Troy,
Thank you for taking the time to visit. You have been the second Ford or SVT contact I have seen on the site so far, and I commend you for it. To be candid, though not rude:
Better late than never, or so the saying goes...
There has been a lot of animosity directed towards SVT and Ford recently with regard to the Contour SVT here, and from time to time mixed with high emotion, it tends to sound like the end of the world for some of us. Many of the loudest complainers often times turn out to be your most fervent supporters, but ONLY after a little TLC or attention has been turned their way, as well as a few basic explainations have been offered.
I think that the main issue has been one of actual and perceived abandonment, as it has been shown by certain moves that Ford/SVT has taken to the now-demised Contour. The disconnect, as it so often is found, may have been with the way the selling DEALER positioned the car and the "SVT" experience of ownership to the customer and the company "planned" support and service; in short, the dealer may very well have been selling a spaceshot to the moon when SVT from the start could only handle a halfway trip. This still doesn't excuse the lack of "enthusiasm" that Ford/SVT has shown the Contour in the past and present, and is well represented by the lack of even the smallest of nods towards the Contour SVT in many forms. Like Chris has suggested, any ideas that someone from SVT could possibly share at Spring Zing in Kalamazoo, MI?
I hope you realize that you can't and won't be able to please everyone all the time, but I truly believe that there are some diehard Ford and SVT fans here that would very much appreciate some sort of presence at Spring Zing. These are the people that you don't want to alienate, and showing a little concern and support to could go a long ways in maintaining their interest in what Ford and SVT put on the roads in the future.
Respectfully,
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James TompkinsTulsa, OK
jaysek@home.com 99 Red Rocket SVT
#143/2760
Modded to Taste
00 Corvette Coupe
Modded to Haste
[This message has been edited by JaTo (edited March 29, 2001).]
