>Steve, regarding your inquiry about the Ford Tempo, the one we have
>here in the US has no equivalent in Europe. Be thankful for that.
>
>The US spec Ford Tempo is a shapeless blob of a car that for years
>has been the darling of rental fleets. They are normally seen
>holding up traffic on the Interstates or abandoned by the side of the
>road. The car was Ford's first foray into the realm of aerodynamics,
>and it looks like someone took a 1970s vintage Ford and inflated it
>slightly beyond its normal working pressure. This car spawned a
>whole crop of Fords (Taurus, Contour, US Escort) that look like they
>belong in the Woody Allen movie "Sleeper". The newest Taurus is
>being hailed as a styling tour-de-force, but no one will admit that
>from the front it looks like a crosseyed guppy.
>
>Paul (thank God for sports cars) Kile
>
Don't knock the Tempo... it had it's good points. For instance,
I was able to stay in great physical shape because of my '79. I was
able to get a lot of exercise by walking untold distances to find
help after mine broke down on side of road - most often in the
Summertime in 95 degree heat. The wonderful part of this was that
Ford managed to engineer the auto so that this problem could never
be diagnosed, even by $60/hr factory trained mechanics.
I did manage to loan the car to my daughter to drive, at which point
she mercifully totalled it. Thank you, Lord, for small favors.
Ed in Greensboro, NC
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