The switching unit in the ignition wore out because it was mounted inside the distributor and suffered from too much heat. This cost around $500 to fix with a reconditioned and modified distributor (with transistors mounted in a cooler place, but would have cost $1600 for a new distributor from Ford.
The water pump started leaking and this cost $700 to fix because of the insane complexity of the front of the engine - it took an entire day at the mechanic's workshop.
Oil leaks from various parts of the engine, but this is to be expected in an engine that has done 200,000km. It can't be fixed though, because the work would involve major labour and would cost thousands.
The car is very smooth, quiet and powerful.
It has a very comfortable interior and lots of features. The oscillating air vents are really good and yet I haven't seen them on any other make of car.
The car looked good when it was built and people still comment on how new it looks - it seems to be styled to make it look modern for a long time.
The air conditioner was making a horrible noise when I bought the car at 143,000km and it eventually died at about 185,000km. Replacement of the compressor cost about $1,300 (I wrote the inital review and this is a point I forgot to mention).
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