What demand? The VAST majority of car buyers want features.
+1
The new Slate EV pickup has hand-cranked windows, but it is the only vehicle like that in the US marketplace at this point, and this was done just to cut costs, rather than to satisfy an actual demand for non-power windows. Its side mirrors are also manually adjustable, in order to save a few $$.
Similarly, I seriously doubt that drivers nowadays would want to do without A/C, or power seats, or backup cameras, or any of the other modern devices that make vehicles more comfortableâand saferâto drive.
Nonsense !!!
Then what explains a 2000 or so model year Taurus demanding $10,000, as long as the odometer resides below 100,000 miles?
Price and reputation as an extremely reliable vehicle.
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.
If you were to have that 26-year old low-mileage Taurus, youâd be better off keeping it as a spare car or giving it to an NPR-affiliated radio station as a tax write-off
Itâs still got some use . . . but itâs not worth several thousand.
If itâs ultra clean and in tip top shape mechanically, it might warrant a few grand, but youâll still have a very hard time trying to convince someone . . . except YOU . . . that itâs worth more than, letâs say, $2000
we still have a few low-mileage Tauruses of that vintage in our fleet
and theyâre 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 arenât available from Ford, and some of the aftermarket parts are very low quality
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 fleetâs low-mileage Taurus for burger runs 
But I brown bag it, save money and eat healthier 
@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
DIL? Translate
Daughter in law. New generation. Some years ago. Maybe we were talking similarities with computers or something.
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 youâre lying. Taurus was at BEST - AVERAGE in reliability. I can buy 10-20 Taurusâs for $10,000 - if you can find them. Most are in the salvage yards.
I havenât 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.
There are plenty of Camrys and Accords of that vintage still being used as daily drivers here
But VERY few Tauruses, Malibus and Impalas
The U.S. is a huge country with varying geography and climates. Itâs human nature to apply personal experience to a given situation. When it comes to cars, there are widely different environmental conditions across this country. For example, I was visiting my brother who wanted to fix something on his 20+ year old van. He lives in an arid climate and has almost no tools. I was able to remove the bumper using a crescent wrench. Everything was in pristine condition, especially compared to where I have lived. The van was in impeccable shape and no rust to speak of underneath. That same van would be a junker around here and need a blowtorch to remove those bumper boltsâŠ
Apologies if I âcracked your knucklesâ making you type all that out.
Personally Iâm quite allergic to abbreviations and acronyms, and even go so far as to type out the full names of national TV networks (Columbia Broadcasting Service) and federal agencies (Federal Bureau of Investigation) to eliminate any doubt as to their meanings.
I didnt think it was a big deal. Thought was common knowledge.
Yeah i was taught how to write a business letter but i still just use the to, from, subject. I just think it saves time for everyone. I always state the purpose in the first line so a quick look tells you everything without reading two pages. I hope they appreciate it. Life is too short to have to wade through a two page letter to try to figure out what they want. They dont teach that in English class and a lot of trees have died because of it. Im old enough that ill just do what i want. Like what Janie used to say, tough blank said the kitty . . .
I donât know who Janie is a donât care !!!