Original title “Stay dirty. New Used Cars are Junk”© changed without my knowledge. Should be “Registered tree-hugger and Greenie’s” … Not my advice. [The sad reality of used cars #mechanic #automobile #ford #shorts]

[image] ChrisTheTireWhisperer: Then what explains a 2000 or so model year Taurus demanding $10,000, as long as the odometer resides below 100,000 miles? Anyone can ASK any price they want. The only completed sales I found on Ebay for that era Taurus were for $400, $500, and $2000.

@ChrisTheTireWhisperer If you were to have that 26-year old low-mileage Taurus, you’d be better off keeping it as a spare car or giving it to an NPR-affiliated radio station as a tax write-off It’s still got some use . . . but it’s not worth several thousand. If it’s ultra clean and in tip top shape mechanically, it might warrant a few grand, but you’ll still have a very hard time trying to convince someone . . . except YOU . . . that it’s worth more than, let’s say, $2000 we still have a few low-mileage Tauruses of that vintage in our fleet and they’re considerably more expensive to keep going, versus a much newer car anything that old, things will be breaking down frequently. And many of the parts are becoming increasingly hard to get. Many parts aren’t available from Ford, and some of the aftermarket parts are very low quality

[image] db4690: you’ll still have a very hard time trying to convince someone . . . except YOU . . . that it’s worth more than, let’s say, $2000 Exactly right. There are two of that era with under 100k miles that failed to sell, one at $3500 (82k miles) and the other at $5500 (49k miles). And a nutjob listing a '96 with 51k miles repeatedly (and unsuccessfully) for $15,000.

some of the guys use our fleet’s low-mileage Taurus for burger runs :hamburger: :french_fries: :cup_with_straw: But I brown bag it, save money and eat healthier :smiley: @bcohen2010 you need to come to southern california to pick up your holy grail 1997 Camry. I still see several being used as daily drivers

You should start an auto collection: [image]

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Daughter in law. New generation. Some years ago. Maybe we were talking similarities with computers or something.

[image] MikeInNH: [image] ChrisTheTireWhisperer: Then what explains a 2000 or so model year Taurus demanding $10,000 Price and reputation as an extremely reliable vehicle. I had just watched a video on Toyota Grand Highlander when I read your comment and for some reason I read thought you had said Tacoma instead of Taurus. So let me answer the question again. You must be smoking something very special to think a 2000 Taurus us anywhere near $10,000. You are not doing any research and or you did and you’re lying. Taurus was at BEST - AVERAGE in reliability. I can buy 10-20 Taurus’s for $10,000 - if you can find them. Most are in the salvage yards. Value Breakdown for a 2000 Ford Taurus | CarMax

[image] MikeInNH: I can buy 10-20 Taurus’s for $10,000 - if you can find them. I can find them, but not for $500 each (no rust here). If you can buy 20 of them, there must be plenty. [image]

[image] Nevada_545: If you can buy 20 of them, there must be plenty. I haven’t seen one on the road around here in years. I was just pointing out the price discrepancy of the $10,000 Taurus Chris thinks exists and reality.

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