I have a 95 contour gl and my car has ran at high temperatures since i got it about 2 months ago. about a week after i bought it i got a 165 degree thermostat and it would still run around the l mark but i never let it get any higher because i would turn on the heater. one time i let it run and left the heater off and once it would get between the l and the line to the left of the red the fan would go on and it would cool down.