Ford Unveils New Car For Cash-Strapped Buyers: The 1993 Taurus
The new SHO is... meh. It's not bad, it's just not exciting. Too quiet.
]]>That's some quality cruise control you've got there, Ford.
It only lasted 8 years before she gave out, though. She gave up and bought an Accord. It's going on 10 years old and it goes like f-ing clockwork every morning... they've never had to replace anything except for the usual maintenance items and consumables.. battery, muffler, etc.
]]>@h3llc4t, breaker of office dress codes: I feel the same way about my '95 Saturn. He's been through more than his fair share (the wife decided he was male, mainly because he takes no shit from anyone), including flying metal plates at 130 km/h and a rear-ending by a car doing 90 km/h (we were stopped cold) with only minor scratches to show for it. It's breaking my heart even to think about getting a new one.
]]>@lpranal: See my comment below, I think I know where it is :)
]]>@Jfielder23: AWESOME. You get a red heart for knowing the Calais :)
]]>@Starfury: it has AWD, so it's likely better that RWD - ever been to a tuner night at the drag strip? 4x4/AWD card launch way better, since all the wheels are pushing, not just the rear two or front two...
]]>Answer: See Cuba
]]>Yeah fucking right. For that amount of money, you may as well buy yourself an entry-level luxury car.
]]>@bender123: The Celebrity! I turn 16 in the middle of winter, my ma throws me the keys to a $100 '86 Chevy Celebrity WAGON and never looks back. Drive the Shaggin Wagon for three weeks, someone rear ends me. Insurance says it's totalled and sends me a check for $1200. Talk about an investement.
Three years of driving that 'totalled' beast later, I make the biggest of upgrades: the '88 Celebrity sedan. Twelve years and six cars later, still my favorite one.
]]>I figure what I spent on my '99 passat was about half what I spent on maintanence and repairs. And I do my own fluid changes.
]]>@Quake 'n' Shake: I concur, but they could put a performance package in them, like a 350 rocket. *dreams*
]]>I had an air shock blow out on my '88 Lincoln Continental one time...$150 for a used one and borrowed free labor from my best friend got it going again. Yes, $150 for a used shock was the cheapest I could find anywhere (in 1997 money too). ;-)
]]>Though an '06 Toyota Avalon replaced it for us, we still have good, fond memories of the ol' Taurus.
]]>@Alex Chasick: I'm having the same problem, but was my friend's 89. We listened to Primus, Mr. Bungle (sideproject from some from Faith No More), Butthole Surfers, and Public Enemy.
Ugh, I'm old.
]]>Which is good, because it's been paid off for years and requires minimal maintenance. No complaints at all with the car.
Screw car payments.
]]>You know, The car that consumer reports loved?
hummm....
]]>@ARP: Frizzle Fry's number one for me. I really love everything until Antipop.
]]>We had a brown Taurus for years. We called it "The Turd" (in an affectionate way). Had a nice big front bench seat, excellent for fooling around at drive-in movies.
]]>Despite having what's probably half a cubic kilometer of space, the vehicle was remarkably front-heavy if you ever had the pleasure of driving it on slick roads (did 180s on the highway twice. not fun.)
]]>I'm guessing it's in a junk heap somewhere, but then again there's always the chance that it's transporting large amounts of drugs in mexico.
]]>Makes it completely unreasonable in my book...
]]>@lpranal:
Who pays the taxes on it and where does the bill get sent?
]]>My mom had a 94 Taurus. The trunk was frickin' huge...
I've had 3 people in the trunk of my 02 Civic coupe.. so you might be able to fit 4 or 5 in the trunk of a Taurus.. rather uncomfortably...
]]>@gparlett: Integra's FTW. My parents had one of those and it would not die.
]]>@tinycorkscrew: I'd go with Pork Soda as their best album, but Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, was pretty fun.
]]>and no, I'm not kidding about any of the above :-|
]]>...or wait for them to make a model to meet US safety and emissions standards. Suspect that'll be a long wait, though.
]]>@Quake 'n' Shake: Forget about the supreme, it's all about the 1989 Cutlass Calais! Complete with Bondo reinforcement and speed holes!
]]>Awesome video though.
]]>Now what I would KILL for is my 1986 Chrysler LeBaron back. Sadly, it'll never happen.
]]>Does it come with the external CD accessory? You know, the one that is velcroed to your dash with the CD to cassette tape converter?
Also, you mention working brakelights. Will I have headlights as well? I pray every night for a car with a dome light so I can see the cocaine lines I'm slicing easier. (The mirror I cut on has a huge glare off the street lights.) How hot does the heater get? Will it heat up a spoon? How about the trunk- is it big enough for sneaking in a couple Mexicans?
Thank you Ford, for yet again- providing families with fiscally sound resolutions to our everyday needs.
Oh shit, the cops... gotta go!
]]>@tinycorkscrew: They sure do. I was listening to them this morning. I hope they decide to do another tour in the next year.
]]>@Coralvillain: Or go upscale with the Caddilac Cimmaron...
]]>/ Bangs head for the 1,621st time over this
]]>@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): My first car was an '88 Olds Cutlass Calais... LOVED that coupe.
]]>I'd buy that for a dollar!
]]>Yep, the new SHO's are automatic only, which is a total fail in my book. Everything else in it looks pretty decent (besides it being a Ford), but auto, ehhhh.....
]]>Atcually this isn't a bad idea-
Make a basic car based on proven technology for 5K or so new.
]]>To think that Ford is doing far better than the rest of them, yet has to suffer this indignity.
Oh, who am I kidding. That's pretty funny!
]]>Where can I get a 6000 SUX? You find me one of those and I'm buying it.
]]>GENIUS!
]]>Seriously, if I could get a newly manufactured '93 Sho with stick shift I absolutely would.
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