[MBZ] spring time

[R A Bennell]

I had an 86 Taurus and it was really a pretty good car. The struts wore out rather quickly but when it was new, the
handling was really amazing for a north american vehicle. Fuel injected v6 ran rather well and the 4 speed auto OD
tranny was good. Rust caught up with it after about 10 years but all in all it was one that I did not regret
buying. Unfortunately, we replaced it with a 97 Sable and that one caused no end of grief. I would have thought
there should have been a greater risk with the 86 given it was the first year of a radical new design for Ford.

Randy B

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Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] spring time


On 5/4/06, Loren Faeth <lfaeth at leadingchange.com> wrote:
>
> I seem to remember first year taurus ads comparing it to
> Mercedes too.
>

I think I remember that, too.  Funny, because the first-generation Taurus
was so obviously a ripoff of the Audi 5000 (in terms of styling, at least).

Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
'93 Isuzu Trooper
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