For Sale: One Ford POS

[beladona_took]

Once upon a time I had a shitty little Prizim. It was about 6 years old, had over 100,000 miles on it, dings dents and scratches a plenty. It had good old fashioned manual roll down windows and took at least 10 minutes to cool you down to 90 in the summer. And I never had to put more than an oil change or tune up into it. But an asshole thought it

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[dinaofdoom]

my grandfather, a mechanic, said ford stood for "fix or repair daily".
my poor beat up, fugly car is on its last legs and i am trying to save for a new one.
and by new, i mean "new to me". which of course means the same thing could happen to me.
i have pumped a few thousand dollars into repairs because i couldn't afford to get a new one.
if you can afford it, i would highly recommend it.
don't throw any more cash into the money pit.

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[seeking4hope]

but i still love my fords babygirl. they've always treated us good. that being said, there are lemons out there. worms in apples...
i will pray for you to have wisdom to know what to do. i know you are struggling with this. $1600 is nothing to sneeze at, but the unknowns that come with another car are the same unless you get a brand spanking new one. (which is still no guarantee, but IF you can easily afford it would be fun since you've never had that)

i just wish i could fix it for you

[jadewolf9977]

I grew up around Fords (my dad and grandpa are both Ford guys)--and spent many years listening to my dad gripe and cuss every time he had to work on them. My first car (a hand-me-down from my dad) was an '85 Ford LTD. By the time I got rid of her 3 years later, I'd had to replace the radiator and hoses, a motor mount, the alternator, the battery, and a head gasket. Not to mention that it blew a hole in the engine block right as we drove it into the car dealer's lot the day we decided to go new car shopping, heh.

Our next car was a '93 Mercury Tracer (yes, we bought another Ford-family vehicle. No, I apparently didn't learn my lesson the first time). That one had issues, too. I "let" my ex take it in the divorce, and I haven't bought a Ford since. *grin*

I *have* heard that the only good Ford vehicles out there are the trucks, though. How awesome would that bee, to see you drive up in an F150 or something? Now THAT would be hot. ;-)