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So I figure next year I'm going to buy a vehicle for daily driving,and winter duties as my Contour becomes a summer/show car,and I was thinking about getting a pickup or SUV so I can haul junk and get through the winter a lot easier. But I'm not a truck guy.....
Then I light went off in my head. Why not get another Contour?! What a great idea. Just get a decent one,or kinda shoddy,doesn't really matter,as long as it's not a heap,leave it relatively stock,just upgrade the lights,stereo,tint the windows and some SE rims or something. Make it look half decent,but not sink all money money into like I am with my current 'Tour. $8000 and counting at the moment....since May!
I've seen some pretty good deals in AutoTrader for some Contours and Mystiques,so I can probably pick up a decent one. May as well get one too,then I have a parts car if it craps out or something.
I just love these cars too much. If I get another one,it'll be my 3rd one in 3 years. I had my '98 Mystique from July '04-April '05 and have had my Contour from April '05-present. The Mystique has since been sold on to a new owner,so I know it's out and about somewhere. I just hope they're taking good care of it.
Another reason I chose to go with a Contour again is that my Mystique was the best car I've ever driven in the snow. I never got stuck once with it last winter,it handled great,had lots of traction and it was a real beast. The Zetec had trouble starting when it got down to -20c or colder,but then,pretty much any car did. It would atleast attempt to turn over,when my mom's Kia would just click and nothing would happen. Yay winter....crap...that's right around the corner! I'm picking up my snow tires on Tuesday for my 'tour. I really don't want to drive it this winter with all the work into it,but it's all getting redone in the spring,so I'm ok with it. I just hope I don't wreck it in the meantime.
Enough rambling.....it's 2am. Goodnight.
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You'd be happier w/ a truck, but either way good luck! 
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I got 2 contours. I had the GL for 2 years now then saw the SVT for sale needed a second Vehicle couldn't pass it up. When i was registering and geting insurance people would be like you already insured your contour and Im like I got 2 now. Got some wierd looks.
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sounds like a sound idea to me, but then again my family has 4 of em  yes with snow tires a contique is pretty unstopable and fun to boot that is what many people here do, they had an original contour and then got a SVT and kept their first contour for a winter or bad weather vehicle.
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I just got a second Contour for the winter, my dad gave it to me, its a 98 SE with 30k, now I can put away the SVT, but I will selling the both of them, before sping to get a Mustang SVT
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Originally posted by OB1:
You'd be happier w/ a truck, but either way good luck!
a truck is so much more useful than a contour as a beater.
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a truck may be somewhat more useful as a hauler, but two tone is from ontario! lets see- pick up....light in the back end, not so great in snow, or.... contique, front wheel drive, great in snow.... i know the choice i'd make! 
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writing an essay for 8th grade english??? lol
go with a truck so you have something to haul and for snow and all that
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by truck i mean something with 4WD.
You can pick up an explorer in decent shape for under a thousand bucks (92ish).
4WD pwns FWD in the snow, and you can still haul a bunch of crap in it as well.
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Originally posted by lakeside:
a truck may be somewhat more useful as a hauler, but two tone is from ontario!
lets see- pick up....light in the back end, not so great in snow, or....
contique, front wheel drive, great in snow....
i know the choice i'd make!
Im going to agree... People always think you should get a truck for snow.. NOPE, its absolutely best to get either an All wheel drive car or a front wheel drive car... Probably even better to get just a front wheel drive car. With all wheel drive if you loose traction.... its pretty much over... With a front wheel drive car you at least have a better chance of getting traction back. My contour was awesome when I had the steelies on it in the winter... The BFG Comp T/A's suck in the winter, but meh. I can live with it, ill just drive slower. My suggestion to you, get a Contour with Steel 14's on it.. DO NOT go bigger, its much better to have thin tires when driving in the winter. Wider tread means easter to loose traction (if that makes any sense). If I were you, I would find a cheap low mileage pre98. you should be set.
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