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SVT Contour
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<blockquote data-quote="essten94" data-source="post: 14619467" data-attributes="member: 168732"><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">Hello, I just purchased my first CSVT yesterday, i am looking foward to many hours of fun with this beast, and many hours of wrenching. I was lucky enough to find this gem for the small sum of 500.00 heres what ive found so far in 2 days of driving and inspecting:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">THE GOOD:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">paint is flawless with minor scratches (Black) still shiny no oxidations</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">no rust (WOOHOO) i looked it over pretty well and saw no rust.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">gobs of power runs strong clutch seems pretty good no slippage</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">interior is perfect leather no rips or tears in seats, carpets not worn through</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">all guages working order</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">has new exhaust (seller didnt mention but the new shiny exhaust told me)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">new brakes</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">at wide open throttle theres no smoke</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">THE BAD:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">175k miles</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">needs tires all around</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">missing caps from passenger side skirts</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">reverse lights have a short</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">clutch switch intermitent, have to pump clutch a couple times until switch engages in order to start.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">probably going to need a power steering pump soon (owner says it needs refill every week or so)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">has 1/4 to 1/2 inch of play in the steering</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">all speakers are blown casstte still works haha</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">check engine light, he ran the code while i was there and it said O2 sensor (not sure how many this has or how to locate which one it is) im assuming they can be pricey</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">thats all i can think of at this point, any input would be appreciated </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">the pictures im including do not do it justice, theres frost on it and reflections giving the illusion theres paint damage but imagime my surprise when i got it home washed it up theres just 1 little ding above the driver rear tire and it came out nice and shiny.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essten94, post: 14619467, member: 168732"] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]Hello, I just purchased my first CSVT yesterday, i am looking foward to many hours of fun with this beast, and many hours of wrenching. I was lucky enough to find this gem for the small sum of 500.00 heres what ive found so far in 2 days of driving and inspecting:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]THE GOOD:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]paint is flawless with minor scratches (Black) still shiny no oxidations[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]no rust (WOOHOO) i looked it over pretty well and saw no rust.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]gobs of power runs strong clutch seems pretty good no slippage[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]interior is perfect leather no rips or tears in seats, carpets not worn through[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]all guages working order[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]has new exhaust (seller didnt mention but the new shiny exhaust told me)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]new brakes[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]at wide open throttle theres no smoke[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]THE BAD:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]175k miles[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]needs tires all around[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]missing caps from passenger side skirts[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]reverse lights have a short[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]clutch switch intermitent, have to pump clutch a couple times until switch engages in order to start.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]probably going to need a power steering pump soon (owner says it needs refill every week or so)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]has 1/4 to 1/2 inch of play in the steering[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]all speakers are blown casstte still works haha[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]check engine light, he ran the code while i was there and it said O2 sensor (not sure how many this has or how to locate which one it is) im assuming they can be pricey[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]thats all i can think of at this point, any input would be appreciated [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#282828][FONT=helvetica]the pictures im including do not do it justice, theres frost on it and reflections giving the illusion theres paint damage but imagime my surprise when i got it home washed it up theres just 1 little ding above the driver rear tire and it came out nice and shiny.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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