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Re: 3 car seats [budi] by 06stang
Oct 12, 2008 (10:24 am)
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Replying to: budi (Oct 06, 2008 12:11 pm)

Like beach15 said, check out the Taurus! Very nice, comfortable car. Not sure where you live, but in my area you can get some pretty good deals on one too. Spacious interior, huge trunk, 6 speed trans. Many standard safety features. Good car for the money.
 
The Malibu is more fun to drive, but with 3 car seats I'm thinking the Taurus will be a lot more convenient and useful.
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Re: 3 car seats [06stang] by bohemia1
Oct 13, 2008 (8:23 am)
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Replying to: 06stang (Oct 12, 2008 10:24 am)

I agree on the Taurus. We have the 2005 Freestyle which is the previous name for the present Taurus. The CVT transmission failed at 15k miles, so stay away from the CVT, if it is still offered. We now have about 35k miles. Other than that, it is a great vehicle with plenty of room, but still gets decent mpg, although acceleration in the Freestyle version does suffer a bit. I would definitely consider it.
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by etcarroll
Oct 13, 2008 (8:39 am)
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I thought the Ford 500 is now the Taurus..
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Re: [etcarroll] by guss
Oct 13, 2008 (9:34 am)
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Replying to: etcarroll (Oct 13, 2008 8:39 am)

The Freestyle is now the TaurusX, the wagon version. You are right the 500(sedan) is now the Taurus. Ford thought they were making it easier to recognize the names.
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Should I buy? by deckdog
Oct 14, 2008 (2:21 pm)
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Hi All,
A local dealer has an 08 Malibu LT2 on his used lot with sunroof, BS moldings, and mat pkg. There is 14 miles on the car with factory window sticker still on it. List is $24,570. Sale price $21,997. When I questioned him he said the car came from out of state and had $1150 in hail damage which has been repaired. You can't tell it ever happened. Also saw the repair order for the damage. He said they had to sell it as used because of that. I figured invoice at $23,366. Does this sound like a decent deal or colud I do better? Will be trading in my 05 Malibu LS on it. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
the deckdog
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Re: Should I buy? [deckdog] by vanman1
Oct 14, 2008 (5:15 pm)
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Replying to: deckdog (Oct 14, 2008 2:21 pm)

Given you will get an almost full warranty, it seems like a great deal to me. Hail damage would only be superficial, should have no impact on how the car runs.
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Re: Should I buy? [vanman1] by kplacer
Oct 14, 2008 (5:33 pm)
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Replying to: vanman1 (Oct 14, 2008 5:15 pm)

I'm not sure the deal is that great. There would be a factory allowance on leftover '08s that would take that price down anyway.
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Re: Should I buy? [deckdog] by guss
Oct 15, 2008 (3:20 am)
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Replying to: deckdog (Oct 14, 2008 2:21 pm)

I would guess that when Gm had the employee pricing that would have sold new for about $22,500. For a $500 saving I would pass on it, but for another $1000 off I would be interested.
 
I would check with the dealer about the warranty on the paint. I think the hail damage and repaint will void the paint\corrosion warranty.
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by rik4
Oct 15, 2008 (4:51 pm)
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i would do a carfax on the car it might have come from texas and been in the flood.
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Should I buy? by deckdog
Oct 15, 2008 (5:36 pm)
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Carfax is clean. The car came from a dealer in Louisville, Kentucky.
the deckdog

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