I feel ya man, When people ask me "What do you drive?" I tell them "a contour" and they laugh a little. I give them a dead stare... They continue to giggle. Then im like "wanna go for a ride?" Then as they are walking out to my car... They look at it with my E1's and gutterguard grille and say "wow that car actually looks pretty cool" Then I start it, rev the engine "it sounds pretty good to" and then I take off and they say "woah! is that whine a super charger" (my Gatorback serp belt.) Contours surprise the hell out of people, even the I4 Zetec contours pull pretty have for an average I4 (with a 5 speed that is). I turn some heads with that car.