Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Branches E. Great Lakes What car should I buy?

There is $4k worth of customer cash on left over '03 SVT Focus & $2500 on '04's. I love mine, and it easily has more room then the SVTC although not as much grunt. Take one for a test drive.
-Mark

I would say a Jetta Turbo, Golf Turbo or WRX would be in your price range.

Are you serious when you say the new lights look WROSE than the fugly Neon-style bug eyes of the previous model year? Surely you jest!

Surprised no one has mentioned it yet - SRT-4. Meets most of your requirements, except FWD. Unfortunately, no employee discount that I am aware of yet on those. Still in your price range, though.

Incentives are down on the Mustang for some reason, yet they are not selling well. In December, I almost bought a $31k 2003 GT Convertible Premium for $21k. There was $5k in rebates at the time. I think 03 has $4250 and 04 has 3250 which puts a GT coupe in your price range. Not the same size as Contour, though.

If you are interested in leasing, I think I saw an advertisement for a Crossfire for $230/mo for 39 months if you put down $3k. Some rediculous DCX leases going on right now. You could do a zero down 24 month lease on a few vehciles for under $200/month and save up your cash for an Evo when the lease is done. I have seen Liberty, Stratus, Ram 4x4, PT Cruiser, Wrangler, and Dakotas for under $200 lease zero down 24mo leases advertised. I almost got a Wrangler lease last fall which has 4wd for winter and removable top for summer.

Employee price on base Magnum SXT (3.5L) is $23,500 plus tax, minus $1000 rebate if you use Chrysler Financial and your $3000 downpayment puts you in your payment range. Save up another $3.5k for a base RT. Leasing should be even less, but I have'nt heard any numbers. Or, you can lease a base 300C with minimal down in your price range and feel like a pimp.

Well... now I have too many choices to consider! A Crossfire lease would be awesome though - Wonder how it handles in the snow though...

Tomorrow I'm going to try to hit a few dealerships... Definitely going to hit VW, Subaru, Nissan, and Mitsubishi (in the hopes that they can hook me up with a deal I can afford!)... but now I think I'm going to have to try to hit Chrylser and Ford along the way too!
No GM cars in that price range seem to be worth considering as far as I can tell... I think I'm going to have an insanely busy Saturday!

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Sorry to hear about the XR Derek

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Opps, got the wrong guy with the XR, theres too many of them around the CEG nowadays I still think you should check out the Nismo Sentra SE-R V-spec though

get the Nissan SE-R Spec V. if you can get into one of those fully loaded for under 16K... It would definately take your mind off the Evo. They get pretty good mileage, are very fast for an Inline 4. And are really cool looing. Id say take a test drive and see if that changes your mind.