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09fathomgreen · 02-29-2008, 01:32 PM

Just need a few seconds to vent. As of right now, as far as I know, my 1997 Ford Contour is dead. Started having issues on the commute to work, dropping power and acceleration.
Managed to pull it into the Ford dealership and park it out front before it completely died, and now will not start.
It could be anything from the battery to the alternator to finally just dropping dead.
But I'm prepared for the worst. Damned thing has cost me more than I care to admit in repairs since the beginning of the year.

MCPOAJ · 02-29-2008, 01:42 PM

well... you did buy a ford...

Rock36 · 02-29-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MCPOAJ

well... you did buy a ford...

Wow, I'm surprised it took 10 minutes for someone to make a Ford remark....I expected one in under 5

chevyforlife · 02-29-2008, 02:16 PM

i expected under 2

MCPOAJ · 02-29-2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rock36

Wow, I'm surprised it took 10 minutes for someone to make a Ford remark....I expected one in under 5

well dang relax i'm a school right now and this is what me and my friend are doing about fords

chevyforlife · 02-29-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MCPOAJ

well dang relax i'm a school right now and this is what me and my friend are doing about fords

haha im that friend.

MCPOAJ · 02-29-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by chevyforlife

haha im that friend.

yep computer class is fun

Silverado · 02-29-2008, 02:34 PM

He should have expected that type of comment when he bought a Ford Contour.....lol...sorry, but I used to work at the Mercury dealership when those came out (Mercury Mystique was the same car....we always called the the Mercury Mistake, but....). They really were junk. Every one we sold was always back in for service of some kind.

Back then, their slogan was "Quality is Job #1". Of course, I always said that they could just never find anyone for the job....lol....

I won't totally bash Ford. I don't like them, but they have some decent products. That Contour/Mistake abomination just wasn't one of them.

chevyforlife · 02-29-2008, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MCPOAJ

yep computer class is fun

ahh your parents tax money at work

MCPOAJ · 02-29-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by chevyforlife

ahh your parents tax money at work

Rock36 · 02-29-2008, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MCPOAJ

well dang relax i'm a school right now and this is what me and my friend are doing about fords

I am relaxed man....that is what it means when I put this....

into my post.

You're in computer class, you should know that

Rock36 · 02-29-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Silverado

He should have expected that type of comment when he bought a Ford Contour.....lol...sorry, but I used to work at the Mercury dealership when those came out (Mercury Mystique was the same car....we always called the the Mercury Mistake, but....). They really were junk. Every one we sold was always back in for service of some kind.

Back then, their slogan was "Quality is Job #1". Of course, I always said that they could just never find anyone for the job....lol....

I won't totally bash Ford. I don't like them, but they have some decent products. That Contour/Mistake abomination just wasn't one of them.

I think that is still the slogan...I have a sticker in one window of the stang that says "Quality is Job #1"

Of course the joke is "Quality is Job None"

09fathomgreen · 03-01-2008, 01:17 AM

I personally didn't buy the car. My dad bought it for me when I moved away from home after college. Working as a journalist, I wasn't making a lot of money. Now no longer journalist, but now trying to jettison the stupid Contour. If I would have known back then how much trouble that particular car was, I would have said "no thanks."
I did make a bee-line straight for the Chevy dealership today, and have started looking for something else.

09fathomgreen · 03-01-2008, 01:18 AM

For the record, the Contour is unaffectionately known on a couple of trouble-shooting forums as the "Ford Lemon"

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02-29-2008, 01:32 PM	#1
09fathomgreen Drives: 1997 Ford Join Date: May 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 52	dead car Just need a few seconds to vent. As of right now, as far as I know, my 1997 Ford Contour is dead. Started having issues on the commute to work, dropping power and acceleration. Managed to pull it into the Ford dealership and park it out front before it completely died, and now will not start. It could be anything from the battery to the alternator to finally just dropping dead. But I'm prepared for the worst. Damned thing has cost me more than I care to admit in repairs since the beginning of the year.

02-29-2008, 01:42 PM	#2
MCPOAJ Drives: LS2 FD RX7 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NE. Posts: 664	well... you did buy a ford...

02-29-2008, 02:16 PM	#4
chevyforlife Drives: '72 chevy truck(long&short box Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NE Posts: 46	i expected under 2

02-29-2008, 02:34 PM	#8
Silverado GM Guy For Life Drives: 2010 GMC Yukon XL Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 971 View My Garage	He should have expected that type of comment when he bought a Ford Contour.....lol...sorry, but I used to work at the Mercury dealership when those came out (Mercury Mystique was the same car....we always called the the Mercury Mistake, but....). They really were junk. Every one we sold was always back in for service of some kind. Back then, their slogan was "Quality is Job #1". Of course, I always said that they could just never find anyone for the job....lol.... I won't totally bash Ford. I don't like them, but they have some decent products. That Contour/Mistake abomination just wasn't one of them.

03-01-2008, 01:17 AM	#13
09fathomgreen Drives: 1997 Ford Join Date: May 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 52	I personally didn't buy the car. My dad bought it for me when I moved away from home after college. Working as a journalist, I wasn't making a lot of money. Now no longer journalist, but now trying to jettison the stupid Contour. If I would have known back then how much trouble that particular car was, I would have said "no thanks." I did make a bee-line straight for the Chevy dealership today, and have started looking for something else.

03-01-2008, 01:18 AM	#14
09fathomgreen Drives: 1997 Ford Join Date: May 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 52	For the record, the Contour is unaffectionately known on a couple of trouble-shooting forums as the "Ford Lemon"