1998 Ford Taurus SE review from North America

Replaced the starter around 130,000.

Besides that its been all normal things, like brakes, tires, and etc.g.

I bought this car at the end of my freshmen year in college. After having my Toyota Camry break down on me numerous times on the way home and to work.

A couple teachers at my school told me to look at a ford Taurus. They said that they had owned a couple of them, and that they had been extremely good cars. The one professor of mine told me of a dealership not too far from the college. I went there and ended up looking at a 1998 Ford Taurus. IT was loaded up to the hilt, it has leather, moonroof, mach audio, 6 disc CD, spoiler, chrome rims, and dual exaust. Just to list a few, I was shocked on the reasonable price I got it for. I paid more for my Toyota Camry, it didn't have any of those features I listed.

I have also been extremely happy with the gas mileage, I get a combined gas mileage of 25 mpg. On road trips I got 29.5 mpg. My Camry got about the same gas mileage, but had only a four cylinder, and didn't have even close the amount of power.

Another thing I have come to love about this car is its looks. For being ten years old, this car still sticks out from the crowd which I love. Its unique and I think looks very nice.

The comfort in this car is great, me and my two sisters went on a straight fifteen hour drive to new york city. We were extremely comfortable the entire time, the seats provide great support. The lumbar is also a great thing to have. I have the automatic climate control, which is awesome. I can set it to the exact temperature I want.

The steering and ride is also very nice, I've been in a couple almost bad accidents, but thanks to the Taurus responsive handling, I was able to get out of them. The ride on this car is great also, its nice and smooth. You don't feel too many bumps.

Reliability has been outstanding also. In the six years and over 100,000 miles besides the regular things that you fix. The only thing has been the starter. Which for the amount of miles and the period of time I've owned it, has been amazing. I was planning to buy a new car after graduation. But I ended up liking the car so much.

I'm planning on buying a new Taurus when this one dies, which I think might be a while yet.