[Shotimes] St.Joseph '99 on AutoTrader

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:10:26 GMT

Except this seems to happen much sooner, and more often than a cam belt breaking.  And one is a design choice, the other is a design flaw...

Kerby

-- "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org> wrote:
Yeah, but wonder how he really feels....

One can empathize with Gen III owners that are forced to deal with
this issue when they express themselves in this manner.  I suppose
the surprise of it to people when they learn about it is the biggest
shock.  From the sounds of this cam weld problem, it's probably no
worse than owning a car with an overlapping (interference between
pistons and valves) cam design when the timing belt snaps?
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Kevin M. Bisch, Pharm.D. said:
> That's funny as hell!!!!
>
> At least he was honest about it, gotta give him respect for that.
>
> --Kevin
>
> At 10:44 PM 4/19/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Sells a lot of insurance that way, too!
>>
>>Should we just send him a bunch of e-mail that says "Who bought the
>>American made POS first?"
>>
>>Kerby
>>
>>At 10:36 PM 4/19/04 -0500, Ron & Dorathy DeReus wrote:
>>>Somebody in St.Joseph, Missouri, isn't very interested in selling
>>> their '99,
>>>it would appear.  And after all that work they went to putting it
>>> on
>>>AutoTrader.com, too.
>>>
>>>Ron DeReus
>>>95MTX
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: S.W.S. [mailto:swsigars@yahoo.com]
>>>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:35 PM
>>>To:
>>>Subject: SHO
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Name: Ron DeReus
>>>E-Mail Address:
>>>Comments: Nice looking car!  I understand that these
>>>V8's have one weakness that can be taken care of
>>>before it fails.  Do you know what I'm talking about
>>>and has it been fixed?  Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>>No. it hasn't been fixed. we were hoping some dumb-ass would just
>>> buy the
>>>american made piece-o-shit! for 7 grand, I think you can afford to
>>> fix it if
>>>it bothers you that much.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>VEHICLE INFORMATION
>>>Make: Ford
>>>Model: Taurus
>>>Year: 1999
>>>Price: 7000
>>>Mileage: 82350
>>>Body Style: Sedan
>>>Color: Black
>>>Cylinders: 8 Cylinder Gasoline
>>>Transmission: 4 Speed Automatic with Overdrive
>>>Doors: Four Door
>>>Stereo: Unavailable
>>>VIN: 1FAFP54N3XA238394
>>>Description: 1999 Ford Taurus SHO. Lady owned &
>>>driven for business use only. All highway miles as a
>>>result of commuting back & forth to
>>>Topeka/Leavenworth, Kansas and surrounding areas
>>>from Saint Joseph, MO where my business is based.
>>>(Licensed Insurance Broker by trade) It has a 90,000
>>>mile factory extended warranty. Non-Smoker! Uses no
>>>fluids. Burns no oil. A couple of miniscule
>>>scratches here & there which I attempted to document
>>>with the digital camera but they don't show up well
>>>in the pictures. This is a very fun & relaxing car
>>>to drive on extended trips. Never been wrecked. Very
>>>reliable car! Questions: email me at:
>>>ammiesigars@yahoo.com or call: 816-279-3243
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