Hello my fellow fans of everything Tour.
Some of you guys might recognize the name, and wonder where in the bejeezus I've been hiding. Well getting married and looking for a real job kind of have a knack of killing any free time one used to have
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So here is my dilemma. I love my tour. a 99 SVT, tropic green. I remember the day I brought her home from the dealer, all gleaming, shining, and noisy (my dad swore that I had to take the car back because it just made too much noise, its a sport tuned stainless steel exhaust dad.) I was a proud papa, and still remember my first race, a 2000 stock Mustang GT, boy did I make that guy go home with his tail between his legs.
The tour was always garage kept, always maintained, keeping mileage was always a big issue for me, I had an old bronco I beat around in. A few years after getting the tour, I was forced to sell one of my vehicles, did I keep the bronco, and sell the tour, or vice versa. Well, I kept the tour. The tour became a daily driver, my "everyday vehicle" and today she approaches the 60k mark (ouch). I hate to say this, but I'm at a point where the Contour is nothing more than "old reliable" to me. She is picking up chips, scratches, and bumps that everyday traffic will do. Hell the car even has hail damage on it from a hail storm two weeks ago. Unfortunately the car doesn't excite me anymore
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I can sell the car, and get myself a very nice Mazda 6 (because I work for Mazda), and keep the money from the car. I can go the other route and turn that baby into the badass street machine I intended to have her be when I first bought her and "invest" a ton of money. My problem is the fact that I see my tour as the everyday car, the daily grind, and I can't get past this.
Someone please help
, please set me straight. Let me know what you would do if in my shoes, I need to make a decision soon so that I know whether to order my new Mazda 6 or not (of course V6 5spd would be in order, although I would just as quickly get an RX8, if the top brass at the company didn't put a hold on employees getting the car).
The tour will be needing some suspension maintenance (squeaky bushings that need replacement) and a tune up. Also, I am almost certain one of my rims is bent, so a nice new set wouldn't look to shabby. A nice coat of paint wouldn't be a bad idea. What about redoing the intake...etc..etc... You see what I mean.
Help
Confused NJSVT
