IF YOUR SEEKING A RELIABLE PIECE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CAN DRIVE A STICK THIS MIGHT FIT THE BILL. MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THIS ESCORT IS UGLY AT NIGHT WHILE IN A TUNNEL. I WAS A DEALER FOR MANY YEARS. OFTENTIMES I WOULD DRIVE THIS CAR TO AN AUCTION AND PICK IT UP @ A LATER DATE. TO OFTEN I WOULD LITERALLY FORGET WHICH AUCTION I HAD DROPPED THE CAR OFF. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. NO MATTER HOW LONG IT WOULD SIT. HOW COLD IT WOULD GET. THIS CAR STARTS FIRST TIME EVERY TIME. LIKE I SAID IT'S NOT PRETTY. BUT IT'S NOT OFFENSIVE EITHER. INCREDIBLY GOOD ON GAS. BURNS NO OIL. RUNS A LITTLE ROUGH WHEN @ IDLE BUT THERE ARE NO MAJOR PROBLEMS. I CAN'T SAY YOU COULD GAS IT UP AND DRIVE TO CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER. IF YOU CHANGED THE BELTS & HOSES I WOULD BET A BUCK TO YOUR DIME THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT TO THE WEST COAST. MANY FOLKS JUST WANT SOMETHING TO GET THEM TO A PARK & RIDE. AN A TO B CAR. SOMETHING FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT. WHAT EVER THE APPLICATION THIS VEHICLE COULD GIVE YOU THE SAME QUALITY SERVICE IT HAS TO ME. THIS IS A NO RESERVE AUCTION! TITLE IS IN HAND!