You guys otta brush up on the model year decontenting FAQs. All of this is in there already, so this is nothing new.
1998.5 was the time when Contours became fleet vehicles, thus the midyear transition. Things like intermittent wipers, foglights and tachometers became non-existant on the SE models. After 1999, dealer lots were only selling SE Sports and SVTs. All SE Sports were V6s, so basically finding a four-pot Contour on the lot was about impossible.
And, really, the Mystique has always been the luxury model between the twins. OF COURSE it's going to have stuff like variable intermittent wipers that won't exist on the Contour, because Mystiques were never fleet vehicles.
Just in case, you might want to visit this a little more often.
And lastly, what the hell does having or not having a tachometer have to do with variable intermittent wipers? They have NO relation to one another!
