Last Friday, I became an official Contour SVT owner! I picked up a tropic green, 99 SVT. The car was a one owner vehicle that was owned by a middle-aged couple out west. It runs, and drives perfect. I just drove it over a 1000 miles back home to Michigan last weekend. It got over 30 mpg on the freeway!!
First thing I did when I got home was change the oil/filter/air filter. I have ALWAYS run Mobil 1 in all of my vehicles and had great success. I gave her some Mobil 1, a new Motorcraft oil filter, and a new K&N air filter. By the way, nice location for the oil filter! What a PITA - got oil all over my exhaust, and lower air dam.
I have 2 kids so this is my first 4-door. I wanted something that was a 4-door, yet still fun to drive. I was going to get a SHO but they all seem to be beaten-up so bad. The Contour SVT fits my needs perfectly.
I don't plan on very many modifications, but I will do a few things. I am going to get some 17? Konig - Holes (with the graphite finish) and some new tires, I will keep the factory rims and put some snow tires on them for winter. I also plan on a slight window tint to keep the interior from rotting out. My family owns a business and one of the things that we do are custom interior graphics for seats. I will put on some SVT logos on the seats too.
So far, I love the car. I'll take some pictures when it stops raining here, and post them.
