt ons.
02 Escape XLT 3.0 V6 ATX. This thing has the CD4E in it?! What the hell was ford thinking?
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Veteran CEG\'er
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Originally posted by Obsidian:
Now it's time for me to feel like an idiot...
Here's some questions.
1. With a four cylinder I obviously pull less torque. Where at in the manual does it say my tow limit.
2. I'm moving my fiance in with me. We're trying to get a u-haul trailer that will fit all of her stuff. There is no way its 2,000lbs but it's a 1,000 mile trek. How will my tranny and engine like that?
3. Do I sound like an idiot?
(I think I do. I can't believe I'm even considering this...)
Don't forget about the trailer wait itself. I think U-haul trailers weigh in at 500lbs+
2004 Focus PZEV 2.3L - KW sport suspension, SP camber plates, Eibach front swaybar, FS intake, FS Stealth exhaust, 3.82 Final, Torsen ATB, Prothane MM insert, E1 CSVT wheels
1/4 mile - 15.201@89.4mph
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Flaming Biker Dude
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Originally posted by bigMoneyRacing:
Originally posted by Judge:
Originally posted by js139:
Wow, i thought about that, but i thought about buying a Harley Davidson Truck first. Hope it didn't hurt your car.
dude its in your owners manual how much you can tow...its like 2000 lbs or some crap...and my car being an SVT its 5 speed makes towing much easier than on an auto car.....the car is perfect...its towed from Michigan to Va...and back....then to the race track....then to the painter...and its been used to tow other bikes that I have worked on so I could deliver them to my customers......the car tows beautifully.....
Exactly! What a bunch of pansies around here. "Oh God you can't tow with a Contour you'll *HURT* it!" Puh-lease. Like it's any harder than what most of us put a car through. I too, have thought about a hitch to haul track tires. And a bike behind a SVT?
Not just any bike man....a custom painted R1 behind a custom painted SVT........ 
People suck.
Rev it till it MELTS.....
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Hard-core CEG\'er
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Originally posted by Obsidian:
Now it's time for me to feel like an idiot...
Here's some questions.
1. With a four cylinder I obviously pull less torque. Where at in the manual does it say my tow limit.
2. I'm moving my fiance in with me. We're trying to get a u-haul trailer that will fit all of her stuff. There is no way its 2,000lbs but it's a 1,000 mile trek. How will my tranny and engine like that?
3. Do I sound like an idiot?
(I think I do. I can't believe I'm even considering this...)
Forget towing a trailer, get a small U-Haul truck and a towbar, drive the truck and tow the car.
2000 Contour SE Sport
Originator of the Beowulf Headlight Mod and the Beowulf CAI
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I'm flat broke right now... can't afford the truck for the distance.
95 Mystique GS Zetec ATX: Dead - Dec 5th, 2003
94 Accord LX 2.2L MTX Non-Vtec. Few bolt ons.
02 Escape XLT 3.0 V6 ATX. This thing has the CD4E in it?! What the hell was ford thinking?
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