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newbie..might be buying is this a good deal? #756657 09/26/03 02:08 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19 P pitmonkey OP New CEG\'er
OP pitmonkey New CEG\'er P Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	I am not currently a contour owner but am looking at one tomorrow..it is a 1998 se v6 with 18,000 miles..they want less than 7000 for it..is this a good buy? anything I should know about that year? ok..its automatic, pw, pl, cassette no cd, was owned by an older lady completely stock Last edited by pitmonkey; 09/26/03 02:21 AM.

Re: newbie #756658 09/26/03 02:13 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,016 NE Ohio/ NW Ohio E epattonm Hard-core CEG\'er
epattonm Hard-core CEG\'er E Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,016 NE Ohio/ NW Ohio	Manual trans, or auto? Color, any mods? details details please... 2000 CSVT Silver Frost: #942 of 2150 HID Projectors and Fog Light Mod, Optomized TB, MSDS headers 2003 Silverstone Z

Re: newbie #756659 09/26/03 02:19 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19 P pitmonkey OP New CEG\'er
OP pitmonkey New CEG\'er P Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	auto tranny, pw pl, cassette player no cd, completely stock, owned by an old lady who never drove it

Re: newbie #756660 09/26/03 03:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,308 Atlantic Beach, FL S StealthWyvern Hard-core CEG'er
StealthWyvern Hard-core CEG'er S Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,308 Atlantic Beach, FL	id buy it personaly providign it rusn good drives good 97 Mystquie GS - I4 ATX died at 168K 94 Pontiac Crap AM SE - 2.3L I4 5spd 2002 Mazda Protege5 - 2.0L ATX

Re: newbie #756661 09/26/03 06:00 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL L Loco4G63 CEG road warrior
Loco4G63 CEG road warrior L Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL	Sounds like a good deal. Hector 2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII 257HP/259TQ 2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED 160HP/141TQ

Re: newbie #756662 09/26/03 06:39 AM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ I IonNinja Hard-core CEG'er
IonNinja Hard-core CEG'er I Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ	if you like auto's IonNinja 2005 Saturn ION-2 Sedan 1996 Ford Contour GL - Collecting dust...Zetec project anyone?

Re: newbie #756663 09/26/03 04:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 228 San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Cent... P pabloquintana CEG\'er
pabloquintana CEG\'er P Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 228 San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Cent...	Mileage is great. Talk it down to 5k Pablo Quintana 98 SE Sport Contour Honduras, Central America

Re: newbie #756664 09/26/03 04:58 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,254 hanging out at the laundromat M MyCaiNsBroK3N Hard-core CEG\'er
MyCaiNsBroK3N Hard-core CEG\'er M Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,254 hanging out at the laundromat	i got mine with 24,000 miles for under 7g plus leather, 5 spd moonroof and cd plr. http://www.myspace.com/mycainsbroken

Re: newbie #756665 09/26/03 11:15 PM
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 135 NJ S SVTour98_dup1 CEG\'er
SVTour98_dup1 CEG\'er S Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 135 NJ	mileage may or may not be "great". if those miles are all "granny" miles a half a mile to the supermarket each day then i'd be leary. not to mention the car was probably never broken in properly and run through the full rpm band. do a little research on that before you dump the cash. i've known MANY people to jump on just the deal and come to find out later the motor is a POS due to improper break-in (granny driving) and all short quick-trip-driving with many stops. personally i'd take something with 50k highway miles over something with 18k city miles. -Dan 2003 Mazda6S http://community.webshots.com/user/rudan01

Re: newbie #756666 09/26/03 11:24 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,360 TX L luvinmycontour Hard-core CEG'er
luvinmycontour Hard-core CEG'er L Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,360 TX	heh i only paid 1500 for mine...its a 96 zetec MTX...hahaha i beat you all! it has 100,000 miles currently. but when i bought it 2 1/2 years ago it only had 64,000 miles.

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