What's wrong with it? It was their lowest priced car for the time so did you have too high expectations?
#1 worst was a 1997 Buick Lesabre and #2 worst was a 1979 Ford Fairmont. Both just nickle and dimed me to death.
You guys keep cars too long. The longer you keep a car the more stuff will go wrong with it, that's a given. Buy one that checks out good with recent maintenance, and drive it a year or two, then sell and repeat before it needs more work.It was a 94 or 95 Mercury Sable. Just a few thing I can remember....lockup torque converter, blown head gasket, loaded rear calipers every 30K, water pump and hoses, front end parts, virtually every single light bulb had to be replaced.
Own one and you'll understand.What's wrong with it? It was their lowest priced car for the time so did you have too high expectations?
I had the lowest price honda civic in 2001 and had no problems and put 234000 on it...Just because it is the lowest price it still should be a good and reliable car...my Honda was....My Ford Contour was not.. It had many issues right from day one....What's wrong with it? It was their lowest priced car for the time so did you have too high expectations?
My wife and I test drove one of these when they first came out. It wasnt horrible but I do remember it being gutless and not liking it at all.For me it would be a 5 speed Toyota Paseo. I did pick it up for next to nothing, but I was so hoping for a Miata experience. It was just an econobox with paying for the two seat penalty. Ugh...worst car I have ever owned.
You are jumping to conclusions. I haven't had these cars for decades. They were not old at the time. You know what they say about "assuming".You guys keep cars too long. The longer you keep a car the more stuff will go wrong with it, that's a given. Buy one that checks out good with recent maintenance, and drive it a year or two, then sell and repeat before it needs more work.
My wife and I test drove one of these when they first came out. It wasnt horrible but I do remember it being gutless and not liking it at all.
At the risk of offending anyone, the most disappointing car I ever had was a '96 Corvette. Marginal brakes, horrible ingress/egress, stupid automatic ventilation system that never seemed right, tramlined over every single crack in the pavement, felt 3000 lbs heavier than it actually was.... and it nickeled and dimed me to death. EGR, fuel pumps, tie rods, u-joints, tires, wheel bearings, power seat motors, it never ended. It was pretty enough, and made lots of nice sounds, actually got really good gas mileage, great stereo, and the interior was pretty nice, once you literally fall into it. Just wasnt my cup of tea, just felt like it drove like a very torquey U-haul truck. Dumped it after two long years of asking myself "why did I buy this...."...
Which engine? I've only driven the ztec 5spd in ones that old, in 2000 a female friend was looking for a new simple car and the ZX3 zetec won for driving experience, interior quality, civic coupe was close enough and had a better reputation so she got that.has to be this little POS. if it would have had a manual it might have been better but of all the budget beaters I ever owned I have to say this car was just not one of Ford better ideas.
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