My first car was a 1997 Ford Contour GL. It use to be my sister's car since new in '97 until '01 when it was passed down to me for free. First car I modded,got a ticket,that got hit from behind, first car that I hit another car, and that I took to a club/strip club. I was getting bored of the pre98 look and wanted a post98 Tour; plus I wanted an SVT front.The car had the boring manual windows and had almost 90K. I sold it in '04 to my teenage sister-in-law who totalled it almost two years later.
I bought my '98 GL after I sold the other one in '04. I transferred all my mods from the old Tour to this one. It was the first car that I bought and with my own money. This one does have power windows, unlike my old one, and still has low mileage. I love the car, but it has some minor issues that need to be fixed.