Bought The 2008 Taurus.....!!!
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I have not used for water spots, but have for many other purposes and that stuff work on just about everything. I did recently pick up some Meguiars Glass cleaner and have been pleased with it so far.
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#37
Been a busy week at work, so I haven't had much time to do anything with the Taurus. Not a fan of the combination key and FOB, so I ordered a few of the old style transponder keys with the separate FOB's and got them programmed up.
Also ordered a set of Lloyd protector mats, but haven't opened the box yet. If the wife decides to take the car for her new daily driver I'll probably spring for a set of Weathertech mats.
Washed the windows tonight and realized they have a ton of hard water spots -- I'll get to work addressing that issue in the next day or two. Probably use some Barkeepers Friend.....???
Also ran it up on some ramps tonight to check out the underside of the car -- it looks as clean under there as a new vehicle right off the dealer lot.....
Also ordered a set of Lloyd protector mats, but haven't opened the box yet. If the wife decides to take the car for her new daily driver I'll probably spring for a set of Weathertech mats.
Washed the windows tonight and realized they have a ton of hard water spots -- I'll get to work addressing that issue in the next day or two. Probably use some Barkeepers Friend.....???
Also ran it up on some ramps tonight to check out the underside of the car -- it looks as clean under there as a new vehicle right off the dealer lot.....
#38
Yes -- it spent the first 8 years of it's life in Gordonsville!
#39
Actually, you're right -- she's only driven it about 1/2 mile from where the transport dropped it off back to the house! Virginia is one of the states where the license plates stay with the owner, so it arrived in Texas without any plates on the car. Managed to find time to get a temporary tag for it late last week but never found time to load up the family over the weekend and do an inaugural cruise!
I took it for about a 30-mile run on Sunday morning, but I was solo.....
#40
No decision yet, but I'll be pretty surprised if she doesn't elect to drive it. I have already told her there is a list of things I need to do to the car before we begin driving it (full detail, flush and fill the coolant, and I want to check to see if it is under the Takada air bag recall) so I wouldn't expect it to be put into daily service until late-July to early-August.
I'm really torn -- when you see how clean this thing is (according to the previous owner it has never been driven in the rain) it's really a shame to place it into the hands of my wife, who views a vehicle as nothing more than transportation and could care very little about what happens to it. Once she takes over as the primary driver it will soon have door-dings galore and bumper-scrapes up the wazzoo!
It literally kills me to take a car that has been as well-cared for as this one and give it to the spouse because I know exactly what will come next.....
I'm really torn -- when you see how clean this thing is (according to the previous owner it has never been driven in the rain) it's really a shame to place it into the hands of my wife, who views a vehicle as nothing more than transportation and could care very little about what happens to it. Once she takes over as the primary driver it will soon have door-dings galore and bumper-scrapes up the wazzoo!
It literally kills me to take a car that has been as well-cared for as this one and give it to the spouse because I know exactly what will come next.....
#41
No decision yet, but I'll be pretty surprised if she doesn't elect to drive it. I have already told her there is a list of things I need to do to the car before we begin driving it (full detail, flush and fill the coolant, and I want to check to see if it is under the Takada air bag recall) so I wouldn't expect it to be put into daily service until late-July to early-August.
I'm really torn -- when you see how clean this thing is (according to the previous owner it has never been driven in the rain) it's really a shame to place it into the hands of my wife, who views a vehicle as nothing more than transportation and could care very little about what happens to it. Once she takes over as the primary driver it will soon have door-dings galore and bumper-scrapes up the wazzoo!
It literally kills me to take a car that has been as well-cared for as this one and give it to the spouse because I know exactly what will come next.....
I'm really torn -- when you see how clean this thing is (according to the previous owner it has never been driven in the rain) it's really a shame to place it into the hands of my wife, who views a vehicle as nothing more than transportation and could care very little about what happens to it. Once she takes over as the primary driver it will soon have door-dings galore and bumper-scrapes up the wazzoo!
It literally kills me to take a car that has been as well-cared for as this one and give it to the spouse because I know exactly what will come next.....
Last edited by KingRanchCoy; 06-28-2016 at 08:14 PM.
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#43
The other thing I have thought about is letting her use it until I no longer feel comfortable running the Cavalier as my daily driver and then I would take the Taurus over as my new ride and let her get something else. By then it would probably have enough "hickeys" that I wouldn't feel bad using it as my work vehicle, but yet would still be reliable enough for the kind of traveling I do in my job.
I will say the car rides like an absolute dream -- if we decide to make it our new "family hauler" it will be a dramatic upgrade in luxury over her '05 Escape -- for a fraction of the price of a brand new vehicle.....
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#45
Well, I will be turning the keys to the Taurus over to the wife on Friday. Been spending the last month or so when I have found time to go over the car from top to bottom fixing the little things that needed attention (coolant flush, new battery, new wiper blades) and giving it a complete detail. The car as it sits right now is absolutely flawless and has only 3507 miles on the odometer, but once I hand the keys to the wife it will be all downhill from here.....
The woman simply doesn't care about vehicles and will park the thing next to the skankiest looking car in the parking lot if it will save her three steps going into Target. I think her parking lot at school is the worst -- narrow spaces and women teachers getting out of their cars every morning carrying an armload of bags while trying not to spill their Starbucks. Can you say, "door dings up the wazzoo"......
I know they always say you should never fall in love with something that can't love you back, but somehow I always manage to fall in love with cars.....
The woman simply doesn't care about vehicles and will park the thing next to the skankiest looking car in the parking lot if it will save her three steps going into Target. I think her parking lot at school is the worst -- narrow spaces and women teachers getting out of their cars every morning carrying an armload of bags while trying not to spill their Starbucks. Can you say, "door dings up the wazzoo"......
I know they always say you should never fall in love with something that can't love you back, but somehow I always manage to fall in love with cars.....
Last edited by ddellwo; 08-11-2016 at 12:12 AM.