My best friend's brothers car.
Its a good looking beater with a heater. Been in Charlotte NC for most of its life. No rust, or rusty fasteners seen
V6, leather, power everything. Newish pirelli tires, 21 daye coded battery. Runs and drives great, no known accident repair, ac is broken. Unknown what or why. It was my best friend's neighbors car for about 100k before his brother bought it, and she maintained it well.
Clean and clear title, and we can pick you up at the airport if you want to do a fly and drive for a cheap non rusty daily.
Its $3500 to make it go away. That was his bottom dollar, ill keep it for less price.
Ipp do anything i can to coordinate getting it to you.
I had the Taurus X, which is the SUV version of this, and it was a sweet riding car and was way more competent than it had any right to be. I think they're based on the Volvo S80? Anyway I bet the sedan version is even better. With the free Forscan software on your laptop you can do just about anything on it so this is a very good DIY friendly vehicle. The only achilles heel might be the water pump which is a huge pain to replace.
Actually, do you know if this is a CVT or the 6-speed auto? The 6-speed auto is great and very reliable; the CVT is not.
Looks just like my wife's old 500...man that was a great car. My little girl (3yo at the time) cried when we sold that car "why is that man taking our car!!?" That being said, $3500 is probably a little steep, from experience. Good luck with the sale.
On the A/C issue, there is a pressure regulator (I think) that goes bad and needs to be replaced in the compressor. If the A/C works at speed, that is likely the problem.
In reply to dculberson :
Normal automatic. Had to call the owner....
Dusterbd13-michael said:
In reply to dculberson :
Normal automatic. Had to call the owner....
That must be a 4-speed. The 6-speed didn't come out until 2008.
In reply to Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) :
Not to question your authority but https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/PowerSearch.do?action=noform&path=1&year1=2006&year2=2006&make=Ford&baseModel=Five%20Hundred&srchtyp=ymm&pageno=1&rowLimit=50 say 2006 offered a 6speed auto (as well as a cvt that should be avoided.)
I had a driver who used a 2007 (w/ 6 speed) and it was a workhorse. Highly recommended. Also, enormous rear seats. I jokingly called it the SUV disquised as a sedan.
I just caught a Steve Magnate video about one of these today. Assuming he is correct, FWD models had the conventional automatic, and AWD had the CVT.
In reply to eastsideTim :
That's an over simplification. AWD stayed cvt longer. Fwd could be cvt or gears. I think by 2007 all fwd were gears. Look at the various years on fueleconomy.gov
These and their kind are a highly overlooked vehicle. A number of reasons including naming confusion and riddled with cvt issue.
2005-2007 is named Five Hundred w/ 3.0L
2008-2009 named Taurus w/ 3.5L
2010+ is a body refresh Taurus
There is also a Mercury version that started a Montego and renamed Sable.
Great highway cruisers that can really seat 5 full size adults.
Having owned a 2014 Taurus, which is essentially the same car underneath with some cosmetic and interior refreshing, I can confirm that they are very good freeway mile-eaters. And the trunks on them are immense. Downsides, the center console is quite wide, the dash feels far away, and overall, the interior is not as roomy as it should be, considering how large the car is.
I did test drive a Freestyle once with the 3.0 and CVT, and I would classify it as "barely fast enough to keep up with traffic". Not the slowest thing I've ever been in, but certainly pretty pokey. In contrast, the 2008 Taurus X we had with the 3.5 and the 6-speed was almost a closet hot rod. Especially for the time, it was pretty darn quick for a big family crossover.
In reply to Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) :
Interesting that you should comment about the big console and "small interior." I always felt when the car was refreshed for 2010, the interior got smaller. The felling of smaller is that the 2010+ has a "way to wide" center console and somehow, the rear seat ended up with less legroom.
So, just moments ago, I pulled up some specs:
2005 Ford Five Hundred:
EPA interior volume: 128.1 cu.ft
Cargo capacity: 21.0 cu.ft
2010 Ford Taurus:
EPA interior volume: 122.3 cu.ft
Cargo capacity: 20.1 cu.ft
Random classified ad picture of a 2010 Ford Taurus:
Picture of this 2006 from above:
