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When I met my wife in the summer of 1996, she was driving a 10 year old Tempo that she had bought new in her previous marriage. I don't remember the trim level, but it had alloy wheels, A/C and (I think) PW and PM. Was gold with a 5-speed stick (her choice!) and had about 95K on it when we met. It ran OK, but not long after we met (but before we got married) she got a new job that had a bit of a commute attached to it; she leased a '97 Escort LX (also a stick shift! What a gal!). The Tempo got sold to her sister for $300-400, as the dealer wouldn't take it in trade.
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Replying to: boomchek (Dec 29, 2008 4:07 pm) There's a guy here at work who had two Mark VII's, a 1987 and a 1992. He bought each one when they were a couple years old, so he got a pretty good deal. Ran each one up to close to 200,000 miles. Alas, he then bought a 2000 Lincoln LS, which was a total piece of crap, and burned him so bad that now he buys Acura TL's, and only keeps them to about 50,000 miles, because he just doesn't trust a high-mileage car. |
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Replying to: michaell (Dec 29, 2008 4:37 pm) I remember when our old heap was about 10 years old, the factory tape deck died,so I went to the junkyard for a $10 replacement...I found one in an 86 Tempo diesel sedan with a 5-speed. That car was actually in very good condition and I couldn't see why it was there...now there's an oddity. |
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Replying to: boomchek (Dec 29, 2008 4:07 pm) Those Marks were pretty advanced for late American malaise...maybe the first American with flush headlights.
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Replying to: fintail (Dec 29, 2008 5:35 pm) |
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Replying to: fintail (Dec 29, 2008 5:35 pm) I had an 81 Mazda GLC. It was totally trouble free and fun to drive. It went almost 150K before the floor board began rusting away. My only complaint was that it had thin materials. There were actually finger impressions on the hatch from closing it and the cheap plastics rattled a lot. It also had tinworm, but so did Honda during that period. I'm not too sure about current Mazda's though because they have a lot of Ford parts in them. I don't think they'll hold up as well as a Toyota or Honda will. |
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Sorry, but what's tinworm?
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Dec 29, 2008 7:44 pm) |
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Replying to: urnews (Dec 29, 2008 3:25 pm)
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Replying to: lemmer (Dec 30, 2008 6:22 am) He drove that car for years, then sold it to a coworker, who later sold it to one of his kids. Not bad considering the first month my buddy owned it, the engine blew up with <1k miles on it. Mazda had put the wrong dipstick in the engine, and even though it registered full, it was down three quarts of oil (out of four) and the idiot light didn't work. John almost got rid of it then and there, but in the long haul it turned out to be a "Great Little Car". |
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