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stronghold ◊ 2006-06-16 22:44	It's one of those Ford ...compact thingey's.!! (what a surprise..it's hoods up.! ) -- Last edit: 2006-06-16 22:45:36
stronghold ◊ 2006-06-16 22:49	..The guy in the Chargers got the right idea .... Put that heap out of it's misery.!
Kowalski ◊ 2006-06-16 23:25	stronghold wrote ..The guy in the Chargers got the right idea .... Put that heap out of it's misery.! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! THAT IS SO TRUE! BTW: It's a Ford Tempo -- Last edit: 2006-06-16 23:25:45
Snookie ◊ 2006-06-16 23:37	1989
stronghold ◊ 2006-06-16 23:38	Kowalski wrote HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! THAT IS SO TRUE! BTW: It's a Ford Tempo I knew ..what it was...but I thought that name was ...Unmentionable.!
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-17 02:42	Gay-ass Charger freaks should go to friggin' hell! You guys will never understand, I own a Tempo and I know how good they are, you don't so there for you don't know. My 89' Tempo LX AWD has NEVER ever not started, not matter how cold it is. Its nevers slipped and has the most comfortable ride I've ever riden on. -- Last edit: 2006-06-17 02:57:19
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-17 02:58	Sometimes I wish I didn't have a different taste in car. I'd be nice just to like the same old cars as everybody else so nobody would take advantage that I like a inferior car.
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-17 03:00	Oh ya, and the trim is LX. Not GLS (lacks sport look), not L (no chrome), not AWD (lacks AWD badging) and I don't think it is a GL, looks to up-scale for a mid-class trim.
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-17 03:03	stronghold wrote It's one of those Ford ...compact thingey's.!! what a surprise..it's hood is open You can say "Tempo". Unless you're mentally ill, I don't think that it is that hard to say. My Tempo has never had a mechanical problem, in fact it has never had any problem PERIOD. And it is 17 years old! Not a scratch, dent or fender bender. Handles better then a 04' Chevrolet Venture or any other of you European toys that you call cars! -- Last edit: 2006-06-17 03:04:01
qwerty_86 ◊ 2006-06-17 06:27	You really can't judge Ford's trim level by their appearance. They did some crazy things with their options in the '80s and '90s. Like some Taurus GLs came with everything the LX came with standard and the some SE models were about as equipped as a low end GL.
Alexander ◊ 2006-06-17 11:09	Explorer4x4 wrote Gay-ass Charger freaks should go to friggin' hell! Wasn't it you who said "I never use bad language"? Explorer4x4 wrote You guys will never understand, I own a Tempo and I know how good they are, you don't so there for you don't know. ... We all have understood that you like your Ford and Oldsmobile, and that is fine. No one would pick on you if you kept it to yourself for a while. Become an expert for those cars you like and help identifying them. How many of us, apart from you, talk about their cars all the time? Now, please, think about it.
antp ◊ 2006-06-17 11:17	On Tempo pages, he can talk about his car
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-17 16:50	There was no Tempo SE model. L (base, no chrome, very rare and mostly for commercial use), GL (a step up from the L with more options), LX (luxury trim, tilt steering wheel, power windows etc.), GLS (sport model) and AWD (has a AWD badge thats hard to miss). No qwerty, you don't talk about your cars all the time, you talk about my favorite cars and if you look back on what everybody says on Tempo's, it isn't exactly positive. I've kept my temper but it is getting hard to.
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-17 17:06	I've been keeping to myself for awhile and it hasn't done me any good.
DIEHARD ◊ 2006-06-18 00:46
qwerty_86 ◊ 2006-06-18 08:36	Explorer4X4 wrote There was no Tempo SE model. L (base, no chrome, very rare and mostly for commercial use), GL (a step up from the L with more options), LX (luxury trim, tilt steering wheel, power windows etc.), GLS (sport model) and AWD (has a AWD badge thats hard to miss). No qwerty, you don't talk about your cars all the time, you talk about my favorite cars and if you look back on what everybody says on Tempo's, it isn't exactly positive. I've kept my temper but it is getting hard to. I was talking about the Taurus and using the SE as an example of how weird Ford does it's optioning.
stronghold ◊ 2006-06-18 10:20	Explorer4x4 wrote My Tempo has never had a mechanical problem, in fact it has never had any problem PERIOD. And it is 17 years old! Not a scratch, dent or fender bender. Handles better then a 04' Chevrolet Venture or any other of you European toys that you call cars! ..(here we go again.! )...Okay i'll lay off the Tempo (..for the Moment.!) ...but generally speaking ... You just can't compare American cars ...against ..european cars ..for handling ... I love my muscle cars...but at the same time ..I know ..that against a Ferrari ..aston martin ..or any other decent Euro-coupe ... they just don't stand a chance on any race track (unless it's a straight ahead drag strip ... or a oval banked circuit..like Nascar racing) ...It's again ...been proven ..over & over ..in european/GB road test magazines...that (up until the last couple of years..).. Yanky cars ...don't like bends/corners etc... they were made for Long highway cruising & extra wide american street (if placed on a European street ...the "Little car" ..can run rings around them ... most Hot hatches ...are even faster than them..also.! (VW golf GTI ...Peugeot 206 GTI...etc...) ...I don't especially Like these Euro cars...But I do know what they are capable of.! Your comparison ..of the Tempo ..against a Chevy venture.?? ..what does that prove...One tank...can handle slightly better than another.! ..also the fact that your Tempo has lasted without any problems ...can be attributed to any ammount of factors ...who's owned it...how hard its been driven ..has the owner had it regularly serviced...etc.. ANY car can be kept running in Perfect condition ... if cared for properly ... ANY owner..of ANY car...can make this claim ... But I bet ...that there are More bad/broken/run-down/un-cared for models...than Mint/Perfect examples.!
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-18 15:08	I see your piont, but my Tempo was kept in very poor condition before I got it. It was kept in leaky shed (see profile for picture) and it was not serviced regularyly. Kids played in/on it and it was a real mess when I got it, but it still ran.
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-18 15:23	Stronghold>I know I can't compare European cars with American cars, but its hard not too.Europeans are perfect at making exotic/sport cars and compact cars, but there is no comparison with American pickups, SUVs, wagons and minivans.
knghtmat ◊ 2006-07-04 20:44	That's a Tempo GL as most of them were, I know because we had a 90 Tempo GL same color and everything except it had grey interior and even for a front wheel drive car in good condition those cars will get up and go.
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-08-16 02:57	No, it is not. Not all Tempos were GLs. 14" Polycast rims the Tempo is riding on. These were optional on LX Tempos and GLS Tempos. But the GLS has a blacked out grill, and this is obviously not one. Oxford white was availible on all Tempos and Topaz'.
chargerpunk ◊ 2006-08-19 03:17	the charger was the baddest and the meanest of the muscle cars,even though 74 wasnt its best year, it was still a charger and this modified one just goes 2 show u how sinister this car really is.
crossroads ◊ 2006-08-25 04:32	http://www.break.com/index/ghost_rider_gets_car_stolen.html Actually, don't take a Tempo for grandid, it can be taken in a second.
qwerty_86 ◊ 2006-08-25 05:33	ROTFL! Great video!
antp ◊ 2006-08-25 14:40
stronghold ◊ 2006-08-25 15:20
wickey ◊ 2006-08-25 15:49	rotflmao -- Last edit: 2006-08-25 15:49:25
BryanE ◊ 2007-06-17 11:01	Explorer4X4 wrote No, it is not. Not all Tempos were GLs. 14" Polycast rims the Tempo is riding on. These were optional on LX Tempos and GLS Tempos. But the GLS has a blacked out grill, and this is obviously not one. Oxford white was availible on all Tempos and Topaz'. I have a 92 and a 94 Ford Tempo. Both of which are GL. Both have the Polycast 14" rims. The 92 is equipped with Tilt, AM/FM Cassette, Power mirrors, Door Locks, Remote trunk and Gas release, Intermitent wipers, Rear defrost and Air Conditioning. The 94 is equipped with all the same options with the addition of Power Windows, Power seat and Cruise Control. Just saying my 94 GL seems to have all the LX Options...
Skid ◊ 2007-12-01 22:33	stronghold wrote You just can't compare American cars ...against ..european cars ..for handling ... I love my muscle cars...but at the same time ..I know ..that against a Ferrari ..aston martin ..or any other decent Euro-coupe ... they just don't stand a chance on any race track (unless it's a straight ahead drag strip ... or a oval banked circuit..like Nascar racing) ...It's again ...been proven ..over & over ..in european/GB road test magazines...that (up until the last couple of years..).. Yanky cars ...don't like bends/corners etc... they were made for Long highway cruising & extra wide american street Too.....many.....periods. And what kind of American cars do your European mags test? 1960s vintage muscle cars, comparing them to modern European sports cars? Try comparing '60s vintage muscle cars to '60s vintage sports cars, and you'll notice less of a gap, if one at all. A 1970 Mustang Boss 302 was capable of outhandling a Ferrari 365/4 of the same year, and many more muscle cars were quicker (none could combine the Ferraris COMBINATION of speed and handling, but then again they costed half the price). And in the modern day...Compare the Corvette Z06 to any european car. Any of them. None can match its overall performance in it's price range, and few can better it in ANY price range.
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-01 23:20	@Skid: no, the European magazines compare the actual US-cars (the very few ones, which are available over here) with the European of the same class (size, version, shape or whatever). And in nearly all tests, tests made by different magazines over several decades, the quintessence of testing US-cars is: "Big engines. Brakes and suspension not good enough for high speed or sportive driving. Too high fuel consumption. Bad workmanship. Cheap compared with the European rivals, but too expensive for their performance." As a summary in three words: "big and primitive". Even the owners of US-cars don't deny this opinion (or prejudices). A colleague of mine can compare these theses very easily. He owns a 1989 Corvette and a 1987 Mercedes 500 SEC. Similar sizes of the engines, but that's all. He points out, that the difference of the quality and reliability is exorbitant. Sometimes a very few US-cars don't justify these opinions - but these very few exceptions aren't able to change the opinions of the majority of the European car-enthusiasts. In 1993 I made "autodriveaway" across the USA (13 000 km within 20 days). I drove at first a Ford Explorer, then a Ford Taurus, then a Chrysler Voyager, then a Buick V6 (the model under the Park Avenue) and at least a Pontiac Sunbird. The days before, I had a Chrysler Saratoga as a rental car. Nice and relaxing driving - when you drive like Americans do. But when I had tried the -more sportive and faster- European style of driving, I have been mad and pissed - with all of these cars. Too soft suspensions, very bad tires (unbelievable, how many blasted tires you see on the US-Highways), and -the main thing- an impudence of weak and powerless engines. The Buick V6 with 3 liters has not even reached 180 km/h, the Taurus neither. In Germany the customers would smash the face of the sales-manager, if they would get such big, but weak cars. Cars in BMW 7 Series- and Mercedes-S-Class-size. After I drove with the Sunbird (a 1985 model) for just 3 hours top speed (ridiculous 150 km/h), all lamps on the dashboard like "check engine", "oil", "water" and "service" (or something like that) were flashing. Back home after that -fascinating- trip across 20 US-States I went to my car ( /vehicle_56535-Volkswagen-K70-Typ-48-1970.html but in orange) drove around the village and have said to myself "Aahh, what have I missed the German quality and technology" -- Last edit: 2007-12-01 23:22:54
stronghold ◊ 2007-12-01 23:38	I was about to reply to Skid's comments, but Ingo has said it all Exactly! (even better than I could have said it.!) I've got a few road tests of comparably priced usa cars vs. euro cars, and always the the american car cannot compare (sorry but that's the way it is.!) A road test comes to mind of a 70's 5.0 litre mustang vs. a smaller engined euro ford capri (the mustang was getting beaten and out-classed in all areas)
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-01 23:46	When you read buyer's guides in classic car-magazines, even for the popular powerful Muscle-cars like: /vehicle_2159-Ford-Mustang-1968.html /vehicle_2075-Dodge-Charger-R-T-1968.html -also for me the most interesting US-cars every- it's written: great, powerful, fascintation, georgious (and so on) cars - but strictly avoid high-speed-driving. The engines will not survive it. And the Mustang -even the Shelby-version- has problems with weak brakes, so drive smoothly." So where are the muscles of the muscle-cars?
Skid ◊ 2007-12-01 23:59	Ingo wrote A colleague of mine can compare these theses very easily. He owns a 1989 Corvette and a 1987 Mercedes 500 SEC. Similar sizes of the engines, but that's all. He points out, that the difference of the quality and reliability is exorbitant. A C4 Corvette doesn't match a top of the line Mercedes from the same time period in build quality. I don't deny that. I also didn't say it was universally true of all American cars. Quote Sometimes a very few US-cars don't justify these opinions - but these very few exceptions aren't able to change the opinions of the majority of the European car-enthusiasts. That's because the majority of European car enthusiasts have never driven American cars. Some have never even seen them. They just prefer to roll naked in photographs of Jeremey Clarkson and at best scoff at American cars, at worst outright ignore them. Quote In 1993 I made "autodriveaway" across the USA (13 000 km within 20 days). I drove at first a Ford Explorer, then a Ford Taurus, then a Chrysler Voyager, then a Buick V6 (the model under the Park Avenue) and at least a Pontiac Sunbird. The days before, I had a Chrysler Saratoga as a rental car. Great. You drove one decent truck (the Explorer), one decent but bland sedan (the Taurus), and three more American cars that outright suck, and this is what you base your opinion of all of them on? Quote The engines will not survive it. ROFL...find me any engine in the world with the long-term durability of the typical American pushrod V8. Look at U.S. NASCAR racing...500 miles at a time running at over 10,000 rpm with almost no blips in the throttle, and the engines can be run multiple races with no overhauls. I don't bash cars by their nationality, because to do so is simply closed-minded. There's no magical aura over a particular nation that ensures that every car it builds is the same way. I just get tired of American car bashing, or statements like "American cars can't handle," especially when said statements are made by Euro-car snobs that (in most cases) have only seen three or four American cars in their entire lives. That would be as dumb as me saying "European cars can't accelerate," then producing my own experiences with a Volvo 244 GL and a Peugeot 505 STi as proof of it. (For the record, I'm not suggesting that you two are said snobs, I was just stating that I hear too much from them. Go to YouTube and type in "American cars" and you'll see what I mean) -- Last edit: 2007-12-02 00:19:44
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 00:38	Skid wrote That's because the majority of European car enthusiasts have never driven American cars. Some have never even seen them. O.k., it's not easy to get US-cars in Europe (Sweden and Switzerland are a bit exceptional), but -if you want- you can find them. But mostly the Europeans, especially the Germans, have not the idea to look. Cadillacs and big Chevrolets (the US made, not the Korean Daewoo-scrab, which is sold nowadays under the name Chevrolet in Europe) are standing at the bigger Opel-dealers - mostly somewhere in the background, one or two car. A friend of mine is a sales-manager at an Opel-dealer. He told me, that to offer an Cadillac is a waste of time and showroom-space for them. Such one: /vehicle_26388-Cadillac-Eldorado-ETC-2001.html was standing in their show-room for nearly 3 years, until they could sell it. After 1998 Mercedes Benz has tried to sell the Chrysler-range in their shops. After a very short time the Chrsyler-cars were going back and back in the presentation-lines in the show-rooms and selling-areas. Also the choice was getting smaller. At least they let the old Chrysler/Jeep-dealers, which were existing still before 1998, try to sell the Chrysler/Dodge-model-range. Not far away from my home-village is the BRABUS-headquarter. They also offer Chryslers, but less and less per month. This was obvious a long time before the divorce of Mercedes and Chrysler some weeks ago. The repustaion of Chrysler was always low in Germany. Car-freaks with a bit historic knowledge have the image "Chrysler" with that cars: /vehicle_37506-Chrysler-180.html -on tow, what a coincidance /vehicle_77004-Simca-1307-C6-1976.html /vehicle_4076-Talbot-Horizon-1981.html and /vehicle_136837-Chrysler-Sunbeam-1979.html - all with a desastrous reputation of their quality, reliability and rust-conservation. On the same way actually is Chevrolet. GM destroys that old name, which had a little bit reputation in the past with that garbage: http://www.chevrolet.de/modelle/modelle-ueberblick.html Yes, the actual Chevrolet-range in Germany is in orign Daewoo-made! And that car, /vehicle_137776-Lada-Niva-2121-1977.html a Russian creation from the 70ies, technicially based on that car: /vehicle_57698-Fiat-124-1966.html is actually sold in Russia under the name Chevrolet either.
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 00:42	Skid wrote Great. You drove one decent truck (the Explorer), one decent but bland sedan (the Taurus), and three more American cars that outright suck, and this is what you base your opinion of all of them on? Sorry, Skid, but I think, my experience with US-cars is quite big, compared with the most other European drivers. And I drove the cars, which were o nthe road in that time - very often on the road, really popular, you can say. I think, the average of usual cars is the main thing to cause your opinion, not a very few high-performance-cars, which you usually can only see in car-magazines.
Skid ◊ 2007-12-02 00:49	Depends on what you mean by "average." The Taurus and Explorer have long been top sellers. The Sunbird sold well because it was cheap...no more, no less. The Park Avenue sold about as well as other Buicks, but its quality was considerably lower. The Caravan/Voyager sold well due to its utility, but it has long suffered from poor reliability, particularly in the transaxle. I'm not only talking about exotic cars: There are common cars here that don't suck. Most of the new ones are surprisingly excellent. EDIT: This discussion is getting long, I'll see to moving it to the forums. -- Last edit: 2007-12-02 00:51:32
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 01:15	Skid wrote ROFL...find me any engine in the world with the long-term durability of the typical American pushrod V8. Look at U.S. NASCAR racing...500 miles at a time running at over 10,000 rpm with almost no blips in the throttle, and the engines can be run multiple races with no overhauls. Oh, no problem, that's very easy. Just a very very few examples for European engines with a faboulous reputation, well known for long life, extreme mileage and strongest quality: /vehicle_73827-Mercedes-Benz-180-W120-1957.html (nearly nothing can reach the reputation of that engine) o.k., that is in the same class: /vehicle_82200-Mercedes-Benz-190-D-W110-1962.html /vehicle_57203-Mercedes-Benz-220-D-W115-1972.html /vehicle_136244-Mercedes-Benz-220-D-W123.html But other mothers have also cute daughters: /vehicle_35905-Volvo-122-S-P120-1962.html I read in my classic-car-magazine, that such a car is the actual mileage-world-champion, owned by a man in New Jersey or somewhere in that region: /vehicle_130051-Volvo-1800-E.html It was getting the champion, after the former was destroyed by an accident: /vehicle_78897-Volkswagen-1100-Typ-1-1949.html A former neighbour of me got this third gold-needle in 2005 (one per 500 000 km) for his car: /vehicle_60402-Mercedes-Benz-280-S-W108-1968.html Due its big reputation for long life and exorbitant mileage still very popular in the deepest Africa: /vehicle_85080-Peugeot-404-Diesel-1967.html its successor, too: /vehicle_131394-Peugeot-504-Diesel-1971.html Abnormal mileage with an high-performance sports car? No problem: /vehicle_117843-Porsche-911.html GM-cars, but popular for their robust engines: /vehicle_52787-Opel-Rekord-1955.html /vehicle_18622-Opel-Rekord-P-1958.html /vehicle_132206-Opel-Kapitan-1951.html Ford Germany was not in the same class. The most reliable Ford was: /vehicle_62152-Ford-Taunus-G73a-1950.html Even behind the Iron Curtain in the Eastern Block high-mileage-qualified cars were made (a few, not over all years, but finally the were made): /vehicle_22527-EMW-340-1952.html /vehicle_12050-Skoda-Octavia-1959.html @Skid: enough for the moment? -- Last edit: 2007-12-02 01:23:00
antp ◊ 2007-12-02 01:19	For engine reliability, you can add Renault 21, and probably Peugeot 505 (maybe not for the engines that were used in US models) and Citroën BX.
Skid ◊ 2007-12-02 01:30	You might want to revise that a bit...the almost mileage leader that was totalled in an accident was a 1963 Plymouth, not a 1949 Volkswagen. Ingo wrote Enough for the moment? Not nearly. How about some actual feats from these engines, instead of just posting links to pictures of them and saying "they're reliable?" And do it on the forums, please. Apart from antp's insistence from keeping long discussions in the database, I'm not comfortable participating in long discussions here due to the layout.
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 01:44	In my opinion the this forum is clearlier arranged than the discussion-forum. Anyways, I don't know why, but my Login to the forum doesn't work any more.
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 02:02	A nearly totally German-made car, but the American name is a reason, why it cannot not be sold: /vehicle.php?id=75634
antp ◊ 2007-12-02 15:51	Ingo wrote In my opinion the this forum is clearlier arranged than the discussion-forum. But forum has less size limitations than this database. Ingo wrote Anyways, I don't know why, but my Login to the forum doesn't work any more. I will reset your password to be the same as the one of the site, so it should work -- Last edit: 2007-12-02 15:51:44
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 16:23	@antp: Thanks, now it's working again. Was something wrong or was I too stupid?
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 16:26	Sorry, it's not working! I've logged in now three times, always "login successfully proceeded" - but on the following page, the main-page, it's still written "login"
Ingo ◊ 2007-12-02 16:36	Strange, it's working anyways. It shows still "login", but postings are possible.
antp ◊ 2007-12-02 16:40	Yes the login button is always visible (part of the menu). But at the bottom of the page you should see "connected as: ..."
Mr3GTP ◊ 2008-02-16 10:25	knghtmat wrote That's a Tempo GL as most of them were, I know because we had a 90 Tempo GL same color and everything except it had grey interior and even for a front wheel drive car in good condition those cars will get up and go. Definitely a GL; I own an LX. That one lacks the woodgrain & cloth door panel trim, as well as the black-centered wheels. Also, no pull handles on the doors. I can provide pics if necessary....
ScoobyDoo82 ◊ 2008-03-01 19:41	1990-91 Tempo. 88 & 89 had different center caps.
Crown Vic guy br ◊ 2011-09-26 22:40	Explorer4x4 wrote You can say "Tempo". Unless you're mentally ill, I don't think that it is that hard to say. My Tempo has never had a mechanical problem, in fact it has never had any problem PERIOD. And it is 17 years old! Not a scratch, dent or fender bender. Handles better then a 04' Chevrolet Venture or any other of you European toys that you call cars! WOW ! Your compact sedan handle better than a minivan, this is amazing!
train68 ◊ 2017-12-04 00:58	When the Charger breaks off the Tempo's door, the father just disappears. I know the scene is saying that the car killed him, but if you watch closely here http://pics.imcdb.org/0is151/wheelsterror132wk.5903.jpg, you'll see that the car clearly missed him. And yet, after the Charger breaks off the Tempo's door, the father is completely gone. I guess he just bolted off like a roadrunner, leaving his daughter to get sexually abused by the Duel wannabe. -- Last edit: 2021-12-10 08:21:09
GodzillaFan54 ◊ 2021-10-13 23:12	Brand-new Tempo broken down on the shoulder, huh? Given what happens to these two, Found On Road Dead indeed!

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