Monger I appreciate your honesty. I really do LOVE this car or it would have been gone long ago. If I do keep it there will be changes made, I dont think I'll be going the 3L route but who knows. I still have a waranty to protect and will do so until I cant stand it anymore. I do have things here in my shop to take care of it, I just havent settled on which route I'm going to take assuming I keep the car. I dont want it to be the fastest Contour on the planet. I just want the car to have enough power to keep me out of trouble with the dangerous elements that are cruising up and down our highways, thats all. I do not have this problem with any of my other daily drivers and its a shame because I love everything else about the car.