thanks for all the thoughts everyone
and I agree that the Contour's safety record has been impressive as far as what I've heard from the CEG, and I absolutely appreciate those airbags more than before...they are pretty amazing when you see them in action, though they did add about 3g's to the estimate, water under the bridge though, all is well. I'll report on the car when I can, otherwise I asked the autobody shop owner if I could come rip parts off the car if its junked, so I may be holding a yardsale. :p
