That kinda strange to say that about the Contour. I just came from a Mercury Topaz and I loved it. Getting the Contour was the best car that I could get. Yes you are right the one playes the card that one is dealt, but I am not unhappy with my car. Then again I wasn't really unhappy with the topaz until the motor mounts broke. What do you want, a Porsche, well who doesn't? If you have a Duratec it was partly designed by Porsche, so maybe you wanna be sortof enthusiastic about driving a Contour, I mean thats what kind of group this, right?