[Shotimes] 10 observations from the 1986 Taurus brochure

[George Fourchy]

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 16:50:27 -0500, Donald Mallinson wrote:

>Dual sunvisor WAS very innovative and nice for a low price 
>basic sedan.  Still is a feature you don't see on many vehicles.

>By "Transparent" what do you mean.  The Taurus WAS a true 
>revolution in low price cars when introduced, and still is a 
>pretty fine automobile.

I also very much like my dual sunvisors.  Heck, I added them to my boat after I
found out how easy they are to wire up.  Lexus doesn't have them....!!

The shape of the car was the hardest thing for me to get used to back when they
first came out.  I didn't have any opinion, one way or the other, about the interior
when I first saw one while I was at F-4 school in Kansas in 1986.  But I didn't like
the outside.  I still much prefer the '90-'91 dash to the earlier ones.  I felt the
doors were too light weight, compared to my T-bird when I first got the Lowrider. 
Its doors still shut perfectly, without rattling or slamming (just like the T-bird's
do), all this time later.  When I think back about that, I am amazed at how simple
they are, and yet they work just fine.    (....compared to all those Fischer Body GM
cars with the doors drooping!!)

But the shape sure works.....the Plus from Hell is so happy to be vindicating itself
that it's getting awesome MPG for me on the commute....it's in the middle to high
20s, even in traffic with the a/c on.   Don't ask me how, but it is.  I'm not hot
rodding it, since it has no speedo or tach (right now....it flipped around during
the first jump start), and I don't know how fast I'm going....I'm just cruising with
the traffic.

George