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Both cars were bought new and had the regular services.
Which may or may not be the case with the original poster's vehicle. In any event.... once a vehicle starts showing symptoms of requiring major repair work then it is indeed time to consider finding something else. You'll rack up amazing amounts of money to keep it running which cancels out any ability to save for a new one.
Without seeing your car, I would say that a ten year old Taurus with 110K is pretty close to the end of its life anyway, and your first priority should be to find a replacement car. Your '01 is probably not worth putting a lot of money into for repairs. Get yourself a reliable car, and then take your time dealing with the legal issues in getting restitution from the repair shop.
I've owned 4 Taurus' over the last 20 years, and all of them went 200,000 miles with a minimum of unscheduled maintenance.
Without seeing your car, I would say that a ten year old Taurus with 110K is pretty close to the end of its life anyway, and your first priority should be to find a replacement car. Your '01 is probably not worth putting a lot of money into for repairs. Get yourself a reliable car, and then take your time dealing with the legal issues in getting restitution from the repair shop.
I drive a 01 Taurus daily. 188,000 miles and going strong. Average 29-31 mpg highway every day, so 110K is no where near the end of life. I see 300,000 by the time my son gets his license as that is the car he wants.
Without seeing your car, I would say that a ten year old Taurus with 110K is pretty close to the end of its life anyway, and your first priority should be to find a replacement car. Your '01 is probably not worth putting a lot of money into for repairs. Get yourself a reliable car, and then take your time dealing with the legal issues in getting restitution from the repair shop.
I don't think any car made in 2001 is near to end of life at 10 years/110K miles, unless it was abused or totaled. Where did you get that idea from? Wait! Don't bother to answer that! I can guess the answer.
Back to the OP's question. Did you drive the vehicle to the dealer with the water pump belt missing or did you tow it? If you drove it, then you are most likely at fault, if you towed it then the dealer would be at fault for not fixing what you told them to fix. Nevermind, this thread is over a year old.
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