Funny thing, my co-worker's daily driver is a '94 Taurus with over 200,000 miles. It's not in bad shape but we still teaze him about his car.
My sister has one too and it has been a good vehicle for her. The only problem she has had was the starter, but the car had over 100,000 miles on it when that happened.
As I recall, the Taurus starter is positioned almost directly under the oil pan drain cock.
Yet another WTF moment brought to you by Ford.