yep, thursday nite i drove home in my new (to me) 99 taurus se...duratec equipped with tilt/slide glass power moonroof, window tints, silverfrost exterior and gray leather interior with front bucket seats and folding rear seats...theres also automatic climate control thank goodness, casette indash and a 6-disc changer in the trunk...the car has the dual outlet exhaust instead of the single tailpipe...looks much cooler me thinks
the car is in excellent condition...went over 64k miles on the drive home and everything works just fine which i could not say about my contour when purchased 2 yrs ago
the duratec 3.0 is oh my damn fun
...finally a taurus that can get out of its own way...it doesn't feel any slower than the 97 v8 sho i test drove over a yr ago...in fact i am more impressed with the power and speed of the 3.0 duratec than i was with the v8 3.4...i can only imagine how quick a 3.0 equipped contour must be
got the car for nearly 4000 dollars less than the sticker price at the dealership due to them having dropped the price online...i worked the deal with the sticker price they wanted (over $11K) and once we had a tentative agreement i let them know that i knew they had the car priced much much lower on the net...got it for <$8k
added a 2/24 ford premium care warranty which covers pretty much everything except me farting in the car and the dealership tossed in an alarm with starter kill at no extra charge...i go back in the morning to have that installed
clicky here fo da pics, yo 
