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Good-bye beloved Taurus.
1 posted on 10/19/2006 10:56:58 AM PDT by floridareader1
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Ribezzo said he buys them used because they don't cost much and, save for the transmissions, they're reliable.

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152 posted on 10/19/2006 1:09:07 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War (This tagline is false.)
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I remember the first ones...
159 posted on 10/19/2006 1:14:52 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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I've owned two, both bought second hand. Paid $2000 for the first one(1992 model) and put close to 100,000 miles on it. At around 180,000 miles it started blowing smoke out the tail pipe and the end was soon there after. Got my money's worth out of that one.

2nd one was newer model repo that I got for peanuts. replaced the transmission at 130,000, 2 years later at 175,000 she's still running, albeit rough. Won't be buying anymore.


163 posted on 10/19/2006 1:19:07 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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we just got rid of our '90 Taurus Wagon .. that thing was GREAT .. we even replaced the rotten transmission to keep it on the road. Wish American automakers would again come up with something new, efficient, cost-effective and worth buying.

RIP, dear Taurus


165 posted on 10/19/2006 1:23:32 PM PDT by EDINVA
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Went from 1979 Fairmont to 1986 Thunderbird to 1998 Taurus to 2001 Taurus to 2006 Five Hundred.

So far, so good.


171 posted on 10/19/2006 1:29:24 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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" - - a family sedan so revolutionary that its 1985 debut changed forever the way cars look, feel and drive. - - the car that saved the company."

Ford did that four times:
In 1908 - Model T
c. 1930 - Model A
In 1949 -' 49 Ford
In 1985 - Taurus
It would be nice if they did it again, but I don't think they know what to do. Cars are so boring and look-alike today that I wish somebody like Ford would jolt us all with a model to write home about, or just write about.


180 posted on 10/19/2006 1:44:29 PM PDT by RoadTest ( He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -Rev. 3:6)
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Good-bye beloved Taurus.

Regular Tauruses were pretty much crap, but I had a Taurus SHO (Super High Output) with the aluminum Yamaha engine and a five-speed manual transmission that was a lot of fun to drive. That car would really haul...

185 posted on 10/19/2006 1:55:42 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat (So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
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My first Taurus was a 1997 model with the 2.5 litre 4 cylinder engine,

Big mistake in my part to buy that dog.

It had like maybe like 90 horsepower.

Used to have a Sable with the 3.8 V6. As I've already read here, I know too that engine loved to blow head gaskets. I still stand amazed when I remember the day green antifreeze was dripping out the back tail-pipe!

Man that sucker was blown!

191 posted on 10/19/2006 2:27:36 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
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I have over 400,000 miles on my 1989 Taurus. The transmission is sticking a little but it loves to run on an open highway. Too bad or lucky for me the speedometer only goes to 90.

I love that car. It's really a shame the interior is slowly disintergrating.


207 posted on 10/19/2006 5:37:15 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems. NRA)
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It was a disaster for years.

Look for the Union Label.


214 posted on 10/19/2006 7:20:15 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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I own a 2003 Tortoise.

It is, yes...an uninspiring piece of crap...for which I am grateful because it was dirt cheap as one of a million program vehicles of identical design.

So long, tortoise.


218 posted on 10/19/2006 8:06:10 PM PDT by sayfer bullets ("....man's got to know his limitations" - Dirty Harry)
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Still running my now 10-year old Taurus. $200 total in repairs over 10 years. I've NEVER had a car that was so low cost to maintain, and that includes several japanese makes.


222 posted on 10/20/2006 5:47:27 AM PDT by eraser2005
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The Taurus SHO was perfect for the married guy with three kids and a desire to blow the doors off some low-end four-banger Camaro used-to-be.


229 posted on 10/20/2006 7:09:08 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - For a good time visit www.laurelbaptisttemple.org)
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The "Flying Carp" is at long last, a goner.

...good riddance.

231 posted on 10/20/2006 7:55:21 AM PDT by Landru (That does it, no sleep number for you pal.)
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Had one. At exactly 75K miles, the tranny departed this earth. Same thing happened with my Windstar.

I didn't mind the car itself, but that "balloon payment" at 75K miles was a b!***!

But, ah, how many of those Taurii did I drive courtesy of Hertz...


239 posted on 10/20/2006 10:52:03 AM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again. And Always Act.)
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It was and is a good car. Ford is clueless.


240 posted on 10/20/2006 10:54:29 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To all the skeptics,

Yeah, the Taurus must really suck. Ford only sold about a zillion of them. There is no denying that within five years of its introduction, almost every car manufactured looked like a Ford Taurus. So much so that I remember one auto reviewer quipping that the redesigned Ford Taurus is the only car on the road that doesn't look like a Ford Taurus.

The Taurus was a homerun that every auto manufacturer dreams about.


243 posted on 10/20/2006 11:43:34 AM PDT by CommerceComet
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