LTs have different seats?
As for XFE prices, I didn't see any. I'm thinking it's a bit like the Ford Focus wagon; there's a very hardcore group of individuals that fight over the ones that make it to market.
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Originally Posted by Iexpedite
I owned a Taurus from that generation. I know what you mean about it being a good driver. My wife and I ran all over California in ours and were never uncomfortable. It was an effortless drive. I traded it in for a new 03 Mustang GT...hated it. I am an experienced stick shift driver, but I had trouble being smooth on the shifts with that car. It bucked and jumped and was way more dramatic than a V8 needs to be. I think that generation Taurus was a great car as long as you had less than 120K on the clock. Beyond that be prepared for surprise engine failure.
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You forgot surprise spring failure
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Originally Posted by Xist
In 1,998 I told a coworker "Mom has a 1,988 Taurus."
"Did it die at 80,000 miles?"
Had it died, I would have used the past tense...
It tried though, it kept breaking down. I borrowed it for Homecoming and had my basketball shoes in the back in case I needed to push.
I do not know much about the Cobalt, I just thought that it was interesting that the Cavalier hardly changed for ten years, they gave it a completely new engine and made other significant changes, and then they replaced the model with the Cobalt.
As for eating your hat, I recommend a nacho sombrero. ˇOlé!
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They changed the styling a bit, and the engine. Did they do anything else to the Cavvy?
So far the as yet unnamed Cobalt is doing well. Not a bad driver. No fe numbers yet (my fleet special doesn't appear to have a trip computer, and I have yet to get some velcro for the sg). I'll have to give this thing a good cleaning, and have a bit of fun with the worn interior trim. Stickerbomb it?
The dealership "technicians" have either studied common hypermiling techniques or, more likely, don't know what a tire pressure gauge is. When I checked Sunday morning all of my tires were well beyond my gauge's 60psi limit
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