After 3 years? My car spent so much time in and out of the Ford dealership within the first year of ownership, it wasn't funny. Strangely enough, it hasn't spent ANY time in the past 2 years. So maybe we can attribute that to bad initial build quality? I dunno.
I've driven quite a few 330s and 328s. They are faster. Even the magazines times prove this. They handle better. They're quieter. They have better skidpad numbers.
Go ahead, spend lots of money to make your Contour a BMW killer, but at the end of the day, you're still driving the Hertz special. Our cars do a tremendous job, but they're not the end-all be-all that everyone makes them out to be. But they're cheap, and that definitely factors into it.
I'll take an Audi A4 1.8T with a $500 chip and blow away 90% of the modded SVTs on this board. Power, AWD, and luxury, for only a few thousand more than an SVT.. Hmmmm... :rolleyes:
