1998 Ford Escort LX from North America - Comments

14th Dec 2005, 15:40

"Reliable!"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

I have taken it in for routine check-ups and have only fixed minor things (the battery, tires)

General comments?

This car will not let you down!

It makes a great start/commuter car. (I have actually taken it on a week long road trip without any problems!)

It's nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.

It's roomy and bright inside.

I have had NO serious problems with the car at all!

I keep waiting for something to go wrong, thinking it's too good to be true since I only paid $2500 for it, but it keeps going strong!

I highly recommend this car!

It's worth way more than I paid for it!


8th Aug 2006, 20:37

I'm thinking the same thing about wondering if something will happen. I have a 1997 LX Sport, I'm 6 foot 3, and I am some what comfortable in it, but I have had such good luck with it.

I have drove it to Florida from Michigan and back, 3 times in the past 6 months, and the car has 188,767 miles on it, and I'm looking at going back to Michigan in 10 months, and it's makeing that trip with me. I love the gas mileage and I think it will make 300,000 miles.

The big thing is at every 80,000 I recommend changing the timeing belt, water pump, and every 30,000 flush the transmission. And 3,000 mile oil changes 10 w 30 Castrol GTX high mile oil.

I'm close to 200,000 miles on my original automatic transmission and engine, so it must be worth serviceing it regularly.

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