Well... My contour before I sold her with 121k miles, she ran fine with the exception of a leaky gasket, bad brakes, bad tires....
I notice Duratecs have more problems
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Zetecs maybe are the reliable ones?
But anyway, I have a Vulcan now, those I heard are very reliable Ford motors.
I was a bit disappointed to sell the Contour, considering the engine DID run strong, and Trans continued to shift smoothly, I just wanted something new
I know a coworker owns a 96 Taurus with 200k miles, the only problem it ever had was some peice of the radiator broke, he got it fixed, wants to see how far it can go