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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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Just bought a new Taurus!

My wife and I bought a new 08 Taurus. This car is unbelievable! The more we drive it, the more impressed I am. The 3.5l engine really gets up and goes and you can't even feel the tranny shift. This is just an amazing product from Ford. I would recommend this car to anyone.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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I had no idea they still made the taurus.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:21 AM
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I had no idea they still made the taurus.
The 500 was renamed the Taurus. It is greatly improved with a much better engine and transmission. I have a friend that has one and loves it. It comes very well equipped in the base version (even keyless entry).
 
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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This post is worthless without pics!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by obxredneck
^^^^^ X2!
That's the icon I can never figure out to post!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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I'm not the most computer savy person, so you will have to bear with me while I try to post a picture.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by fordfaninIL.
so you will have to bear with me while I try to post a picture.
So,,, Are we talking,,,
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We have an '08 Taurus, also. We are very happy with it. It replaced an almost identical '05 Five Hundred that ended it's life by cutting down a 20 foot Blue Spruce with the right front door. We liked the Five Hundred so much that our only choice after it was totalled was to get the identical car again.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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Ok guys I hope this works.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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Well, that didn't work. I was trying to post the link for the pics.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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Well, I'll try this again.






 
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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A special thanks to obxredneck for his help!
 
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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Not a bad car.
As a side note, what is it with fender vents? Did we just jump back to the 20s? Buick's going and slapping portholes on everything, Ford's venting their cars and trucks to death........
 
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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Glad to hear you like it I must say these new Taurus's are really nice those and the Fusion's the 500s arent to bad of course thats next thing to a new Mustang those are sweeeet
 
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