:leave Hey my 1st post here goes..I gotta '03 that I drive mostly in and out of the driveway..handles way better than my '57's ever did..smoother and quicker than my '85 Elan ever was. My '97 30th anniversary Cougar weren't bad tho. But I also confess to the new 'Bird being a little hard to take first time I saw it :crazy ..but I bought my new bird on a whim in '03 after buying the wrong car and luckily having a 3 day grace period to exchange it. :bigjes ..anyway, I have fallen in love with it. Certainly not the fastest or best handling.. but what a car. Gets better all the time and for cruising Vegas oooh baby. Don't get no better. :auto oh yeah mines Black/Black/Black...Funny older posts re the "new" bird, a few sour grapes maybe. :leave