My family discovered that we needed a third vehicle, since everybody was going in totally separate directions at the same time. One day, Dad says "let's go car shopping."
Second place we hit up is a Ford dealer. Saw a 2000 T-red Contour; Dad test-drove (I'm under 18), liked it, but salesman completely ignored me when it was pretty obvious I'd be the primary driver of this car! We leave and go to another Ford dealership (Ford Lincoln-Merc), and are looking at Mystiques but they were too expensive. Salesman comes out, turns my head to a shiny T-red '98 Contour. Salesman is nice to me; saleman knows my selling points (it's shiny; it's got keyless entry; it's got 24K miles); salesman gets sale.
Later that day, Mom happens upon this site and tells me about it. Next day, I register on the forums. Before I registered, I barely knew the difference between a V6 and a 4-banger (hence my selling points were largely visual!). I've learned a LOT thanks to the CEG.
