Car is back, quafe is in, life is better.
bret >> the car is not designed for racing, but it's not designed to just pick up groceries. I don't race or abuse my car. I'm normally aspirated with some intake and exhaust mods. The dif is weak considering it is in an SVT. It's not a race car, but I doubt many people buy a $23k Contour to just pick up groceries. I drive aggressively like most people who own this car. Since many, if not most people on this site drive aggressively too, I think they should consider my story so they do not have an unfortunate incident like me. Also, my car does have 85k miles on it so as these cars get older, people may start to see more problems. I work at Ford and they are notorious for weak powertrains and the car was originally designed as a 4 cylinder. Also they are primarily concerned with the bottom line. Believe me, I have seen poor quality, lack of testing, and rushed designed all go into production to save money. Lastly, since the dif was upgraded from 98, it would seem like Ford did realize their mistake, and corrected it. I guess we all have our opinions so to each his own. Ciao
