Well car is gone, my new car albeit a little older is of similar distinction to the contour. But is an upgrade to me and now I will have a standard with over 200 horsepower and a 3 liter. Car is still loaded as my mystique was. My main reason to sell is the need to save on insurance, by dropping collision (and crossing fingers, perhaps even driving less aggresivly) I can save. Plus the auto on my car, my trans worked great but no matter how many thousands of dollars I put into my car it was still slow. ~30% drivetrain loss + our elevation here didnt help for times, which is one thing I do regularly - track it - 1/4 mile and hopefully auto x to come.
with the auto it just wasnt suited for that, and the gearing blew my mind. 1st gear would rev out at over 70 km/h, 2nd would be close to 140, 3rd was over 200.
enjoyment of the car was great but I could only enjoy 1st gear really without getting in too much trouble. plus going up to those speeds with that gearing + drivetrain loss = painfully slow.
If my car were an MTX as I wanted I would have kept it and poured more money into it. With an ATX there is only so much you can do and so fast you can get.
So the car is gone, some parts stripped off and for sale. Others went with the car (near Calgary).
My 17" rims (that I'm still paying for) are for sale. They can be viewed on my site @
17" Konig Absolute's sporting 215/45/17 R - rated Potenza RE730 rubber They come with hubcentric rings, tuner lugs, 1 locking lug per wheel (so they require 2 keys to take off each wheel). They were on my car the last half of last summer and this summer up to now.
PM me for details.
