Don't want to ran on people's parade, but when the majority hear that you have a Contour, what do they think? Do they get the same thoughts as a Mustang, weither it is a V6 or V8? You can tell them how much better an SVT is than a stock Contour, but they still have a mid sized family car called a Contour in their minds. You can put any badge you want on it, beef it up, still just a Contour in the general public's mind. Mustangs do not have that problem. I know that the SVT Contour is nothing like a plain jane, but that is because I am into cars. I was telling my fiance' that some of the SVT Contours run well and her remark "a Contour, who races those cars?" She didn't know so that is what she thought.
My fiance's 99 V6 5 speed next time at the track should run 15.0's-15.1's@91-92 MPH in the hands of this skilled driver. Those passes in the sig were with snow tires and no track prep. Those times should be enough to give alot of cars here problems.
About beating GN's...come on...your talking my Z28 territory now.