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I'm "one of those 2000 guys" also. I'm a little upset with the delays and the fit issues too, but in talking with Alessandro and the way SVTCuervo responds to this thread and I feel reassured and am willing to see if they "do us right". The fitment issue is a tough thing and after some research, I find it hard to cast blame. Afterall, they seem to be working in good faith to fix things.

Anyway, like i said I did some research: I called my brother (the little &@#$@# works in engine development at Aston Martin -what a beyond cool job- but used to build cars from crates for Export Inventory Control at Ford) and he made some calls. The thing is, not a single Contour in Canada received the "third supplier" gas tank. We aren't talking about a year to year change or anything. There were actually three suppliers of gas tanks for the Contour program. One was added in midrun of '98 model year and because of import/export logistics and blah, blah, blah (i don't always listen to everything my bro says)...that specific supplier's gas tank never went on a Canadian export. that same supplier became the sole supplier in 2000 and that among many other reasons added to Canada not getting any Contours in 2000. I will place the following disclaimer: "At least, that what my brother said."