Thanks for the welcome, guys! This looks like an excellent group- lots of tech info on the cars, lots of good discussion, a lot of fun to surf the site. This isn't my first car with some motor to it- I've had a lot of cars over the past 30+ years. Some weren't anything special, but some were pretty neat- 65 Mustang 289 4V, 70 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Convert 472 4V, 76 Olds Toro 455 4V, 84 VW Jetta GLI, 84 VW Scirocco, 93 Chev Cavalier RS Convert 3.1L V6 (Z24 engine, Suspension, and Interior- no hood scoops, spoilers, tape stripes)... I guess a common theme here is I like the sleepers- not impressed with fake hood scoops and spoilers, tape stripes. I'd rather put my money into the mechanical stuff. Still miss that Caddy Convert with the 472 4V- it was a tail finned road locomotive, and it's frightnening that anything that big could move that fast. Love the Contour, though- reminds me a lot of my old Scirocco, only with WAAYYY more power (and not quite as twitchy through the steering wheel). If anybody tells you that the older you get the less you enjoy running around in a fun car, DON'T believe 'em! Nice and hilly here in Cincinnati, and after I finsh with the expressway work and back I'm having a blast seeking out back roads in the hills to bolt up and down. Love Led Zep on the CD player, but I turn it off when I'm running that SE up through the gears- that's one sweet sounding engine!
