Originally posted by BURNTU2:
BTW,consumer reports opinions are worth about two cents to me...they are very biased and pro imports.



Biased and pro imports??? CR gave rave reviews to the Contour, especially the SVT version. If more peole read and relied upon CR, Ford would probably still be making the Contour today.

CR's only major knocks on the 'tour were poor reliability and steep depreciation. What were your complaints again? Oh yeah, that your car is falling apart and that it had depreciated steeply. Maybe it would be worth 2 of your cents to look at a Consumer Reports before you buy your next car.

Andy by the way, steep depreciation is not a bad always a bad thing. If you want to buy a particular model and know that its value will drastically plummet in the near future, this gives you lots of leverage to negotiate and get a great price. Make the seller pay for the anticipated steep depreciation so that you won't have to.