1) Poor shift quality even after tranny replacement and new gold synth fluid. Weak diff and lack of a limited slip. The damn SVT Focus got a different gearbox - why not the SVT Contour!
2) Oil starvation problem has stopped me from taking my car out lapping at the track and even taking it fairly easy on highway ramps! This fix should have been done at the factory before the car shipped. The lessons of the Bonderant school seem to have been ignored.
3) Decontenting and SVT should have been given more special driver oriented features, like extra guage package a la SVT Focus.
4) New SVT Focus ignore the fact that some of us need a 4 door sport sedan. There is nothing you currently produce that I can consider as a replacement. Bring us the new Mondeo in SVT trim! Otherwise my next car will be BMW, Audi, Lexus, even if I can only afford used.
The SVT vehicles should be considered brand flagships like the M cars or AMG.
// Chris Root // '99 SVT
[This message has been edited by Chris Root (edited March 30, 2001).]
[This message has been edited by Chris Root (edited March 30, 2001).]
