For those who know me: the Taurus wagon ("touring") era just ended

[Jim_75Sahara]

As Ted Baxter might say: "Well, it all began...........   "   - -  In this case, we needed a larger family car in 2001. We sold our rusty '89 Corolla and bought a new 2001 Sage Green Taurus SES wagon in June of that year. We used it for car-pool duty, family road trips and as Mary's go-to-work-car. In the Summer of 2010, Mary was involved in a stupid accident caused by an old coot going 66 MPH in a 35 MPH zone, hitting 4 other cars as he mindlessly sped along. At 175K miles, her wagon was totaled. We were not flush with money then, even after the paltry check from the insurance co. I cruised CL and found her a white 2001 Taurus SES wagon with only (!) 106K miles on it. I was super-confident that all it needed was a bit of a clean up and a little bit of love. The "White Whale" made it to 206K miles, by then with Mary's niece, Megyn, at the wheel. That car ate up lots of parts and labor; it was a rarity in that it had pristine brakes, shocks and tires when we last saw it! Unfortunately, head gasket problems caused her to sell it to some poor soul for $400. In 2014, Alec (my son) desperately needed a replacement for his crapped-out '93 Camry with well over 200K miles on it. I found him - - what else? -- a gold 2001 Taurus SE wagon off of CL. For the sum of $2000, we had ourselves a Ford of questionable lineage, but, hey, it worked! We poured quite a few parts and labor charges into this one until at 185K miles, the fluids were mixing in a way that they most certainly should not. Failure being imminent, we headed to CarMax and to the Nissan dealer to shop for low mileage Altimas. The mighty Taurus touring was worth $300. Damn, that's wonderful, you've got our attention we thought! Anyhow, now he is the owner of a lightly used 2014 Nissan Altima. All is right with the world. Now, we need to get my daughter Veronica a decent car.... She said 'no' to yet another Taurus wagon btw.

[M3M3]

three is the limit?  LOL!

[Jim_75Sahara]

For some reason, I enjoy rescuing elderly Taurii. I found my minister friend a silver 98 Taurus a few years ago and he has had very good luck with it. It's time to move on after 25 years...