Now The Proud Owner Of A 1990 Lexus Es250!

[ArmyofOne]

Nice Car!

I just sold my Ford Contour and bought a 94 ES 300, lol about ditching your  contour for a lexus...

So what if it is an older model...I took mine to the dealership on Monday to get the oil changed and see if I could get a copy of the maintenance history (11 pages...almost all PM! only major probs were dead batteries (2) and a leaking transmission pan @ 60k!)...there must have been 35 cars there for service that morining, and mine was the oldest one there!  It was funny though b/c everybody thought that I was the original owner and kept asking me questions about how well it was holding up and how great it still looks LOL....

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what kind of contour? SE? GL? was it the 4 cylinder or V6? manual? Auto?

i know alot (and i do mean ALOT) about those cars. i also know the cheif of R&D at ford who designed the CDW-27 platform. that platform is now used on the following cars:

Jaguar X type

Mazda 6

Ford Escape

Ford Escort ZX2

Mercury Cougar

Mercury Mystique

Lincoln LS

and of course, the ford contour :P

and i had no intention of getting rid of it, i still dont. i didnt ditch it. i think i will save up the $850 and have the core supports pulled back into place, then start replacing the little *BLEEP* as i have time.

BTW, my contour now runs fine, apparently the fuel sutoff switch was activated when i wrecked, it didnt get any gas LOL.

[Senna4ever]

Nice Car!

I just sold my Ford Contour and bought a 94 ES 300, lol about ditching your  contour for a lexus...

So what if it is an older model...I took mine to the dealership on Monday to get the oil changed and see if I could get a copy of the maintenance history (11 pages...almost all PM! only major probs were dead batteries (2) and a leaking transmission pan @ 60k!)...there must have been 35 cars there for service that morining, and mine was the oldest one there!  It was funny though b/c everybody thought that I was the original owner and kept asking me questions about how well it was holding up and how great it still looks LOL....

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what kind of contour? SE? GL? was it the 4 cylinder or V6? manual? Auto?

i know alot (and i do mean ALOT) about those cars. i also know the cheif of R&D at ford who designed the CDW-27 platform. that platform is now used on the following cars:

Jaguar X type

Mazda 6

Mazda 3

Ford Escape

Ford Escort ZX2

Mercury Cougar

Mercury Mystique

Lincoln LS

and of course, the ford contour :P

and i had no intention of getting rid of it, i still dont. i didnt ditch it. i think i will save up the $850 and have the core supports pulled back into place, then start replacing the little *BLEEP* as i have time.

BTW, my contour now runs fine, apparently the fuel sutoff switch was activated when i wrecked, it didnt get any gas LOL.

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The Mazda3 and the Mazda6 do not share platforms, I am sure.

[DKRC-2003]

It was a 1996 Contour SE, V6, fully loaded, every option except auto tranny and ABS (it had the 5-sp manual). It was a great car. Bought it for my wife, when we had our son, I traded cars with her (I had a 99 Silverado LT) so that they would have some more sheetmetal around them. I'm 6'-6" and was a little cramped in the car so I sold it and bought my Lexus.

[amf1932]

The Mazda3 and the Mazda6 do not share platforms, I am sure.

That is correct. :)

[ArmyofOne]

Nice Car!

I just sold my Ford Contour and bought a 94 ES 300, lol about ditching your  contour for a lexus...

So what if it is an older model...I took mine to the dealership on Monday to get the oil changed and see if I could get a copy of the maintenance history (11 pages...almost all PM! only major probs were dead batteries (2) and a leaking transmission pan @ 60k!)...there must have been 35 cars there for service that morining, and mine was the oldest one there!  It was funny though b/c everybody thought that I was the original owner and kept asking me questions about how well it was holding up and how great it still looks LOL....

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what kind of contour? SE? GL? was it the 4 cylinder or V6? manual? Auto?

i know alot (and i do mean ALOT) about those cars. i also know the cheif of R&D at ford who designed the CDW-27 platform. that platform is now used on the following cars:

Jaguar X type

Mazda 6

Mazda 3

Ford Escape

Ford Escort ZX2

Mercury Cougar

Mercury Mystique

Lincoln LS

and of course, the ford contour :P

and i had no intention of getting rid of it, i still dont. i didnt ditch it. i think i will save up the $850 and have the core supports pulled back into place, then start replacing the little *BLEEP* as i have time.

BTW, my contour now runs fine, apparently the fuel sutoff switch was activated when i wrecked, it didnt get any gas LOL.

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The Mazda3 and the Mazda6 do not share platforms, I am sure.

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whoops! How the heck did that get in there?? my bad.

fixed.

but if you really want to know, the 3 is based off of the focus platform, which has only minor changes from the contour platform...which is the basis for the 6, so they are tied together.

bottom line..the 3 is a derivative of the cdw-27 contour/mystique/modeo chassis.

the 6 is based off of the contour SVT/Mondeo ST220. still the same platform, but with a 2.3L duratec instead if the 3.0L V6.