Not really mustang related, but still Ford none-the-less... The odo rolled 200K on the wife's escort yesterday while in Indianapolis. Like a boss.
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98BlackGT
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200k, wow nice. with proper maintnance the ford will last!
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Still runs like a top.
Mustanger
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I have a lot of respect for those Escorts! We have had four in the family & they were very reliable & held up well! We even had a 98 stick shift one that regularly got 42mpg on trips! I like them a lot...I could drag race every stoplight, full throttle starts & shifting hard at redline & never get a ticket! (No one could tell I was racing!) LOL....darned good cars!
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Exactly! Her's is a 98 as well and for a 4 cyl, it has some get up and go! Anytime we take a long trip, we take that car because it does average 40-ish MPG, even it it's old age.
I have it on a regular maintenance schedule. We literally plan to drive it until the wheels fall off.
Goldmember
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Good little cars. My sister had a '92 wagon that cooked one of the exhaust valves (common SPI problem); my dad fixed it and it ran like a top. I liked it. Great on gas and nothing stopped it in the winter. At one point I wanted an Escort GT as my first car.
sn95jones
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Damn you lost that much fuel within one mile?
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Mustanger
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I kept records on the 98 Escort from day one & a coworker did the same for his 98 Civic. The cars were a direct compare in everything! I won the repair battle over a 10 year period not including oil changes...as I had fewer breakdowns & spent less money. I won the quality of construction/materials battle too, my paint looked good as new ...his faded & peeled. Both cars were never garaged. My interior was in better shape also the Ford upholstery looked good his seams failed & the cloth faded.
BUT He won the Blue Book war...his car was worth more than my Escort after ten years... just the mythical perception & good publicity that Hondas are better than equivalent Fords. I never got my friend to agree that my Ford was as good or better than his Honda.
Also, how come they are all bragging about new cars getting 35mpg or even 40mpg now when we used to beat that regularly ten-15 years ago!?? Shoot we have hit 30mpg in our 04 Mach 1....but not often or for long...hehe.
BUT He won the Blue Book war...his car was worth more than my Escort after ten years... just the mythical perception & good publicity that Hondas are better than equivalent Fords. I never got my friend to agree that my Ford was as good or better than his Honda.
Also, how come they are all bragging about new cars getting 35mpg or even 40mpg now when we used to beat that regularly ten-15 years ago!?? Shoot we have hit 30mpg in our 04 Mach 1....but not often or for long...hehe.
Orange 94
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Good ol ford!
2v_takeover
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Used to have a 1985 two door hatch escort. That was the best little car I've ever owned. Great fuel economy, and more than enough space to haul around the snowboard and music gear. Wish I never sold it, had so much personality.
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I had to brake hard and turn off on a side street to take the photo before the odo moved again. The fuel gauges are not the most accurate thing in the world. They can move quite a bit under braking/acceleration.
