The Trabant.  A piece of crap made in the former East Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant
This is the type of car that Ford will announce
tomorrow that it is building to save the company.

ok,
   I have a 97 Mercury Cougar with a 4.6 v8 in it, when you crank the
engine the thing backfires through the throttle body.  Which leads me to
believe that the timeing chain has slipped and its jumped time.  I called a

80K miles on 97 Taurus GL, seems like the lever is stuck in P and doesn't
move. We went to a nearby Meineke mechanic who shortened a wire around the
brake pedal and it solved the problem. However he told us to go to a Ford
dealer so they can fix it permanently.

Hi,
I haven't found any posts in this newsgroup with engine problem I have with my
96 Taurus LX Wagon  (255k kms=160k miles)
There is some srtange noise coming from a valve cover of rear bank of cylinders.

Any comments pro or con about the 2003 Ford Escape?
Is the 4 cylinder sufficient for a hilly area or towing a small 12 ft.
fishing boat. Would appreciate any experiences you have had. Thank you.

See:
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh13287_200
6-01-20_16-16-21_n20317414_newsml
I hope Ford does put something along the lines of the Fairlane concept
on the road.  Of course it has nothing in common with Fairlanes of the

Does anyone know anything about installing the 110v AC outlet in the console
(parts needed, job difficulty)? I have a 2005 4WD without the option, and
I'd love to add it.
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Hi All -- I have a '97 Taurus sedan, 60,000 miles.  Sometimes, when I
hit the acceleration, the car sputters and has minimal power.  Today,
when I was trying to make it up a steep hill, the car really struggled
to make it up and had an obvious loss of power.  Any ideas what the

I got a question the local Ford dealers can't answer, three different
dealers = three different answers.
1995 Explorer Question. If you don't crank the engine the but leave the
switch on, the fuel pump will stop after 2-3 seconds (normal

Hi,
I was wandering if anyone can help, I drive an R reg Escort and recently
when driving on the motorway the speed of the car starts dropping. I
cannot accelerate, the car then starts making a very strange sound, at

I have a 1999 Taurus with about 110,000 miles on it.  I live in the
northeast US.  For the last several months I have been getting a sound
of a loud vibration in the engine of the car.  The noise only occurs
when the car is first started and the engine is cold. Generally it will

What is the convention on using die electric grease on spark plug
wires? I have seen it in the plug boot ends. But what about on the coil
wire between the distributor cap and coil?
My taurus has been building up corrosion on the coil side of the wire

Details on a site:
http://www.autotrue.com/

Consumer Reports Jan '06 Issue Proves My Point on Tire Profiles.
Amazingly some of these utility type vehicles are being fitted with -55 and
-50 tire profiles.  For you out there who don't know what this
specification means, I am referring to the new low profile tires, usually