Dont know if im to late to join the party but what the hell let my ranting begin

First Off i own a 2000 contour silver/blue
vin#1fafp68g5yk125818 built 1-3-00

im 19 and this was my first brand new car. my family has always been fomoco drivers. my dad owns an f150 my mother HAD an e150 my sister owns a mustang and now i own my contour

for the most part ive been quite happy with my car its peformance is great, rides nice, four usable doors, and above all the car can handle...however i dont think i can truly ever love a car that may let me down since owning my tour its been to the dealer 5 times, twice for the same stalling problem (both times i was left stranded in a dangerous situation: aka on the side of a highway) and truly hearing the stories of engine and transmissions taking a dump has me worried. i own a high performance sports sedan, but i cant drive it as such in the fear that i might break it

i know ford/svt wont give us a qualfie for free....however what if as owners we buy the differential and have you install it free of charge (and not void our warrenty) i personally would be glad to put down the money to add a qualfie to my tour if ford were to install it. in all honesty it would be only fair and ford would only be out, give or take 160$ (8hrs install by 20$ hr)this would go a long way to make owners happy.

also what about a modified pan for the engine would be nice. if you could design, build, and market a pan (at a fair price) again i would be willing to buy the pan to put my mind at ease. really at this point all i would like to see is inproved reliability as a whole in my car

truly the other problems i could care less about squeaks/rattles if i didnt want them i would have spent more on my first car bumper sag....not pretty but again ill deal. and i dont really car all that much for svt catalog items either. however performance parts would be nice to have avaiable directly from ford

and truly like everyone else i dont feel the dealer i take my car too cares about me as a consumer (slow, unknowlegeable, ignorant). i guess they feel they already had me as a customer who cares if he comes back

in the end i feel it would go a long way if svt/ford were to fix some of the major problems we have been having as a group

i do want to thank you for taking the time to listen to me b*tch but like the others i just wanted to vent and if you need further information i keep very specific logs and would be able to detail my cars problem(s)
my email is relentless1214@hotmail.com



[This message has been edited by RELENTLESS1214 (edited April 10, 2001).]

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