[Shotimes] Hold it a minute.....was: Re: SHO replacement

[DAVE]

I'm not trying to start anything here.......Matter of fact I agree with George and Don on the issue of the Taurus. And after my little 400 mile day trip Saturday and the fact that I'm using it as a daily driver most days so I'm putting on about 400 miles a week. I love my Taurus I think the car is just so wrong in so many way's. 4 doors sleeper look the Three of us Saturday had no problems bending the speed law to the tune of 120. And that's why I love it so...............But and here's the but and it's taken directly from Shotimes.com
The SHO engine rarely suffers serious mechanical trouble; the rest of the car is, well, a Ford.
You know if you read that it really makes the SHO engine sound great the rest of the car a POS. And in my travels I've talked to owners with the Yamaha emblems and the biggest reason for the purchase was to get Ford off the car I'm going to say mostly the younger owners tend to do that.......but still.
So if your reading Shotimes.com and run across this paragraph as a new to the SHO community. what your getting out of it is. Great engine. Rest of the car is,well,a Ford. And no matter how many times I say that outloud or to myself it still sounds bad.
So whoever wrote that little one liner probably does not belong either.....for that fact that writer belives it and the reader tends to agree.
Dave
 

Rick Glass <rick@pitroadproducts.com> wrote:
DAYUM......
I would tend to think it takes alot to get Don to ask someone to leave.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who gets pissed about the constant
bashing of our beloved companions.


Rick Glass
Nashville, TN
SESHOC
'99 Silver ...now 53k...(these freakin' things add up fast )
Flowmaster Original 40's
no "pre-muff/no resonator
will be Kirk'd in August

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Hold it a minute.....was: Re: SHO replacement


> To the SHO/Taurus basher(s):
>
> Have you ever owned a car before that you tried to keep
> running this long? (assuming you even own an SHO/Taurus)
>
> The problems mentioned are all valid things that happen to
> these cars. But the "fleet" here on SHOtimes is 17 years a
> lot of the time, and these cars have been used hard.
>
> Just getting back from the convention, we had three or four
> cars from the 120 or so (20 just came to look, 100+
> registered) that made the trip, many from the east coast,
> that had failures. All but one I think got solved and are
> going to live to run a lot longer. One will need a new motor.
>
> From any group that doesn't trailer to their conventions, I
> would say that is a good result.
>
> Rust? Sure you can find rusted examples, but the Taurus
> doesn't rust out strut towers unless it has been severely
> mistreated, and LOTS of newer cars I see on the road
> routinely rust worse than the Taurus.
>
> Aero? The 1986 Taurus was WAY ahead of the curve, a very
> bold move for Ford. The 1996 version was at least 5, maybe
> 10 years ahead. Style is a very personal thing, but the
> original Taurus looks a LOT more modern today than anything
> built in 1986-1989 that didn't cost at least twice as much.
>
> We know more about these cars than any typical owner. If
> you weren't plugged into this group, it is doubtful that you
> would have access to the entire list of problems, and not
> every Taurus/SHO has every problem. Even if YOUR car has
> had every one of them, you still have it? Then if you don't
> like it, why keep it and keep spending money on it? For
> most of us the answer is that there just isn't anything out
> there to replace it, at least for anything close to
> reasonable money.
>
> Nobody here ever said the Taurus/SHO is perfect, but it
> holds up better than many of the cars sold the same years,
> and it outsold most of them by a wide margin. Since you see
> more of them beat to an inch of their life, you notice the
> bad ones more than other makes.
>
> I doubt if the bashers have ever been to a convention. To
> see 100+ of these cars, almost all of them in near showroom
> condition (with lots of miles, almost zero trailer queens in
> this group), you realize how much people love this FWD
> four-door sedan.
>
> Anyone that continually bashes the car on this list has
> proved one thing, they don't belong here. Everyone here
> realizes the many possible faults/problems the car has, we
> know it better than you do. Go start your own list to
> bad-mouth the car if you wish, but you won't find converts
> here, like British car owners, we know the problems, live
> with them, fix them and then take a drive and smile.
> Knowing we are still probably spending less money than
> people with other cars.
>
> Think the Taurus is the only car that rusts, and has things
> wear out? You can't possibly believe that. The Original
> Taurus is safer than many other cars built today as far as
> crash testing, and the fact that so many are still there for
> you to cuss at says that they last a long time.
>
> Seriously, if you or others hate the car that much, then
> your only reason for being on this list of the others where
> people love the car is to cause trouble.
>
> It is time the rest of us ignore these people so they can go
> away and start their own hate list. The rest of us know
> what we have, and enjoy it, warts and all. The bashers will
> never understand. To co-op a great Jeep saying:
>
> "It's a SHO thing, you obviously don't and can't understand"
>
> So please leave.
>
> Don Mallinson
> President
> SHO Club
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