I have owned my SHO since 1996 and have been very happy with it. As long as you keep on top of it the maintanence is not bad. Unfortunately nice cars are harder and harder to find. Many kids learn that these Taurus' are cheap and fast and beat the hell out of them with no maintanence. My 92 has 121,000 on it and is driven daily by wife and I have no worries about her being stranded. The car has only broken down on me once that it needed a tow and that was all my fault(broken axle powershifting 1-2). Comfortable on the highway, mid 14s at the track, and a solid feeling car when you drive it. I went to trade it in on a 98.5 SVTC and I drove it and left in my SHO....The SVTC felt like a Honda to me. It did not feel anywhere near as solid.