I was riding on december 26 while it was snowing a lot with big winds and damn a contour handles well. I drove many cars in my life(mom's mazda prot�©g�©, mom's toyota corolla, dad's BMW 323i, dad's ford f150, friend's toyota tercel, friend's suzuki swift, friend's honda crx,, friend's honda civic, friend's kia magentis, friend's kia rio... i must have forgotten some...) and I've never a car with such a good handling than my 'tour. wind, snow, rain... the handling always been awesome. and snow is fun with handbrake... until cops follow you in the back(a chance they did nothing).
anyway, Contour rules the road...and the parking lot.