Future classic or Crack Pipe? New 1998 Taurus...

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 09/29/2015 at 11:13 • Filed to: FOMC

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Todays CP award goes to this 1998 Ford Taurus. To be fare this is the first car I ever drove (as a rental) that had ABS and it saved my ass on HWY 17 near Santa Cruz CA. Otherwise pretty underwhelming, wallowy suspension, and cheap to the extreme plastic bits for the interior. The 3.0 24 valve motor was about the only redeeming thing it had going for it. At the time 200 HP was huge in a family sedan.

CalzoneGolem > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:20

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Major CP. Could get about half a dozen decent examples for that price.

WiscoProud > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:21

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Crack pipe. For Taurus’ I believe the original SHO will be the only one worth anything in the future, and that's mostly due to the beautiful Yamaha engine.

Wacko > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:22

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no not the catfish taurus I vote CP even if 20$

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:24

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CP. A good-condition SHO that hasn’t been rotting in a warehouse for over 17 years can be had for half that. It’s an almost-base Vulcan car so it doesn’t even have 200 hp. More like 145. You’ll have to drain all the fluids and replace almost all the gaskets to get it back to daily-driver condition.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CalzoneGolem 09/29/2015 at 11:24

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But this car only has 1,466 miles on it and does not come with old person smell.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 09/29/2015 at 11:26

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I don’t remember which car came with the shitty motor and which one came with the 24v motor, I do remember that there was a hell of a difference in performance.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:28

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I clicked on the ad and saw the OHV valve covers. The Vulcan wasn’t necessarily shitty but it was low-power and built for long-term durability. Having 3500 lbs of family sedan to haul around didn’t help.

Transmission is a ticking time bomb even when cared for properly. I could imagine a failure before 10k due to sitting so long.

carcrasher88 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:29

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CP, but not a massive CP.

If it was $5,000, I’d say maybe an NP...maybe.

For this price, it would have to be either a 2005 or newer one (by used car market logic), an SHO, or a first gen Taurus in the same condition and with the same mileage, as the original Taurus (unlike this third gen) was revolutionary and highly influential.

daender > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:30

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Either the angle of lighting is just right or this car had a nose job done without advancing beyond the primer stage.

daender > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:31

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CP, it MIGHT bring that sort of money if it were a SHO of such mileage...but then it’d be an unreliable SHO timebomb for either the timing system or the transmission.

RazoE > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 11:31

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CP even when new.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > daender 09/29/2015 at 11:31

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That has me baffled too, maybe it hit a deer on a test drive or something.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Wacko 09/29/2015 at 11:34

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Catfish indeed!

Wacko > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 12:13

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well you did say it was owned by an old person. I say parking accident.

Manic Otti > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 16:13

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Despite the hate for these when new, I find them relatively inoffensive today. I think I’ve been desensitized by so many other uglier cars these past few years that they look pretty tame by comparison.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/29/2015 at 16:37

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CP

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Manic Otti 09/29/2015 at 16:38

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I used to call them the jelly bean car, every single design element in the car is oval aka jelly bean.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/30/2015 at 06:19

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CP!