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When I was 15, my parents were helping me find a car for cheap. My mom took me to a local Ford dealer one day and said, you can have one of these two cars (a 98.5 Contour SE ATX and a 98 Escort ZX2 5spd)...since I knew nothing about driving a 5spd I went with the contour. I drove it for about 2 years and really started to like it. I tinted the windows and started buying cheap aesthetic mods for it. I was searching the web one day and came across CEG (Aug 2k1). I saw that Ford had Contour SVT's and loving Contours as it was, I decided to upgrade in September of 2k1. It took me a month to find the SVT that was right for me, but I did it. I bought my car on September 28, 2001 and have loved her ever since. She is in the shop right now for a new front axle and new transmission. frown


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My Story....My Dad started me on my trek with fast cars. My first car I "bought" from my uncle. It was my dad's first car. A '67 Plymouth Barracuda. 383 cu. in. eng, posi-traction rear, book says 335hp (low for insurance purposes).

Then I graduated highschool. The 67 was showing signs of wear and needed a rebuild. I needed a car to get back and forth to work in. In comes the 84 chev cavalier..... :rolleyes: ooooh buoooy lemmie tell you what a fast car...but hey it will do. Put a nice system in it which I think raised its value and after much time with it, it developed engine trouble (among other minor problems---like aluminum thermostat bolts breaking in the engine). Took it to someone who rebuilt the engine and cleared out the bank. Sat for one week vacation and there it was. A HUGE oil leak under the car!

NO MORE CHEV's Got a '93 Ford Mustang with the 2.3 in it and manual tranny. I liked! Put system in it. Nice people removed the system from it out the big back window. And little ol granny with a two ton 80 something Lincoln Towncar made an illegal lane change across two lanes of traffic in the rain. I hit her car spun it 180 and it totalled the stang. frown

So I was again looking for a car and since my credit was not all too pretty I kept looking and looking and looking.........ran across another Chevy.....cavalier....pfffft whatever. Couldn't get qualified. It was all for the best. I found the 96 Mystique with REALLY LOW miles on it and a 5spd and I was hooked. It rocks. So to make a long story even longer, I am in the process of building it up piece by piece until it gets to be blindingly fast. I have that ol school mentality and I will apply it.

That's my story and I am sticking to it


'96 Mystique, Zetec, MTX.
---Mods---
Removed both intake resonators and airbox. Installed APC air filter and APC crankcase ventilation filter. Removed exhaust resonator.
Installed XM Satellite Radio. Replaced bad alternator and 175a fusible link...much fun!
Intake plenum---GONE!!!!
My car growls louder than yours.
If I can't buy it, I'll build it...Trust Me!!!!
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