1993 Mercury Sable/Ford Taurus 3.0L - NOT Super High Output

[ihartmacz]

Performance: 3
Handling: 4
Practicality: 10
Reliability: 9
Cost to own: 9
Feasibility of Sexual Encounters: 10

Performance:

There are two engines available for the Taurus/Sable. The engines available are:

3.8L V6: "Essex" 140HP / 210ft-lbs
3.0L "Vulcan" V6: 140HP / 160ft-lbs

The Sable I was driving was equipped with the 3.0L.

Performance was decent, but for a heavy car the 3.8L is a good choice for people wanting 50 more foot-pounds of torque. There's use able power all over the rev band.

The transmission used is synchronized - meaning that it cannot skip gears.
Example: 4-3-2-1 NOT 4-1

These transaxles have major problems and can fail often. This is because it has to shift more then other transmissions.

There's not a lot to say about performance. Not good, not great - just okay.

Handling: Hahaha. With turning comes a lot of body roll. Steering is about as numb as you can get. My Buick's power steering was more tight than the Sable's; you could literally just toss the wheel and it would turn.

This is great for relaxed driving. Easy to cruise and chill.

Practicality: You can't get much more practicle. Lot's of room and lots of places to store things. There's a standard airbag for the driver only. Speedometer only reads to 85mph.

Reliability: Car always started when it was needed. Had to replace the rear caliper because it was seized. Other than that, no problems.

Cost to own: Cheap. Parts are cheap and gas is cheap since it's pretty easy on it.

Feasibility of Sexual Encounters: Bench seats! Lots of places to put condoms and the seats fold pretty flat. You almost have all the room you need to get "your shit going" in this car.

[Rope-Pusher]

If yo not sho 'bout it, why did yo waste yo tom postin' bout it?

[94Corolla5Speed]

If yo not sho 'bout it, why did yo waste yo tom postin' bout it?

Give this guy a medal for most hilarious newbie

[potownrob]

It took me a while to figure out why soap on a rope thought ihartmacs wasn't sure about his car experience. I even re-read the post looking for where he says he's not sure about something. Then I saw the thread title and laughed. Poor kid must've missed the 90's (not to mention the 80's) .

[AHTOXA]

Seems like you rated it pretty high. I had a '90 (or '91?) Taurus back like 6-7 years ago. That pile of dung was in the shop every Friday. Fuel pump, 3 transmissions, a number of alternators, batteries, subframe, you name it... Only had 80 some thousand miles on it, too.

[vedran]

overall, this car sucks. lol

my girlfriend's mom has one and it's a pain in the ass. brakes go out often (probably due to being too small for a big hunk of metal), transmission has been replaced at 40k, and there's strange sounds and creaks.

i think she's finally ready to give it up

[theholycow]

(probably due to being too small for a big hunk of metal)

I had to look it up. It sure is obese for a 1993 model. At 3600 pounds, it's only 200 pounds short of a 1993 Crown Victoria! The Taurus started in (1986?) as a futuristic car and indeed ushered in a new era, the end of corners and lines in favor of [relatively] sleek curves on even the most dowdy of vehicles. 1993 was the height of lightweight cars, before the safety race and horsepower race heated up. Saturns (they were all small and all plastic) and Ford Escorts were all over the place and SUVs were still known as "trucks" and driven only by people who actually needed to go off road; soccer moms were driving station wagons and minivans. WTF was a Taurus, a mid-size family sedan, doing weighing 3600 pounds in that world?

[AHTOXA]

i think she's finally ready to give it up

[ihartmacz]

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i think she's finally ready to give it up

HHAHAHHA

[potownrob]

(probably due to being too small for a big hunk of metal)

I had to look it up. It sure is obese for a 1993 model. At 3600 pounds, it's only 200 pounds short of a 1993 Crown Victoria! The Taurus started in (1986?) as a futuristic car and indeed ushered in a new era, the end of corners and lines in favor of [relatively] sleek curves on even the most dowdy of vehicles. 1993 was the height of lightweight cars, before the safety race and horsepower race heated up. Saturns (they were all small and all plastic) and Ford Escorts were all over the place and SUVs were still known as "trucks" and driven only by people who actually needed to go off road; soccer moms were driving station wagons and minivans. WTF was a Taurus, a mid-size family sedan, doing weighing 3600 pounds in that world?

I think its first year was 85. My friend's mom had either an 85 or 86 Taurus wagon 5 speed - yes, they did offer a 5 speed manual on the first gen Taurus. I vaguely remember something about my friend's mom saying they only came on the wagon due to something with the extra room under the car; might be mixing that up with something else, or maybe she was misinformed. As far as I know that Taurus wasn't too troublesome. She bought a 95 Taurus on year-end special once the 96 models came out to replace the older Taurus. Not sure how that one fared but it didn't have too much of a chance since my friend had crashed it lo later than 98. My step mom had a 92 Taurus which was nothing but trouble but was pretty quick (3.8 litre). It was cool they offered the 3.8 on the GL and not just the LX models. You could tell the 92 Taurus from later ones by the grey bumpers. I thought it looked cool.

[RITmusic2k]

Why did the thread title get changed from 'SHO' to 'Super High Output'? Did someone have an issue with the acronym?

[Rope-Pusher]

SHO 'nuff.

[potownrob]

Why did the thread title get changed from 'SHO' to 'Super High Output'? Did someone have an issue with the acronym?

If yo not sho 'bout it, why did yo waste yo tom postin' bout it?

[RITmusic2k]

Aww...

Rope-Pusher doesn't count... that was wit, not misinterpretation!

[Rope-Pusher]

Aww...

Rope-Pusher doesn't count... that was wit, not misinterpretation!

I do too count, all the way up to three-digit numbers. I can add, subtract, multiply and do gosintas, too. I've had 21 years of schooling and next year they're gonna pass me on up to the middle school. Did you know the short bus has a stickshift?