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I got plenty of pics, but no digital ones. And the $3 for drinks did SUCK, only water fountains were way back at the top of the stands. Next year I'll probably have a bike and I'll ride it up there, weather permiting.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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Hey isnt that craig flango's turbo'd widebody'd cougar on page 4?
Oh an yeah sorry i couldnt make it up there, i had my appendix takin out last week and am still recovring.
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Tim-respect for the pics!  Wish I coulda made it down. 
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Originally posted by ChattavegasSE:
Tim-respect for the pics! Wish I coulda made it down.
Hell yeah! There are some great shots in there.
One thing though that leaves me sort of troubled...
"Showcaseing"
Ok, there is nothing wrong with that. I am one to really talk here since I just made the commint in one of the Zetec forums that to get the CD4E where we want it, we have to do all this. But DAMN!
Looking at the pics of NOPI Nationals Hotlanta has really made me rethink all this stuff. My thinking... (and mine only, this is of noone's brainwashing)
My thinking is this, "Do we really have to paint up our cars like that, just to gain some respect from an aftermarket that really could give a crap?" Ok, so is that what I really meant when I said that we have to get our cars out there so that something can and will be done to resolve our current situation? Hell No!! When the conversation came up between Kremit and N2Deep, it really made me think alot about all this and this is what I came up with...
Anybody's car can sit still, but not just anyone's car can turn heads at the track.
Isn't this what a lot of the import screen has come too? Who can make there car look more like something you would see on Speed then someone else's? Sure it has! But most CEGers look at their cars as cars that can hold their own without paint and graphics. One thing though... The FIA WRC has had a larger impact then we really think. Hopefully this will bring some sencerity to what is goin on in todays world of aftermarket cars.
Another thing. The Contours were never Sport Compacts anyway. So why should we try to be? We are a whole other breed of car altogether. So why should we think that we should have all the same products out there on the market like all the other Sport Compacts? Keep in mind, the Contour was brought to The States at a time when the truck was turning King. The Contours life was shortened by the fact that Ford had to make some dough. That is the goal of any business and we cannot hold that against them. But the fact remains, the truck out-sold the car hands down during all the years that the Contour was in major production. The turning point for the Contour was in 98, when the SVT was introduced. I think this was mearly a way for Ford to push a car that they believed in despite the overwhelming opisition with The Truck market. Needless to say, it failed. Is it because of the Contour? Hell no! It was only because most people at the time wanted a Hummer and could not afford one. Everyone wanted a truck or SUV. I fell that Ford felt that Mercury could do a better job of marketing the CDW27 platform, since Ford was so consumed with the F150/250 line. Hince the Cougar came into play. Only problem with the Cougar... It was a legenday body style that was play with way to much (I personally think it was the right move now, but at the time it was introduced I hated it!!) and the fact that all it took was a little perswadeing from the Ford side to make the finance charges a little better looking for a truck. That is one reason that my wife and I bought a Ranger in 2000 and not a Cougar or Contour.
That brings me to the whole "CEG way of thinking", if you will...
We are the lovers of a dying bried. Call us the fans of the Misfits way before Danzig was ever formed. And you know what, that along with the car itself is what keeps people coming back and most poor people feeling like they own a million dollar automobile. It is in this sacrite tradition of "loveing a car" that we are all bound! Sort of the samething as why I will not let my two girls enter pagents. I know that they would win or give the competion a run for their money, but I have nothing to prove... I have to beatiful girls and a lovly car... What else could man ask for?
Phillip Jackson
`98 Mystique LS
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ATX rebuilt @ 151K
"This storm has broken me, my only friend!" RIP Dime
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Hey yall, long time no post. I wanted to go to the Nationals soooooooo bad...but I had a baby pending. He was due on the 26th, but guess what? HE'S HEREEEEEEEEE!!! He made his appearance on September 24th, at 12:22 pm. His name is Dominic Xavier, and he weighed 7 lbs 13 oz, and was 18 1/2 inches long. If I had tried to go to the nationals...he wouldve been born sooner from all the walking, and I couldnt have made it home in time to deliver him. I'm kinda upset though that i couldnt go....i had been plannin on goin since last years trip. Oh well....I cant win them all. At least i got a healthy baby though.  If any of you want to see his picture, its on the huntsville hospital web page. I wish i couldve gone though...oh well. It wasnt meant to be for me this year, huh.  Next year though.... Amanda
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I feel like I own a $5 automobile and a lotta cars/trucks at NOPI could kill a contour. Congratulations on the baby Amanda.
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96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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Way to go Amanda!!!! Awesome!!!!
Show for the fun first! Aftermarket manufacturers are there for themselves, remember that. If you want sponsorship and bring the aftermarket to the car them you are gonna need to make sure you can have fun but then give up and make sacrifices of your time to show "their" car off.
Do it for the fun of it.
Like I said before, if you can enter NOPI with a big brown van that is bonestock, then you can enter anything.
Just don't be afraid to.
I am thinking I will enter next year.
WOW TIM NICE PICS!!!!
L8R
Rich
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'04 Ecotec Cavi 140hp/150tq Fabbed intake. Header Coming, DRL's disabled, X-Drilled/slotted rotors coming....Man you really are fast. You were hauling a$$ when I passed you
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Dear Unisys12, As a married man with two daughters I would expect you to be more concerned with your family more so than to care what people think about your car. I think that maybe one day my views might change when i have a family. I respect your valid point. But for now, It involves more than just respect as a individual, I'm thinking of more along the lines as a group. Unity as a group would make us stronger, thats why the import is so large. If you noticed that some vehicles were hot and some were not, but its the unity that makes its all great. As far as changing the situation it can always be changed thats why Spring Zing is put together. People go to it because of unity, respect and some times vendors participate for product awareness. Maybe I do have something to prove- that you can turn an everyday sedan into something, for starters. Maybe another reason is to show that American cars can do it and look as good as import cars with the right touch. I would not go as far as to say that I follow all the trends of the import scene, but I do go as far as I can to express my personality and ideas thru my car. Not everyone has to paint their cars or add graphics to get the aftermarket to notice them. They do it because they want to and its a way of expressing or accenting their car to make it unique. How many people in your area have Mystiques with flow master on it and are lowered with roush springs, I bet not many. I might not no the reason why you did the mods you did, but I bet its because you wanted to, to make it unique. With the right personality a car can sit still to make people notice. Not to jump topics I was just thinking.... The aftermarket scene in some form do give a crap because we are the one that support their business. It makes them money, you cant tell me (you can if you want) that Brad noone sells the things he sells just for the love of the car, hell no he does it because he makes a little money at it. Now back on track as far as mine and kermit conversation is concerned. My point was to get everyone to start coming out of their shells and show some unity for the contour or mystique family. Thankyou N2deep
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I'll show some unity one day, when I feel my car is worth it. By then though nobody else will probably be pimpin contiques other than me, but I'm gonna keep mine forever (unless it gets destroyed or something).
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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