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When your car croaks...buy another car...let this one sit...
If you uninsure it then it doesnt cost anything to keep it until you can over haul it. When mine finally gives up, Im getting a cheap low-mileage car...once its paid off I am rebuilding the tour from the ground up including new paint...
Guys dont let these cars just slip into the fog...someday they will be recognized.
E0 #4384 of 6535
Born Jan. 9 1998
My SVT from the ashes
147,466 miles, purchased Nov. 2002 @ 76,559 miles
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I voted for group 2, but honestly I can't think of another 4-door car with it's driving character for the $$. Sure there are better options out there but they cost 2-3X as much. (Used SVT's in good condition are <$6K now!) With 3.0L swaps for cheap and turbo kits becoming common, I'll probably keep mine for awhile. 
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I already ditched my CSVT a year ago... of course, I'm crawling back to another one... 
2006 Pontiac G6 3900SFI GTP Coupe
CAI, Stainless Cat Back, Vector Tune, Strut Brace, Eibach Pro Kit, Custom Made Projector Headlights, 4300K, 20% Tint
Former Owner- 2000 "Stryped" CSVT
CEG Dragon Run- Oct 13-15
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I've been thinking recently that when I get done with grad school in 3 years and am making some cash, I'll probably either spring for another sport sedan like the Mazda 6, or maybe go all out and get a toy like the 350Z. I love the Contour, I just don't know if I'll be able to justify keeping it around when I have something new to drive. Maybe overhaul the supsension at that point and use it for Autocross... we'll see.
I am definitely attached to this car though, considering I've owned it since day 1. I'm just pissed at myself for driving it so hard for the first 30k miles or so. Oh well, live and learn.
-Chris
2000 SE Sport V6 5spd
(all stock except for EO brakes)
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Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Don't get me started on this right now. I'm hating my car lately. 
That same thing happened to me, then I found out that there was a crack in one of the many plastic vacuum hoses. Now it is all better. If this thing goes and I can't afford/decide not to do a 3L swap, there will some SVTC around here that I wouldn't mind slipping into 
Alex
00 T-Red/Tan SVTC
#1964/2150
167 HP @6800
153 TQ @3000
Sold-
98 'Tour SE 24V 5-spd
149 HP @5900
148 LB FT @4300
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Yeah i plan on keeping my baby for a long time. Come hell or high water!
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I voted for #2. I plan on keeping this (paid off) car for quite some time; priority #1 is buying a house, thus easily superceding car payments. Once I get there, I'd like to pick up a C4 or C5 as a toy and keep the SVT my daily...
-Jason
98 C-SVT
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Originally posted by Renee:
I am in none of those categories. I had my Tour until this past Tuesday when we had to get a bigger vehicle because of our growing family. We have a 2004 Ford Freestar now.
Freestar?! Hope you got a helluva deal.
If this poll were about my Windstar, I'd have answered more along 3 or 4. Can't wait to be rid of the damm thing, but I'm kind of stuck with it.
Function before fashion.
'96 Contour SE
"Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998
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Yeah, we got one hellava deal. My uncle got us the Z plan, and with the rebates and trade ins, we got a $30,000 minivan for $23,000 something. We love the thing. It's great.
2004 Ford Freestar V6
Boogity Boogity Boogity, Let's go racin Boys!
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