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CEG\'er
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CEG\'er
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Nice lookin car! MTX Contour/Mystique/Cougars are harder to find than ATX's.   At least in less populated areas. I live in Florida, and work at a Ford Dealer. I have yet to see an MTX Contour come in, and I've been there for a year.
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Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,580
Hard-core CEG'er
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Hard-core CEG'er
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So what if it's auto?
The 2002 was the last Cougar and had a few changes before going away. The steering wheel is from the Euro Mondeo and the headlights were changed.
Mercury dealers didn't order any Manual Cougars, only if someone wanted to make a factory order would the do so.
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SE, Code Red. '00 Tropic Green Ford Escort SE [Contour's little cousin]
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,360
Hard-core CEG'er
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Originally posted by slocraiger:
me too, i even owned a '93 corvette auto for a few years, awesome beautiful car but atx still made me get rid of it.
if you had a corvette, it was an automatic transmission, not an automatic transaxle...ATX=FWD, AT=RWD. 
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 4,149
Hard-core CEG'er
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Originally posted by Zippy_Zetec:
Originally posted by slocraiger:
me too, i even owned a '93 corvette auto for a few years, awesome beautiful car but atx still made me get rid of it.
if you had a corvette, it was an automatic transmission, not an automatic transaxle...ATX=FWD, AT=RWD.
Oh good lord, he was obviously speaking generally about automatic transmissions. You read that somewhere and have been waiting to use it just to make yourself look smart. FWIW, it's too late--we know the truth.
-- 1999 SVT #220 --
In retrospect, it was all downhill from here. RIP, CEG.
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Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 717
Veteran CEG\'er
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Veteran CEG\'er
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Originally posted by MarkO:
Originally posted by jerseycat10:
you know, why is someone always criticized when they get an automatic?
Because ATX's suck more power than an MTX and they (most of them) are not performance orientated. They change up too soon also.
I have never driven an ATX equipped car I liked, never.
I felt the same way until I had a 2004 Nissan Maxima as a rental car. The at was very nice.
contours, deloreans & fiats, oh my!
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