1991 Ford Taurus SHO Plus review from North America

When I bought the car it was a direct trade for my Sunfire which had its own problems. The car had a bad clutch, original at 133K, when I test drove the car the radiator blew which I changed before I even bought the car because I knew how powerful and great they were.

I took it to a Ford Dealership to get the clutch, emergency brakes, and have the engine cleared out of carbon deposits. Now the car runs great.

Recently the the left front caliper was slowly coming off, but I didn't notice since I drive to work early before sunrise and get home after sunset until I heard serious grinding on the brakes. It was the pads rubbing againts the edge of the rotor which a missing top caliper positioning pin was to blame. Replaced it, but still had problems. Will be taking to a mechanic tomorrow.

Other problems include badly worn seats wrong size tires and a grinding noise when I switch into reverse. There must be careful positioning which includes double clutching and slowly putting into reverse while jiggling it. My thinking was a bad synchro, but the transmission "experts" said my tranny or to be more correct trans-axle was just fine. Anyway I'll be changing the tranny with my new upgrades.

This car is great. It was a huge step up from my Sunfire.

The car handles like a dream despite its age and with its new clutch I can seriously burn rubber.

I have been against a new 2004 V6 Passat and killed it. The V6 Accord was a bit of a betterf challenger, but I still beat it with my car redlining at 7000 rpm which gives me a serious edge.

This is the best car I have ever driven. For a 17 year old kid this aint bad.