[Shotimes] Looking for an active list.

[Ron Porter]

Good!

There is really almost NO damage! For as much as I "hate" bodywork, I would
even attempt that kind of repair myself.

No disrespect to the folks who love '92-'93 Gen 2s, but those are my least
favorite SHOs. I would get that '95 back on the road and sell the '93 to
someone who likes them.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jonathan Zane
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:10 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.


Ron,  I still have the car and I do plan on fixing it, or finding a very,
very, very, clean, silver with grey interior 95 wagon to drop all of the
goodies in.  Sometimes I still miss my 86 wagon.  The insurance company was
only going to give me $300 for the car... I would have to be insane to let
it go for that, especially being a lower mileage car.

Jonathan Zane
1988 Mustang LX
1995 Taurus SHO
1993 Taurus SHO
1979 F-150 4x4
1989 Ford Festiva
2001 Raptor
www.njfourwheelers.com/jon.html



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Porter [mailto:ronporter@prodigy.net] 
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:00 PM
> To: 'Jonathan Zane'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.
> 
> 
> Just now getting back to old emails after the Convention......
> 
> Man, that '95 was hardly scratched!! I would have kept that 
> car and had it repaired!!
> 
> Where is that car today?? Is it still in a yard somewhere?? 
> Al? Kirk? Sounds like a good buy for a fixer-upper!
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Zane
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:01 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.
> 
> 
> I am a long time SHO fan and Ford Enthusiast.  A few months 
> back I purchased my first SHO, a silver 1995 with 89k miles 
> for $4500.  The car was in pristine condition.  I was very 
> happy to find a car in that condition for the price.  6 weeks 
> later I was hit by a very bad female driver.  Pictures can be 
> seen here: http://www.kc2ena.com/images/accident/.  After the 
> insurance paid for my loss I purchased a white 1993 with 140k 
> miles for $2000.  No where near as nice of a car but it was 
> cheap and I needed wheels fast.  After $1500 in 
> suspension/brake parts and an alignment and this car just 
> does not drive like the 95 did.  It's depressing actually.  
> There's nothing else to replace under the car and it it feels 
> like I'm driving a POS.  The steering wheel rocks back and 
> forth gently under medium to hard acceleration.  The car 
> doesn't seem as stiff as the other one did.  Braking is not 
> impressive, you can see and smell that they get way to hot.  
> The parts I purchased where mostly run of the mill parts 
> except I made sure I got decent struts (Monroe Sensitrac).  
> Can I chalk up my problems as cheap parts?  I use products 
> from the same store on all of my other cars with no problems. 
>  I still have a valve cover, timing belt and tune up planned. 
>  I spent 2 days running wires and installing my stereo system 
> which also involved pulling it from the 95.  I hate doing 
> things twice!  I'm starting to get disgusted with this car.  
> I'm almost to the point of trying to sell the car and 
> hopefully breaking even.  The only thing stopping me is the 
> aggravation of pulling the stereo system and dealing with 
> more DMV bullshit. I still have the 95 sitting in my drive 
> way.  I could fix it as there doesn't seem to be any damage 
> to the frame.  I was hoping to eventually fix it anyway and 
> have both cars.
> 
> Thanks for listening to my story.  Whatever I decide to do I 
> hope I can find some good information here.
> 
> 
> 
> Jonathan Zane
> 1988 Mustang LX
> 1995 Taurus SHO
> 1993 Taurus SHO
> 1979 F-150 4x4
> 1989 Ford Festiva
> 2001 Raptor
> www.njfourwheelers.com/jon.html
> 
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> had a name of kc2ena.gif] 
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