well i am pretty sure when stazi was referring to "traction" i'm pretty sure he meant it in general,not on a dirt road in texas
....and you are on crack if you think that any fwd car has better traction than a rwd car,and that's a simple fact....and a comparable year mustang will have better traction "in general" than a contour....while yes maybe the fwd is better on ice...but your dirt road example is ridiculous,actually the rwd would probably be easier to get back in control of if it did start sliding on a dirt road..
and as far as resale value goes,have you seen some of the prices svt's are going for these days????there is one in the paper at a dealer here a 98 with the dealer asking price of $4800,a comparable 98 gt lists for $7800....now compare a 99 or 00 gt to a 99 or 00 svt and the mustang will still be priced considerably higher in most cases...
