"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
05/26/2015 at 11:58 • Filed to: Ford, Exotic
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
05/26/2015 at 11:58 • Filed to: Ford, Exotic | 1
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Something called a Ford Windstar which is a new one to me. Polish plates and seems to be lived in as it’s packed with belongings. Despite the appearance it wasn’t there last week.
Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:03 |
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Ford Windstars are notoriously terrible. Tons of recalls, Ford considered a complete buy back of them a few years back it was getting so bad.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:03 |
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My wife and I found a brand new Prius C in a thrift store parking lot that was clearly being lived in... We were stunned. I mean it was immaculate, waxed, licensed, but the interior resembled a full dumpster.
sellphones2493
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:07 |
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Milky
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:08 |
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Is it parked next to a dust factory? Damn that looks bad for just one week.
Rainbow
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:08 |
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Definitely the least ugly minivan of its era. I’m surprised you hadn’t even heard of it before now, though.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:18 |
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My mom had one of these. What a piece of shit. It was constantly breaking down, had blind spots the size of a moderate country, and the transmission didn’t seem to like to shift. She only had it for a while before trading it in. I think we bought it when it was a year old or so and sold it within a year of that.
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sellphones2493
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:21 |
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It seems like a trend...This was taken last year at the Baltimore Train Station. It was abandoned.
bryan40oop
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:30 |
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Have the front/rear subframe & axle recalls been performed? You can tell easily, should be black brackets and epoxy on the rear axle & control arms. If the rust/corrosion was bad enough you may not have brackets/epoxy, dealer may of replaced the axle,control arms, and upper strut mounts with updated parts. 3rd row seat child restraint recall, check that too. It involves a complete tear down in the rear, its a pain. Also it could of had a torque converter recall, cruise control recall, abs recall. Thats all I can remember about the windstars and their recalls.
Also, check the transfluid/filter. If it’s clean i’d change them. If not, and the trans has high miles leave it. The friction material in the transmission drum/band is bad to break down. It’s better to leave the old fluid with the friction material from the drum/band floating around in the trans then to drain it and put new trans fluid in. You could end up with slippage once you drain the old dirty fluid along with the friction material. Check the intake for leaks/cracks. Ford updated the parts, if it’s been previously replaced you should be golden!
lone_liberal
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:33 |
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I used to own one. It had plenty of issues but it always ran which is all you want from a cheap piece of crap utility/winter beater. It eventually had to go because of a WAF issue. My wife hated it with a passion.
Matthew Phillips
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 12:52 |
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I used to like these back in the day... Till the freestar came out and ruined my day.
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Cé hé sin
> Rainbow
05/26/2015 at 12:57 |
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Not sold outside North America so far as I know. As to how the Polish owner got it, I don’t know. Our biggest Ford is the Galaxy which isn’t a big seller. There’s no viable market for anything bigger.
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> Milky
05/26/2015 at 12:59 |
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It’s under a sports stadium that’s being demolished from the other end. Possibly it had been parked elsewhere and moved as demolition progressed. It’s got Polish plates so maybe the owner is working there. That’s the kind of work Polish guys do, the women work in coffee shops.
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Cé hé sin
> bryan40oop
05/26/2015 at 13:02 |
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I think I’ll pass on a lhd American Ford full of someone else’s junk and no parts availability thanks.
I’d be surprised if any recalls had been done given that it’s a long way from any Ford dealer who would ever have heard of it!
Wacko
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 13:10 |
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none left in north america, they all went back to rust.
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Wacko
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 13:10 |
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ha this one thinks it’s a Camry
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bryan40oop
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 14:04 |
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“I’ll pass on a lhd”
A wat?
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Cé hé sin
> bryan40oop
05/26/2015 at 14:07 |
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One with the wheel on this side:
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Left hand drive
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bryan40oop
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 14:09 |
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Smh, I thought you had the intention on keeping it or fixing it for someone else lol.
ranwhenparked
> Cé hé sin
05/26/2015 at 20:16 |
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You were better off not seeing it. Those things were pretty much junk, even by the standards of ‘90s minivans. I’m surprised someone took the trouble to ship one across the Atlantic.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Cé hé sin
05/27/2015 at 07:10 |
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missing a wiper arm assy