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General Discussion \ Whats your daily driver?Whats your daily driver?
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sierrax
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MazberryDelight thats a serious looking engine driven compressor. Where are you from in Canada?
mazdamandan
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honda element Y package version
I got to drive the alpine one for a day too!
And My Civic SiR, was traded for winter driving
://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l24/mazdamandan/DSC00734.://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l24/mazdamandan/DSC00730.
my B2200 is my summer daily
not this year though, I'm gonna start a frame off rebuild on it.
I got to drive the alpine one for a day too!
And My Civic SiR, was traded for winter driving
://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l24/mazdamandan/DSC00734.://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l24/mazdamandan/DSC00730.
my B2200 is my summer daily
not this year though, I'm gonna start a frame off rebuild on it.
crazymikey
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As nice as the Contour is,just beware,if it is a V6,they are problem ridden and it'll spend more time being fixed than it will being driven. The 4 cyls are great. Same engine that is in the Focus. With the 5spd,they're super good on gas and just as quick as the V6,and WAY more reliable. I had two 4 cylinder Contours and they were both extremely reliable. One was an automatic and it was really bad on gas and ate front brakes like no tomorrow. The 4 cyl 5 spd was awesome. I also had a V6 with a 5 spd and that thing had something wrong with it every time I drove it.
Water pumps on the V6s are notorious for failing. Mine went on me. I thought it was a blown head gasket with the amount of coolant that had sprayed all over the engine bay. 3rd gear synchros wear out on the manuals too. I had to put a new tranny in mine. The V6s are really nice to drive,but the autos are pigs on gas too,and the sticks are alot more fuel efficient,getting marginally lower milage than a 4 cyl 5 spd.
Just beware,when either the 4 cyl or the V6 breaks,they are extremely difficult cars to work on under the hood.
Oh,if you're getting a 4 cyl,I have an MSD ignition coil for one,lol.
As nice as the Contour is,just beware,if it is a V6,they are problem ridden and it'll spend more time being fixed than it will being driven. The 4 cyls are great. Same engine that is in the Focus. With the 5spd,they're super good on gas and just as quick as the V6,and WAY more reliable. I had two 4 cylinder Contours and they were both extremely reliable. One was an automatic and it was really bad on gas and ate front brakes like no tomorrow. The 4 cyl 5 spd was awesome. I also had a V6 with a 5 spd and that thing had something wrong with it every time I drove it.
Water pumps on the V6s are notorious for failing. Mine went on me. I thought it was a blown head gasket with the amount of coolant that had sprayed all over the engine bay. 3rd gear synchros wear out on the manuals too. I had to put a new tranny in mine. The V6s are really nice to drive,but the autos are pigs on gas too,and the sticks are alot more fuel efficient,getting marginally lower milage than a 4 cyl 5 spd.
Just beware,when either the 4 cyl or the V6 breaks,they are extremely difficult cars to work on under the hood.
Oh,if you're getting a 4 cyl,I have an MSD ignition coil for one,lol.
southernrazed
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Daily= 1998 dodge dakota 2wd ex cab.....must fight my fear of heights for at least a year untill the mazda get finished then its game over for the stock susp. on the dodge