Well, our second car is the same thing, '92 v6 Taurus wagon. I bought it
a couple of years ago when my SO's subaru wagon that spent too many
winters in Maine started to collapse. I paid $1,700. A few months later
a FedEx truck sideswiped it in front of the house. Just a few paint
scrapes, the sideview mirror glass and the rear bumper off its slides. I
put on a new mirror for $36 and remounted the bumper myself. Because the
scrapes were on several body panels, their insurance 'totaled it' and I
got a check $1,700, so it is, in effect, a free car! The only difference
between their scrapes and the ones already there is that the paint from
their truck is newer. I splurged and bought new tires and 4 wheel
alignment, though, so now it's cost me almost $500. Runs great and will
carry all the stuff and/or people the convertible won't.
It gets poor mileage 'cause it is just used around town and we live up
quite a hill, but it goes so few miles it doesn't much matter. Nice to
know it might get good mileage if it ever goes far.....
I don't have any Pentax equipment, although I do have a very nice
recently CLAed Fujica ST605n. In order to purify myself, I'd be happy to
sell it if anyone needs one of the best of the manual stop-down M42
mount camera bodies. I did a lot of research to find a really good one
(brand, model and instance), then the project it was for sort of fell
apart...... Free IMAGE brand 28/2.8 body cap.
Moose
Michael R. Collins wrote:
>> > I once achieved 33 mpg in a Taurus station wagon...
>>You actually admit to have driven one of those things?
>>Next you'll tell us that you have Pentax equipment too.
>>AG
>>
>>
>
>It's the pre-pre-SUV stage, I think :-). I still drive one ('92
>wagon, 3.0 V6, automatic), though I'm about to dump it for my Dad's
>'89 Corolla wagon which is in better shape with 100,000 fewer kms.
>
>Best mileage was 30.5, average from Atlanta to the Mass Pike, nothing
>on the roof but fully loaded with family and vacation gear. Including
>OM-1n, of course; might have had my wife's PS-35 too :-( .
>
>Michael
>
>
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