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ok, new names, where are you from?

real name: Todd Christ
Home: Folsom, CA
Workplace: Intel
age: 31

of course, you don't need to fill in anything you don't wish to disclose...

your turn

[This message has been edited by Toadster (edited October 25, 2000).]

real name: *withheld to protect the innocent*
Home: Davis, CA (changes with seasons)
Workplace: what's that??
age: 22 in 432,120 minutes

Real name: Nick Jones
Home: Vacaville, CA
Workplace: Apple computers
Age: 19


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Nick Jones
http://www.angelfire.com/sk2/saturn36

Real Name: Ben C
Home: Folsom,CA (Soon to be Redding)
Occupation: Student
Age: 17

Real name: Roy
Home: Sanbornville, N.H.
Age: 27

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1998 Red SVT
Purchased 10/16/00

Real Name: Valentine Cortez
Home: Shingle Springs, CA
Workplace: Intel (Folsom)
Age: 47


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1998.5 Contour SVT - Silver Frost Metallic (Frosty).
Panoramic Rear-view mirror with clock.
AIWA CDC-MP3 Stereo System. 40.5K miles.

What do you guys do for Intel?
I may be looking to move up there in a couple of years. Just the latest victim of the Bay area cost of living...

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Jeff
98 SVT, silver
K&N, Eibach, E1 struts, resonator-less

I do software validation and testing for Intel's PC graphics. I left the Bay Area two years ago. Fed up with the madness there. I live in the Sierra Nevada Foothills and it is refreshingly pleasant. Now, if only I can get a DSL connection! No switches close enough to me at this time.

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1998.5 Contour SVT - Silver Frost Metallic (Frosty).
Panoramic Rear-view mirror with clock.
AIWA CDC-MP3 Stereo System. 40.5K miles.

Real Name: Jason Holmes
Home: Danville (Bay Area)
Workplace: Office Max (always lookin for something technical if you wanna hook me up )
Age: 17, 18 on November 5th!



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Jason Holmes
'99 SVT Green/Tan
Koni/H&R Combo
Bassani Catback
Hoodliner Removed
'95 Sail Panels
Voodoo Shift Knob Engraved w/ SVT and Shift Pattern

1funsvt, send me a message at todd.christ@intel.com

Ahh - the beautiful Auburn area? My fiancee's sister lives in Roseville. The whole area is sweet. It's strange being able to actually drive around (and actually move) somewhere.





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Jeff
98 SVT, silver
K&N, Eibach, E1 struts, resonator-less

1funsvt, not quite the Auburn area, but 35 miles southeast. I'm closer to the Folsom/El Dorado Hills area if you are familiar. I live at about 1000' elevation, in the foothills. It rained today and the air is so fresh it makes you giddy to breathe it. You will love it up here. Bet!

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1998.5 Contour SVT - Silver Frost Metallic (Frosty).
Panoramic Rear-view mirror with clock.
AIWA CDC-MP3 Stereo System. 40.5K miles.

Real Name: Sergio
Home:Manteca/Stockton
Age:Take the Fifth

98.5 SVT

Folsom is awesome. I'd move there in a heartbeat. We may in 1-2 yrs. We are renting a 1200 sq ft house in the Bay area for $2800 month which is worth $1M. This is ridiculous. I think the stock market is going to continue to slow down, resulting in fewer dot-com millionaires, leading to a minor recession in Silicon Valley. We'll see. I'll probably see you in a year or two, then us SVT'ers can go screaming around Folsom Lake.





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Jeff
98 SVT, silver
K&N, Eibach, E1 struts, resonator-less

Real Name: Forrest
I live in San Jose, but work in Milpitas at ADAC LAboratories as an HR IS Analyst.



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95 Contour mtx V6
TH Fix/ Tru Rev Induction/ Leda Springs/ SHO shop front STB/ Dynomax Muffler/ Resonator removed/ Quaker State Synthetic Oil/ Removed Hood Liner/ Pioneer 8200 deck/ Debadgerized/ Knauberized/ Richmond shift knob/ KKM pedals/ Lighted Moon Roof switch/ Xenon "cool blue" headlights/ cargo net/ new cup holder/ GTO Headlight Covers/ Steel 14" wheels. I'm working on a replacement!/ Sumitomo HTR 100's/ 22mm Rear Sway Bar w/ Poly bushings & Battery Relo kit on order.

Angel Penilla

male, 19

home: Sacramento California
-Sac State student, computer science major
work: Computer drafting
2000 SVT "the hunymobile"
purchased at swanson ford in los gatos.
- as of now, NO problems!!! woohoo

Name: Thomas Morse
Home: Mountian View
Age: 28
Work: Artmachine.com IT Man./Sys Admin


00' Black 'n' blue
Bone stock

Hey Angel, I got mine at swanson Ford in Los Gatos. Was Bob Goodrich your salesman?



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1998.5 Contour SVT - Silver Frost Metallic (Frosty).
Panoramic Rear-view mirror with clock.
AIWA CDC-MP3 Stereo System. 40.5K miles.

Shawn Mims
I live in Mountain View, and work all over NoCal appraising real estate.
Did I see another mtn view person on this list?

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Shawn Mims
98 Silver SVT (no mods)
110k miles
I was the guy with the digital camera at the junior college meet.

Chris Gaither
Foster City (san mateo)
Check Point Software
23
Bought my svt from fremont ford on oct 18th '99

so hey why werent you guys in mountain view at our last meet??? we could have taken a drive (of course at high speeds) to our last meet.

we need to get everyone together!

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chris
99 silver svt
#2555 of 2760
h&r's
kkm
sca rear sway bar(clunk)
piaa super whites
xenon foglights
hood liner removed
infinity sound
10in alpine sub

I would hope you all know who I am **** I talk on here enough LOL I am known as MArsh or Marshall Real name Chris I work at earthlink in biz DSL sales I have a black 98 contour pias in the front ummm black tinted windows V6 I was also at the Jr college meet

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Marshall,Chris
Black
98 contour V6
Tinted Windows
Borred Air Box
Super charged"just kidding"
San Jose

Name: Fernando Paez
Location: Daly City, CA/ Hayward, CA
Car: Black 99 SVT
Age: 19
Workplace: Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
Dealership: Manhattan Ford (Manhattan Beach, CA)
Mods:
KKM
Cleared turn signals
Hyper whites
H&R lowering springs
Clutchmasters Stage 1 cyclone clutch
Painted rear valence
Custom exhaust featuring flowmaster w/ 3 1\2 inch tips
No more mods

Seen a surprising # of SVT's here in the bay area, but noone seems to be affilated with the CEG..... i.e. another sighting on oct 25th around 5 or 6 while I was waiting in line for the playstation 2 at the metreon telling everyone about my contour, up pulls a 98 silver svt i believe stock, I tried to wave at the driver but he looked at me like I was crazy. Oh well =)

Name: Edward C
Age: 20
Home: Sunnyvale (until December)
Work: Cypress Semi

Originally from Ontario, Canada. I'd like to hang out with the N. Cal CEG, but didn't bring the car down with me.

Car: 99 SE V6 mtx, Cabernet/Greystone
Mods: Panasonic CD, 6x9 fronts, wire mesh grille, carbon taped sail panels...B&M waiting at home.

Name: Katy Blue
Home: Mountain View (Hi other MV'ers!)
Workplace: Receptionist
Age: 18
Car: 1999 Silver/Blue Contour with door lock problems. lol

Hey there Katy!

Let us know how that door lock problem goes at the dealer. We get together about once a month or so somewhere in the bay area. Hope to see you at the next meet!

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95 Contour mtx V6
TH Fix/ Tru Rev Induction/ Leda Springs/ SHO shop front STB/ Dynomax Muffler/ Resonator removed/ Quaker State Synthetic Oil/ Removed Hood Liner/ Pioneer 8200 deck/ Debadgerized/ Knauberized/ Richmond shift knob/ KKM pedals/ Lighted Moon Roof switch/ Xenon "cool blue" headlights/ cargo net/ new cup holder/ GTO Headlight Covers/ Steel 14" wheels. I'm working on a replacement!/ Sumitomo HTR 100's/ 22mm Rear Sway Bar w/ Poly bushings & Battery Relo kit on order.

real name: Erich Hoberg
home: Travis AFB (between Fairfield and Vacaville)
work: same as above
age:28

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98 SVT #750
couple of mods

i knew there were more people around here....the next meet should be huge!

what a great morning for a drive! before i came into work i went for a cruise around cause all the cold 50 degree air was being fed into the motor by the kkm and omg my svt was flying!! even though you lose power with the kkm in the heat you gain when its cold, for sure.

hey stinger, i wish it was this cold at sears point! 14's for sure!

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99 silver svt
#2555 of 2760
h&r's
kkm
sca rear sway bar(clunk)
piaa super whites
xenon foglights
hood liner removed
infinity sound
10in alpine sub

its those damn launches that are just killing me. i'm gonna order that motor mount insert, see if that helps me out. one of you guys wanna help me put it in?
i know someone's down.
boy would 14's be nice. I'll keep praying.

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Jason Holmes
'99 SVT Green/Tan
Koni/H&R Combo
Bassani Catback
Hoodliner Removed
'95 Sail Panels
Voodoo Shift Knob Engraved w/ SVT and Shift Pattern

Name: Guy Apple
Age: 46
Home: Sunnyvale
Why, Contour SVT? Because none of my friends have one and they all turned up their noses when I talked about ordering it. Alot of them said, Ford? why not a 540 Sport or at least a M3? Because I like it and I don't do things to please anyone except me (car wise). I really like adding stuff to it, making it different. I have done quite a bit of that.

Guy, tell us about your car. I have a silver E0 in the Los Altos/PA/MV area.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by fwhyte:
[B]Real Name: Forrest
I live in San Jose, but work in Milpitas at ADAC LAboratories as an HR IS Analyst.

Real Name: James
I live in Antioch, work for the U.S. Army as a Recruiter.
Forrest we need to get together and compare some notes since there is only a few V6, MTX's here from north cali on the site.

'95 V6 MTX green/tan
15" BBS modas
SHO/SVT Pipes & cat
remounted resonator (too much drone)
bullet muffler
2" drop
de-knaubanize, de-badged
kenwood head, pioneer door mounts
10" isobaric box
rear strut bar
chip
SMA straight intake

To 1FUNSVT,
Here is the list of stuff I have done to the 99 SVT...Exterior: Carbon Fiber Sail Panels, color matched lower rear bumper & Powertone exhaust tips (3.5" with mesh inserts). Engine:KKM w/heat shield, mod chip, Mobil 1. Chassis: Eibach Sport Springs, Yellow Koni adjustable shocks, South County Motorsports rear sway bar, Team Dynamics Motorsport wheels 18X8 with Nitto 555 225/40/18. Interior: Momo shift knob. On order yet delivered: Baer 13" front brake kit with special 2-piece lightweight rotors (gas slotted only), Performance Friction pads, stainless lines. Rear KVR pads and stainless lines. I will have the brake stuff on the car by December. The reason for the brakes is that I consider brakes just like real horsepower for the end of the straight. If I can't beat some car down the straight, I will outbrake them and exit the corner faster to make up for it. I have tried to do things to the car to make it look touring not ricey. More industrial, hardnosed & purposeful. I really enjoy it.I have owned quite a few "performance" cars and the SVT is starting to feel and behave very "performance".

What - that's all? Sounds cool. So where's the pics? I already have another toy as my money pit, so I'm leaving my SVTique as the daily driver/grocery getter.

Chad Stroven
Newark (East Bay)

didn't know there was this much interest in the N. Cali.

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98.5 SVT
Glasspack instead of resonator
KKM Tru Rev
Dyno Max Super Turbo Muffler w/chrome tapered pipes

Real name: Lance Cheney
Home: Orangevale, CA
Workplace: Intel
Age: 23


So, when *is* the next meet?

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92 SHO, 211k, 14.78@96.3
00 Contour SVT, 3k, definitely slower

Real Name: Cole Milstead
Home: San Jose/Ozark, AL
Workplace: Video Store Owner
Age: 45

Hope you guys don't mind me signing on here.
Grew up 6th-12th and a year junior college in San Jose. My mom still lives off Lawrence Expressway and 4 brothers/sisters in bay area and one in San Luis Obispo.

You know about costs there better than me which is why did not return in '92 after leaving Army. I already had a 1600ft2 house that I designed and had built in '86 for $65k in a subdivision built around golf course. My wife still works on Ft Rucker,AL which is home of Army flight training. She is also horse nut, has 2, which would not work out there.

VMCiii, you were my first post on this site as you may recall. Toadster, I see your name a lot and see that several of you work for Intel. Anyone know Intel guy last name Lamey? Glad to see that Katy is not actually Gus. Guy Apple I worked all night on weekends at 7/11 just off Lawrence Xpressway in Sunnyvale. Is it still there?

Talk at ya later.

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Kickimus Maximas Buttimus
98.5 EO SVT Torreador Red
97 F-150 W/ 2 horse/habit

Lance, what has been done to that SHO? Through open track sessions (not in my Tour, in my Stang), I have met the guy with the quickest SHO on the planet. He makes 405HP *at the wheels*, about 450 @ the crank. I'm too tired to remember his name right now; I think he has an English accent, he's in his 50's, and I think he lives in the north Bay (or somewhere in the Bay area). I also met another SHO guy (1989 car) who is making 252HP at the wheels, about 280 at the crank.
He and I were chasing each other around Thunderhill last spring. I think his name is Bernard, and he lives in the north Bay. Interestingly, at Watkins Glen back east, I saw the 1989 SHO SCCA Showroom Stock Ninja Turtles car. Hilarious paint job.

To SVTCole,
Hey the 7-11 that you're referring to is the one on Benton. I know it well. My wife is on a first name basis with the current owner because she buys Lotto tickets there all the time and my son goes to Santa Clara High just about a 1/2 mile away further down Benton. Small world you know...
Guy

SVTCole and Guy Apple, I know the 7-11 at Benton and Lawrence Expwy. I lived near there years ago. I'm very familiar with the San JO/Santa Clara area. Mtn View too! Take Care!

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1998.5 Contour SVT - Silver Frost Metallic/Midnight Blue
Panoramic Rear-view mirror with clock.
AIWA CDC-MP3 Stereo System.
Diamond Rio MP3 Player
Custom Pedals, Valve stem caps, license plate screws.
TravRoute Copilot GPS with Toshiba Notebook Computer.
40.8K miles.

Guy Apple/VMCiii,You guys are bringing back old memories. Previous owner was retired bus driver from Arizona.Retrospect was probably lucky never got robbed so close to getaway road. Good to see a couple of high rollers buying SVTs. I imagine the peer pressure to do the yuppie things is high . . . not that we are that young anymore. What other performance cars have you guys owned in the past?

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Kickimus Maximas Buttimus
98.5 EO SVT Torreador Red
97 F-150 W/ 2 horse/habit

1funsvt:

I think the guy you are talking about with the 450 horse SHO is Nick Crimes. Quite the ride -- wish I had a chance to see it in action. I'm not sure who the other one is -- the name doesn't ring a bell but that doesn't mean that much.

I did see a SHO up at Thunderhill the last time I was up but never did talk to the owners; I had three friends with me and we were swapping cars back and forth so I was kept pretty busy as-was.

My SHO is mostly stock. I have Konis on the front [only], poly bushings, a 26mm sway bar on the back with some homemade polyethelene bushings, two sets of cheap [OZ Cignus -- on fire sale for $59/ea, so I can't complain] 16x7.5" wheels, one with S-02s and one with RE730s, and some Porterfield R4 pads on the front [best $150 I've ever spent on that car]. I've got a SHO Shop cat system and a dynomax catback which has been customized somewhat over the years as the mufflers have rusted, cracked, etc [one straight-through Race Magnum on the left side, a 24" glasspack in place of the resonator, and the normal Dynomax on the right side, with the inlet pipe crimp busted, so it leaks].
Also have a homemade 4" ram-air, K&N filter, and 80mm MAF [which is still in the experimentation stage, as I can't seem to get a good working program for my LPM that I've had for 2 years].
I've been really happy with the performance of the car, and my experiences at Thunderhill have only reinforced that; I had my Contour up there the last time I went, and my friend and his wife brought their souped-up GTP [which will kill the SHO in a straight line]. Definitely a good time [and the SHO was definitely the favorite, both from the instructors and the three of us].

It's on its third engine [long story, but we'll say one was because I got it used and didn't check it closely enough -- the other one just got tired, I guess -- at 176k that might be excusable], second tranny, second steering rack, third set of Konis [yes, I drive it hard], and I don't know how many other things. The A/C is poor, the exhaust leaks, the driver-side door is bent a little, the engine burns about a quart every 500 miles, but the intake sound is intoxicating and the punch and the handling just finish up the package.

I would really like to dump some [more] money into it and put on real brakes [these are good with these pads -- no fade even at full bore through thunderhill, but the rotors have got to be getting really hot], 3.2L pistons, stage II cams, a Quaife, and some suspension tweaks. No blower -- don't want anything messing up that intake sound -- and all I'm looking for is ~290 HP and some weight reduction. And I could still have a pretty decent car as a daily driver [the Contour].

Probably a rather silly thing to do, as I could just take the engine and drop into the back of something else for the same amount of money, most likely. A Fiero with that engine would be pretty fun, but that's probably blasphemy ;-), and my SHO is still my first love [as my mom said -- if you love your wife as much as you love that car, she'll be the happiest woman on the planet.. but that's OT].

Anyhow, a little longer post than I intended...

Yep, it's Nick. I met him last time at Thunderhill. Talk about a sleeper. A 450HP Taurus? Sheez. I think that's like 50HP less than Winston Cup restrictor plate cars! The other guy is Bernard, a German guy in his 50's who lives in Santa Rosa or somewhere up there. Nick and Bernard get their work done at North Bay Motorsports (I think that's the name). Bernard has the usual SHO Shop intake and exhaust goodies, along with their hot cams. The car is an '89 (1st year) and is in showroom condition. Very neat car!!! He and I are very comparable around the track (when I'm in my track-prepared Mustang).

Thanks for the info about your car, it sounds really neat.

I have another friend on the SHOTimes mailing list - John Kling, he may go by "Static" or "SHOStatic" on the list - seen any posts of his? He is in Decatur, IL.

Jeff

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lcheney:
[B]1funsvt:

I think the guy you are talking about with the 450 horse SHO is Nick Crimes. [etc.]

Real name: John Anderson
Home: San Francisco, CA
Workplace: Securify.com, in Palo Alto
Car: 1997 LX-V6 w/a stick!

Hey fellow Contour addicts! Although I guess I am somewhat outside the ranks now since "'Toura" with, very little warning, "threw a rod" on 101 at rush hour. Ironically it happened directly at the exit for "South City Ford". "The bad news," the S/A said "is that a new engine will run you $6000 bucks"(!) He said without blinking that the good news was he could get a new engine in about a month. Neither he nor Ford, however, can tell me why a perfectly serviced engine should blow. W/83k miles, I was on the verge of trading but to have it go this way is sickening... The good thing is, perhaps, I'll now get that SVT I've always wanted (and, yes Guy Apple, my colleagues are all saying the same thing). I know of two in silver at Walnut Creek Ford. Has anyone seen any others about the Bay Area?

Cheers,
John

Anytime! I'd love to see some of the mods you've listed.





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95 Contour mtx V6
TH Fix/ Tru Rev Induction/ Leda Springs/ SHO shop front STB/ Dynomax Muffler/ Resonator removed/ Quaker State Synthetic Oil/ Removed Hood Liner/ Pioneer 8200 deck/ Debadgerized/ Knauberized/ Richmond shift knob/ KKM pedals/ Lighted Moon Roof switch/ Xenon "cool blue" headlights/ cargo net/ new cup holder/ GTO Headlight Covers/ Steel 14" wheels. I'm working on a replacement!/ Sumitomo HTR 100's/ 22mm Rear Sway Bar w/ Poly bushings & Battery Relo kit on order.

A little late but I'll chime in.....

Christopher
Age: 25
Occupation: Accountant for Big 5 Firm
Location: San Jose

"I'm no ordinary bean counter"

And yes the Bay Area is ridiculously overpriced, I moved here in Sept. from Oregon (GO DUCKS) and am shocked by the prices of real estate. IMO everthing else is cheaper or equally priced compared to Oregon. To compensate we in the San Jo office receive the highest pay in the nation.



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Christopher
99 T-Red SVT
Painted rear reflector
pre 98 sails
Front SVT Logo
rear mesh grill
San Jose, CA

up top for the new guys

Name: Bonnie
Home: Davis, CA (Born and raised in Berkeley, but in Davis for college)
Work: Don't have a *real* job yet, but hopefully, once I graduate, I'll find something (maybe back in the Bay Area)
Age: 23

So I'm not exactly a "new" member, I've been reading ceg.org since March last year. (In fact, it was this group that convinced me to buy a Contour--you guys rock! If it weren't for this group, I would probably be driving a Jetta with no power and a crappy interior. :)) I'm a very infrequent poster, but I love how nice everyone is to each other...I look forward to meeting some of you people at the meet!

I'm not really new but I'll sign on here since I missed it the first time.

Josh
San Jose
Age 25
Courier at Fedex

real name: Bill
from: San Leandro
work for: Apria Healthcare

NAME: Zach Bosch
HOME: El Dorado Hills, and Davis once in a while
Occupation: I Work at Folsom Lake Ford (we are the only Saleen dealer in Nor Cal I think, I love driving those things!) and a student at Sac State
Age: 21-BDAY in Aug.

See you guys for the first time at the next meet.

Hey Chris (marshalc) I hope you are hearing this....shes dogging your power

Hey Bonnie, please bring that fine a$$ friend of yours, you know the Angelina Jolie look-alike. I gotta meet her! I hope you still wanna go to the meet.

Hey Nick, I'm not trying to dog anyone or their car. I test drove a Jetta (I think they're cute cars...I really wanted one), but when I took the Contour out, I sorta just connected with it. Plus the Jetta was like $4000 more, and had these seats with a cheesy confetti pattern on them.

Hehe, and I'll ask my friend if she's free that day...if she is, I'll have her come along.

Name: Sandra Marshall
Age: 21
Loc: San Jose

Marshallc's wife, who is damn happy that there are finally other female contour drivers here. Not like I do all that much with the group anymore since my car is being a pain in my A**. But hey that will be taken care of sooner or later...SEE YOU ON THE 22nd

Let me guess you test drove a 2.0 automatic. Now those things are gutless...NO OFFENSE TO MY FRIEND LANI!

ok ok I will post again, Damit now who is this talking about one of my babies J/K no realy Bon Bon the Jetta really is a sweet car once you get into it and you start doing mods the possibilities are endless, just go and see the fast and the furious enough said.. any way I like both my car as far as the tour goes I wish it would run better more often I guess I am getting paid back Karma for always saying "fix or repair daily","found on road dead" ****er only rolls downhill" so any way can't wait to see all of you on the 22nd and chicks really you all need to show up I think V6 mama is getting bored with all of us little boys and our sh!t talking, also to update my self my name is Chris and I will no longer work at earthlink as of next week as I am now going to be moving on in life I received a job offer at a local motor sports company!!!! yee haw gonna get paid doing what I love!!!

So you claim that you can get your car to run against an S 2000? S 2000 does 0-60 in 5.4 seconds. Just messin with ya chris, but I would like to see it!!

So what's this whole motorsports deal? I wanna hear about it.


James Graham

Age 19

Workplace Los Gatos Acura (student)

San Jose

Darn right it is gutless...on vacation I couldn't pass a Semi uphill so I had to stay behind for another 5 miles over and over again. But good thing my wife don't read this or I would be in trouble.

CONGRATS TO YOU CHRIS...hookups hookups hookups!!!

Don't get TOO excited the shops specialty is Volkswagons. BUT I did see them working on a couple fords and bmws yesterday, so who knows. (a bimmer was in the shop because the lady RAN OVER an island...LOL)


And in response to what chris said about me being sick of all the little boys talking ****...YES I AM...but its fun so what ever...But I have said it before and I will say it again, ITS ABOUT TIME FEMALE CONTOUR DRIVERS JOIN THIS CLUB!!!

Hookups for my wifes Jetta not my SVT. :rolleyes:

Hey V6Mama, yeah, there needs to be a more female Contour drivers joining this group! Out of the 4254 registered members, you would think that a third of them *at least* are female. Hmm, but maybe they're like me in that they've been around and read the forums, but are too intimidated to post. Maybe we should start a female Contour drivers forum?? We can chat about fun girly stuff, and whenever the boys are bored, they can drop in.

Hey, what do you guys think of people putting flyers and stuff on your windshield? I personally get really annoyed by it, but was curious as to what other people think. There's another girl in my apartment complex who drives a blue Contour, and I want to put a note about ceg.org on her car, but I don't want to annoy her. What do you guys think?

i think its annoying when its a mass mailer, but when its selective it's cool.
i wouldn't mind seeing a note about the CEG on my car

my 2 cents

I GOT FLYERS MADE....OK JUST A FEW BUT I GOT A DESIGN...I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE THE COPIES FOR ME....I AM STILL WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP OUT ON THIS ONE.

Whoops that was me that posted the flyer thing...wasn't paying attention and came on as chris....sorry

I can make copies!!! Unless its color. Free copies at work
Maybe you can email me the flyer and I can bring them to the meet!

I didn't realize this was the same post from way back when...one of my first. I am going to be in California for a family vacation during this timeframe and plan to swing by the 22nd to meet some of you and check out your cars. I'm trying to talk two brothers into coming. I'm flying out so won't have the SVT. I did not realize this "ranch" is a mall. My mom said something about being off Hwy 17 in Milpitas?

It's good timing that you're going to be out here for the meet! McCarthy Ranch is not exactly a mall, it's a marketplace. It has stores like Borders, The Good Guys, and WalMart. I think it's actually off of 237, not 17. If you're going south on 880, you'll see it on your right hand side right before the 237 junction. Get on 237, and take the first exit. I hope that helps!

Thanks BonBon, I would be coming from the south. Is 880 the road to Pleasanton? We are visiting Yosemite with my mom and 5 brothers and sisters. My brother is a car nut and drove my SVT once and I want to talk him into replacing his old Accord with a Contour.

Just a little side note, placing flyers on peoples cars is illegal in some counties unless you have a permit to do so. That said, I know there are plenty of contours in my neigborhood and it is not illegal to place something in someones mailbox.

Thats the thing they are color...very colorful

wait a second...I thought its illegal to put stuff in peoples mailbox...isn't that considered tampering?

Name: Amit Vasani
Occupation: Banking
Residence: Emeryville, CA

Moved from Detroit a year ago. While in Detroit, worked for Ford for 6 years.

98.5 Contour SVT (Silver Frost)
No mods, but plenty of miles (70K)

580 is the road thru pleasanton. 880 runs north/south between oakland and san jose.

real name: Ryan Venno
Place of origin: michigan
Workplace: RPT sales and service
age:16

car
96 ford contour GL
4 cyl
metallic red

looking for SVT contour
price range from 10000 to 12000

Hey I live in the sacramento area myself and grew up in Roseville. ITS GETTIN CROWDED! ARGH! sigh I guess its inevitable, but I hate traffic. Anyways, I just got my SVT and am fairly new to the CEG, so:

Sam
Elverta, CA
98 Silver E0 SVT

Real name: Colin Boyle
Home: San Mateo, CA
Workplace: IMAX
age: 18

1995 Contour SE, auto
stock

well,
580 runs east/west through pleasanton. from oakland to well past modesto
680 runs north/south through pleasanton, from vallejo to san jose
880 runs like 680, north and south, but west, more like oakland to san jose.

Hi there.

I'm new. New to the forum, and new to owning a shiny spiffy neato black 2000 Contour SVT. Yowsa. I call it the "Vroom Machine". Never had a car that sounded quite like this car. There is just something really satisfying about an angry 24 valve V6 engine.

Anyhoo, here's the dossier:
Name: Marianne
Location: San Joser
Occupation: Artist. Victim of the dot.com layoff craze, now working for a medical device company doing whatever they need me to do. Whatever I do, I do in San Carlos. It's a bit of a commute, but lots more fun in the Vroom Machine.

I'm still not sure if I want to let my dog ride in the new (for me) car.

- M