WTF?? Why did it get locked??
I gave an honest opinion and I have owned both. High speed cornering for the idiots means high speed cornering. On long sweepers the contou se was faster. I did 90 in a contour where in the P5 I would do 85, but tight corners the contour gets left behind easily.
I got it back in August before the 3's were hitting the market. 22k was the price after options. If I wanted something faster I would have gotten a WRX, but wanted a utilitarian till the Legacy turbo comes out.
Theer was no flame bait, the contour 98 MY that I had is a POS in EVERY aspect compared to my P5. If you can't live with that, then that is YOUR problem. Do not be blinded by what you think is the best car on the road. Same class?? The Contour is no where near the same class. SE is very sloppy has severe brake dive, interior and exterior is crap too.
Everything is a step up even to a 2004 Focus SVT, I saw them both and didn't like it. All you nay sayer should go look instead of crying about it. I never said I hated the contour, just that my P5 is much much better.
Enjoy.