Qualitative data point:

Original owner of 1999 Contour SVT. Still has original tranny /diff. Drained factory fluid @ 59K miles, replaced w/ Redline MTL. Shift quality improved greatly, including cold temps. Drove the car for 13K miles (including one open-track day) and had the fluid drained and replaced yesterday. I asked the tech at the shop to note the color and smell of the MTL. He said "It looked like Kool-Aid, kind of a pinkish color." As to the smell, he said "it smelt (smelled??) fine, no strong odors." I refilled w/ RP Syncromax. From my short drive home, the RP feels good, maybe not quite as smooth as MTL, but more time/distance/temperature vairation is required for a real comparison.

1999 Contour SVT #1966/2760, Silver Frost/Midnight Blue Koni Kit, Mille Miglia MM-S rims, B&M shifter, Stazi mesh, SFCs, optimized Y-pipe & TB, SS break lines, K&N drop-in, Infinity Kappa speakers, MTX amp/sub