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I been going thru the "Classifieds" section of our Web site, and I saw than many of the most famous CEG cars, the ones that their owners put gazzilions of hrs and heaps of moolah into, are now on sale.

The turbo ones, the 3L ones, and what have you - their respective owners are letting 'em go.

I feel kinda depressed. I realize that it's always a time to move on, but I kinda hoped that the spirit of enthusiasm is gonna keep us afloat for more years to come...

What are your thoughts, fellas?

You can see it by the number of new CEGers over the last few months.

Our cars are getting older, becoming more affordable (cheaper) for younger people to purchase.

The "old" CEG crowd is getting older, making more money and looking for more. More refinement, more luxury, more power, more options, etc.

Not very many 30-somethings want a discontinued, high milage, problematic, decontented, underpowered (by today's standards) car with a small aftermarket and low resale value.

It sucks, but it's true.

Give it a couple of years there will be a huge contour revivial. Contours will become the rarest car ever and Ford will be forced to sell the mondeo here.

SAY IT AINT SO!!! Pete does make a good point, as I am one of those kid's, but I still like to think that the SVTC draws a slightly higher caliber and more knowledgable class of buyers, than say the cheaper, easily modded, and more well known "fast" cars of today. I know my old DSM club (don't want to start a debate here, just stating what I've experienced) had quite a few kids my age that didn't know jack about engines or engine theory. They just seemed to know that a turbo, NOS sticker, Body kit, and loud muffler(even if it does sound like a fart) meant a car was fast.

Yeah, I was kinda thinking about myself and my situation - putting all this money into a car - that as SVT Pete pointed out - well ya'll know the truth... Well, I guess it's all about love or passion.

When I started mod'ing my car, a friend of mine who used to be heavily involved in mod'ing his told me, "And when/after u do whatever is capable to do to your car and beyond that, you will probably end up buying a new one..."

It ain't about the money though, since I don't expect to get even 30% of my investements, and I am wondering - though understanding the reasons - how ppl can even dream about getting 15 thous for a Tour, signed by Henry Ford himself or not. It's just about observing how ppl wave good bye to something that was a great part of their lives...

Whatever happens, I will always keep my Contour GL, along with my future Contour SVT

I love the Contour, Im just very depressed to know ford is too stupid to not continue it...
They brought back Thunderbird, now its time to bring back Contour

They brought back the t-bird and it hasn't sold very well at all.

its funny...ive often wondered that exact same question....

Actually it hasn't sold well due to demand. The demand for a non-high performance (not that it's a slouch) vert/removable hard top 2 seater just isn't there. Ooo and my friend's mom has one and yes it's pretty nice, but like I said, the demand just isn't there.