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Hardwareman
11-05-2007, 10:11 PM
Well the Mercury Mistake is done and gone! Down the road and out of my hands! I sold the thing for a mere $700.00 to some one who thought it was the car of his dreams!

The check engine light was on and the stupid O/D light was flashing off and on but the car did run pretty well. The engine is absolutely without a doubt mechanically sound, it's the tranny I was worried about. The thing started off like a snail but once it reached 25mph or above it moved like a gazelle. Fortunately for me the car is currently smogged at the DMV so all the guy has to do is show up with the transfer fees (possibly insurance) and he has a perfectly legit ride.

Now I have enough money to get my Ranger out of impound on Thursday (11/08/07) and move on with my life.




Allen
predator
11-07-2007, 05:55 AM
congrats!!!


i have had a couple of vehicles that i wish i hadn't, always made me feel good when i saw them puttering down the road...(or being pushed on a trailer!!!)
ozzy85
11-08-2007, 02:23 PM
That's funny. When I worked at a Ford dealership, we used to call that car the Mercury Mistake, too. Then there was the Exploder, the Ford Expire, the Tortoise...
Hahnsb2
11-08-2007, 03:00 PM
That's funny. When I worked at a Ford dealership, we used to call that car the Mercury Mistake, too. Then there was the Exploder, the Ford Expire, the Tortoise...
You forgot the Excuse and Exposition. Cant remember the nickname for the Excursion :icon_confused:
MAKG
11-08-2007, 03:31 PM
You forgot the Excuse and Exposition. Cant remember the nickname for the Excursion :icon_confused:

I was always partial to the F**kup (Focus).

I drove a rental Expire once in San Diego. Very appropriate nickname; the bloody thing could hardly make over the Coronado Bridge.
ozzy85
11-08-2007, 04:58 PM
I'd seen a few of those Expires come into the shop on the hook. The Bic Disposable lighter of cars.
4x4RangerGuy
11-12-2007, 10:15 AM
The head salesman at my shop likes to go out and by Escorts for really cheap and sell em for a good profit...they've gotten the nickname of Escrat and for the Taurus we've got Taurats.
Hahnsb2
11-21-2007, 03:00 AM
The head salesman at my shop likes to go out and by Escorts for really cheap and sell em for a good profit...they've gotten the nickname of Escrat and for the Taurus we've got Taurats.
LOL I've also heard the name "cli-taurus" :sexe:
booblinker
11-21-2007, 04:40 PM
I think The aspire is the perfect name, becasue it aspires to be a real car
Sunk
11-21-2007, 10:21 PM
Don't forget about the F**kus and Taur-ass.

I too have a car Im trying get rid of. It was a mistake in the first, but so was the trade that I traded for it. Oh well...