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2008 Ford Taurus New Owner Reports

103 messages,  Last post on Nov 01, 2008 at 9:06 PM

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Re: My Folks... [rotary] by thegraduate
Jun 17, 2008 (10:30 am)
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Replying to: rotary (Jun 17, 2008 10:29 am)

It was a demonstrator/loaner car. And yes, $17k for SEL with Leather, Convenience, Safety/Security, Moonroof. 13k miles for the particular car they drove.
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ronsmith by marsha7
Jun 17, 2008 (5:06 pm)
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Not to beat a dead horse, but are you sure that diesn't mean HALOGEN lights rather than Xenon lights, which are HID???
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Re: ronsmith [marsha7] by ronsmith38
Jun 17, 2008 (6:11 pm)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jun 17, 2008 5:06 pm)

After checking, the bulb types come in both Xenon and Halogen. The suffix may be different for the two types. Searching the internet I find Xenon lamps mentioned for the 2008 Sable in the specifications on several car sites. However, I don't see it on the Mercury site. The 2007 Montego specs on the car sites also listed Xenon lamps.
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Re: My Folks... [thegraduate] by rotary
Jun 17, 2008 (10:25 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Jun 17, 2008 10:30 am)

That makes sense. I thought it was new. Or maybe a demo with 3k or 4k thousand miles on it.
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Re: My Folks... [rotary] by thegraduate
Jun 18, 2008 (8:10 am)
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Replying to: rotary (Jun 17, 2008 10:25 pm)

Nope. You must've passed over the part of my post that said : "They may even get a program car; the dealer had nearly a dozen with 12-15k miles on them."
 
No problem.
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Mercury Sable. by mschmal
Jun 21, 2008 (7:38 am)
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The headlights are projector style Halogen bulbs, not xenon.
 
Mark.
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Taurus/Sable differences by terryd
Jun 21, 2008 (11:01 am)
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Are there any qualatative differences between the two models for 2008. We are considering the Limited or the Premier, and the salesman said it is only a badging issue with sheet metal the only significant difference. Appreciate your insights.
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Re: Taurus/Sable differences [terryd] by thegraduate
Jun 21, 2008 (12:07 pm)
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Replying to: terryd (Jun 21, 2008 11:01 am)

The salesman is correct. The Sable has some styling tweaks versus the Taurus (different trunklid/taillamps, front-end styling), but otherwise should be pretty much identical to drive.
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Re: ronsmith [ronsmith38] by ryster
Jun 22, 2008 (4:22 am)
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Replying to: ronsmith38 (Jun 17, 2008 6:11 pm)

The 2007 Montego definitely has HID Xenon headlights. We have a 2007 Montego Premier with HID headlights. The one drawback is that with the HIDs we don't have daytime running lights.
 
It is surprising that the Sable goes back to halogens. Must be a cost cutting measure?

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