My Scorpio friend lover my everything (Ford Granada/Scorpio)

Member Name: stilldeva

Product:	Ford Granada/Scorpio
Date:	26/11/01 (407 review reads)
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Advantages: Great handling , safe

Disadvantages: not brilliant fuel consumption

I must first state that I am no mechanical genius, I dont understand gear ratios and torque, so this opinion may be a bit light weight for those of you who really do understand the mysterious world of car mechanics.

I had my Scorpio for 4 glorious years. We met first when my VW estate died following an altercation with a lamp post.

I wanted a new car on the basis I can just about put fuel in the right place and new will have less problems for longer. Good thinking for me .

The when we went to the showroom sitting at the back of the carpark I saw it. A Scorpio 2.9 automatic it was an H reg and my hubby suggested that it might be a little big for me. He felt I was being wooed by the heated seats and the electronic windows and thought a nice new car would be better.

Needless to say I bought it and so began the happiest motoring I have ever had. Heated seats and windscreen may be frivolous but when I had to keep driving up and down the motorway to Scotland when my father was ill through very cold winters they were a God send.

The handling is fantastic I had a blowout in the 3rd lane of a busy M6 and the steering hardley changed atall. I felt totally safe. Even my hubby, who has always said automatics are for lazy drivers, was won over.

For 4 years I had no worries atall then hubby decided to use the car for a trip to London loaded with tools and something very major and very expensive went wrong. Sorry cant be more specific but I did say I was mechanically challenged.

I thought no problem go and buy a new one......but they have stopped making the Scorpio. I have walked the length and bredth of every car showroom I can find and cannot find anything as reliable as stylish or as easy to drive as that was.

Well thats my opinion any suggestions for a replacement would be gratefully recieved.

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