I have 99,xxx miles as of today. No probs yet. I drive very hard two hours round trip each day. Lots of stop and go, rush hour, stop lights and hi reving, even manual shifting. I chainged fluid around 60k and around 90k (never been flushed). Haven't seen the problem at all yet although I think it's always kinda punch-shifted a little bit out of some gears when letting off throttle sharply.
Something tells me it won't be long before I'll start getting blinking lights or slipping or something. My fluid has never been ugly or smelly. Could I be the chosen one? My current plan is to drive the contour for two more years. At that rate, it will have over 150k. I don't plan on changing jobs so I will continue to drive over 10 hours per week. St. Louis traffic is usually either 80mph or stand-still stop and go. This will be interesting! Thanks for the info.
