1993 Ford Taurus LX review from North America

When I test drove it, the power rear windows worked fine. When I purchased it a few days later and brought it home, they no longer worked. The dealership didn't want to replace them, so I looked into having them done elsewhere. It was too much, so I sat in sweltering heat because the AC system had holes in it and I could not get it recharged and wasn't prepared to do a complete overhaul.

The water pump blew at 80,000 miles. Luckily, I had a friend who was very good with these things and we put the whole thing back together in the pouring rain.

Brakes needed to be replaced at about 90,000. Big deal. Tires were ready to pop at the 100,000 mark. Did I expect these items to last forever? No.

At 130,000 miles the head gasket was done for. The evening before I had the appointment to pay $1000 to get it fixed, I got rear-ended and the car was deemed totaled.

For the amount of driving that car did (over 60K in 2 years), I might not have gotten my money's worth (paid $6000 for it), but I don't feel like I was taken advantage of by Ford. It wasn't worth much when I was done with it (according to the check I received from the insurance company), but it totally served it's purpose.

I liked that it was roomy, without being too big of a car. I favor compact cars, but liked this one. I always had a full car of people -- friends and such for frequent roadtrips -- and no one was ever smooshed. It was also good as a family car and I purchased it for that intention. It was great for no matter what you were doing.

The trunk was a good size and unfortunately I abused that and it was always full of stuff and I never knew where anything was. But, I always had somewhere to put something. At the end of 2 years, I found half my wardrobe in it.

The car took me everywhere on the face of the earth and didn't really do much complaining until the head gasket issue. I think I put it through enough. I replaced it with a Honda Accord... a good buy as well.