Possibley the worst car ever
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Possibley the worst car ever
So I took my xB to the shop yesterday to finally get my back bumper replaced from when that guy hit me well we go to Enterprise and I see a whole bunch of G6's sitting outside and a Taurus... just my luck I get stuck with the Taurus... This car is the biggest piece of crap I have ever driven. It has power seats but no CD player... No matter how you ajust the seat the brake pedal is too close or the gas pedal is too far away... The car's suspension is so loose it feels like you are sailing in a boat it like sways up and down all the way down the road even on a flat highway... Not to mention it has 10 million annoying indicator noises it makes like when you apply the parking break it has a high pitched beep to tell you it's activated. Thank God I only have to have this car for a couple of days it is driving me crazy and it's only been one day. I hate that car so much from driving it yesterday I feel un motivated to leave the house today.
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Rep Power: 297 Sorry to hear that. My first car was a Ford Taurus (1993) and it sucked really bad. Looks like Ford never improved it. You can't say you hate Ford until you driven one! It's a horrible experience!
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Rep Power: 347 I got stuck with one when my car was in the shop...Not only did I get a Taurus, I got an older one with millions of miles. Everytime the car went above 3k, the battery light went on (Alternator) crappy interior, shitty headroom....That was the worst week of my life
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Rep Power: 296 shoulda held out for the g6! my sisters bf had some tranny problems (with a 7th gen, whatdaya know!?) anyways they tried to stick him with a Kia at the rental place! lol. he wouldn't take it and they gave him a g6.
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Originally Posted by manthatguysfast
shoulda held out for the g6! my sisters bf had some tranny problems (with a 7th gen, whatdaya know!?) anyways they tried to stick him with a Kia at the rental place! lol. he wouldn't take it and they gave him a g6.
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Rep Power: 270 I guess I've just been lucky because I have never had any problems out of any of my fords(except for my Econoline that had 310,000 miles).
I'd say the taurus isn't that bad of a car. I know many people that drive them without any problems. Also, you can't judge a car based on a rental car(everyone gives rentals hell).
Besides, everyone knows the two worst cars ever are the Chevy Vega and the Ford Pinto
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I'd say the taurus isn't that bad of a car. I know many people that drive them without any problems. Also, you can't judge a car based on a rental car(everyone gives rentals hell).
Besides, everyone knows the two worst cars ever are the Chevy Vega and the Ford Pinto
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I just never thought anything could ever be crappier then my grandma's Grand Marquis but I guess I was wrong
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Rep Power: 261 take that taurus and **** it up go do some donuts and burnouts with it, drift it a little have some fun with it its a rental car for gods sake i remember when they gave me a rental dumbest idea on there behalf it went back with no ebrake i salmmed on it so much it broke and that thing got so ****ed up all i did was neutral drop it and had my fun
I felt the same way when my civic was in the shop for a month after my car accident and they gave me a Taurus. Taurus's are terrible (I used to have a 1990 and actually preferred it to the 2000s).
But, one benefit was the benchseat which worked out nicely when the girl I was seeing at the time decided she wanted to sit on my lap while parked after a night of clubbing :-) She would've never made it over the stick shift in my civic... plus the seat sits too close to the steering wheel.
On a tangent, I also rented the G6 for a weekend in WI; did a lot of driving cuz i went from Chicago to Madison, and I must say it didn't really impress me. Maybe cuz it was brand spanking new, but the transmission wasn't very smooth at all.
But, one benefit was the benchseat which worked out nicely when the girl I was seeing at the time decided she wanted to sit on my lap while parked after a night of clubbing :-) She would've never made it over the stick shift in my civic... plus the seat sits too close to the steering wheel.
On a tangent, I also rented the G6 for a weekend in WI; did a lot of driving cuz i went from Chicago to Madison, and I must say it didn't really impress me. Maybe cuz it was brand spanking new, but the transmission wasn't very smooth at all.
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i saw since they want to give u a tore *** then give them a broke *** car back.....take it out and beat the holy hell out of it .when my car was in the shop they gave me a new mustang for a rental with brand spanking new tires when they got it back there was hardly any tread left.
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Rep Power: 811 thats like the stupid grand am i drove. the seat had all sorts of bumps and indents that felt like i was sitting on a shoe. it had a huge engine yet felt slower than the civic, had dumb auto headlights, rocked like a boat in turns, and it wouldn't even let me do neutral drop. it just sat there and wouldn't shift til i let off the gas haha
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Rep Power: 340 Some old school Talon wanted to race yesterday I have no clue why I didn't even know the guy anyways we pull off the stop sign I had it floored it was like going 30 it was stuck at 30 for like a minute that Talon owned the Tore-*** haha that car sucks
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Rep Power: 563 they haven't sold the Taurus here in years...and I mean YEARS. They couldn't handle the climate and nobody wanted a big lemon to get stuck in a snow storm with..lol
not to mention they rust almost the second they leave the factory
not to mention they rust almost the second they leave the factory
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Rep Power: 340 That's crazy... I read this is the last year for it here... the Fusion is the replacement for it or something like that...
Ooh good news... the xB should be out of the shop today my mom said... I hope so
Ooh good news... the xB should be out of the shop today my mom said... I hope so
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Originally Posted by Day_Tripper
Ooh good news... the xB should be out of the shop today my mom said... I hope so
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Boo haha you're mean... I need my 40 mpg I don't have much money right now.
Lol, oops. I honestly meant to say "is" not "isn't"
We've actually been busy at work today and I rushed through it.
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From: Orlando by way of Altoona, PA!!!
Rep Power: 288 I hope they didn't rush through the repairs CHECK EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!! when I got my car back it had a paint drip near the lens housing but I said screw it..... plus make sure everything is aligned as bumpers on plastic cars are hard as hell to get to sit straight again....
OH yeah btw my rental for when my bumper was getting fixed was an '06 CAMRY WOOT! hehe all black and smelling good....I got to break in the catalytic converter hehe.....
OH yeah btw my rental for when my bumper was getting fixed was an '06 CAMRY WOOT! hehe all black and smelling good....I got to break in the catalytic converter hehe.....
