Car situation is driving me crazy :eek:

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Sep 30th 2010, 8:07 am

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helwardman

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Re: Car situation is driving me crazy :eek:

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Originally Posted by Octang Frye

My brother-in-law put diesel in his gas car... Ouch.

Not sure how he managed that, as a diesel nozzle is wider than a gas filler tube and, as such, wont fit.
That way you can't put diesel in a gas car, but you can put gas in a diesel car.

Sep 30th 2010, 8:08 am

#32

avanutria

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Re: Car situation is driving me crazy :eek:

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Originally Posted by Bill_S

I'll jump in and say that my 1998 Ford Taurus made it to 120,000 mi before I got rid of it. It became a money pit after 100,000 so I threw in the towel. The first 100,000 were fine, the final 20,000 not so much.

broken controls - check
rust - check
parts getting scarce & expensive - check

I'll be interested to see how long mine (well, the Mercury version) lasts. It's got about 80,000 on it now and is a 2002 model. No rust or broken bits so far - though I did have to replace a seatbelt which had lost its ability to retract.

I had a 98 Taurus when I moved to the UK in 2004 - sold it three days before my flight. I think it had about 94k on it, but a lot of it was highway as I'd taken many cross country road trips.