buy the cobra and dont look back ... trust me i am very lucky and have the best of both worlds, a svtc and 03 cobra, the cobra is my primary source of entertainment soon to have a kenne bell, but the svtc as a dialy driver is the bomb. i dont plan on doing any more than bolt on's on the contour just to spice up the ride to work, but i have total respect for people who trick out contours to the max because its not easy to find speed parts for a car they stopped making 5 yrs ago.