Ford Probes

[Chanman420q]

Does anyone know anything about these cars? I found a 93' that seems to be in great condition, and according to the guy who owns it says it is. The only thing im wheary about is the millage, 170k but he wants less than 2,000 dollars for it. Thats right down my alley:p Any feedback from anyone who has had these cars or knows anything about the reliability etc would be nice. Im going to go look at it Monday night and ill make my desision then, but i wanna know things to look for.

heres the picture

http://www.wantaddigest.com/photolib/APEEK03A00002.jpg

[Bobbs07]

I think they look cool and that they also make them in "gt" editions.. But i kinda always wanted to know more about them, there is always a few for sale around here cheap.

[2K400ex]

I have a 93 probe gt.. i havent had any problems out of it.. it has 138k on it and it runs strong. very quick lil car too

[Samson]

Originally posted by Chanman420q
Does anyone know anything about these cars? http://www.wantaddigest.com/photolib/APEEK03A00002.jpg

Brother got an '89 new. Just sold it about a month ago. 200+k miles. Solid car. The 4-banger was built by Mazda I think.

[Chanman420q]

this ones a 2.6 v6 5speed

[SGA]

I have never heard any real problems about them and as far as I know, they are good cars.

[Moded86R]

Yeah they are pretty good cars.My buddy has them on and off for about the last 3 years.He had 2 or 3 of the earlier models and a 96gt with a v6 5 speed.


One of them was a 91 with a 4 cylinder 5 speed.It looked like crap.He ran the living crap out of that thing.And it never blew up.He grenaded the 5 speed though.Got another one from a junkyard threw it in and kept running the crap out of it.That car went WAY past redline about 3 times a day atleast.



The 96 was a nice car though.The only thing I didn't like about it was at 70mph it was atlike 3 grand in 5th gear.Wonder what gear ratio that thing has?It didn't get to great of gas mileage because of that.But that thing was pretty quick off the line.It is only car I have seen get up to 110 on this one.And the includes an L98 camaro.And a 71 nova with a built 350.My truck probably could have when I had my 350 in it.But I couldn't get it around the corner at the end of the straight.Plus I don't think I would do it anymore anyway.

[kicken250x]

one of mine and my bros friends has one and it has treated him pretty good. he has totaled it 3 times and still drives the hell out of it! id say they are really nice cars for no more than u can get one for. just watch it ur friends will start calling u/it the "anal probe":macho

[A4StrokeGuy]

I currently own a 97Gt probe and i love it. Do not buy an autmatic, they've been known to have shifting problems. You must realize if u live somewhere where u get large amounts of snow you'll have to get snow tires, the fatties that come on it blow goat balz in snow. Mine is pushing 140k miles and still running strong, i also average around 25mpg on usually drive conditions, but if stay on the highway and off the gas i have gotten around 30 mpg. U can get large amounts of power out of it with a Borla exhuast and a few little mods. Its an all mazda car basically, you can buy parts for it at either a ford or mazda dealer. If you have any questions feel free to ask or cruise over to www.probetalk.com very imformative site on probes.

[Foxyangel0425]

I had one way back when----horrible in the snow!! Expensive to fix and just horrible! Bad experince with mine (95 SE)

[Chanman420q]

well im going to look at it monday so we'll see then

[speedy400]

my sister has one, its sitting by the garage right now, its a 1990 5 speed v4. Never had any problems except the muffler rusted out. It seems real reliable if ya drive it right.-darren

[Disaster]

Well i dont know about the milage my uncle had one and it was right around that milage and the motor siezed couldnt do anything with it after that. So I dont know whatever u like i guess but thats alot of miles for those cars.

[northeast400]

From a shops stand point they are great car, they alway need some thing. I see more of those and 3.8 liter Ford taurus than any other car. I know I manage the shop

[chucked]

my buddy has one with 70k miles, its been in the shop more then out, it gets bad miledge, and its slow

[kilabeez0]

GARBAGE!!!

my ex had a 93 4 banger auto. went thru 3 complete tranny's. but that's an auto for ya. same problem with the taurus SHO's.

[killed300ex]

my freind had one i think it had the v6 with a 5 spd. He never had the problem definitly try to find gt and with a standard trans. Pretty quick problems. HE bought a catback exaust system for it and holy crap do they get loud with the right exaust. It was almost to loud ( wait thats not possible nevermind)
killed

[Chanman420q]

well it seems to go both ways, the guy just replaced the distribitor, the alternator, battery, and the exhaust. and im gunna get it under 2gs, really id only have the car max for another 3 months, my rents are buying me a car as soon as i get all my grades passing, i just need a way to work mainly.

[Chanman420q]

do these things have a turbo in them? its the 2.5 liter v6

[chucked]

Originally posted by Chanman420q
well it seems to go both ways, the guy just replaced the distribitor, the alternator, battery, and the exhaust. and im gunna get it under 2gs, really id only have the car max for another 3 months, my rents are buying me a car as soon as i get all my grades passing, i just need a way to work mainly.
then why are you gonna waste your money?

[Willfulone]

Make sure you have a compression test done...they are known for bad top ends

Otherwise a good car

Peace
Willfulone

[kilabeez0]

no they dont have turbos. the turbo's were the old body style and were turbo'd 4's. those were pretty quick, (did i just say that?) the newer style went to V6's.

[Chanman420q]

Originally posted by chucked
then why are you gonna waste your money?

Go read my post again, it says why

[chucked]

Originally posted by Chanman420q
Go read my post again, it says why
how do you get to work now?

[Chanman420q]

Originally posted by chucked
how do you get to work now?

walk or bum rides off of friends.

cant do that forever

[Guy400]

It's a Mazda MX-6 with different skin...

northeast400, I had 2 Windstar's (2001 and 2002) with the 3.8's in them. Is this the same motor/tranny combo as in the Taurus's? My van's were company vehicles and I lost transmissions in both of them. Ran OK until about 30,000 miles and they started slipping badly. The dealer said the auto tranny's in the Windstar's were notorious for going bad and he insinuated that it was the same tranny as in the Taurus cars. All I know is that I've had nothing but bad luck with my last 4 Ford vehicles. The only one I never had any trouble with was a 1997 Aerostar with a 3.0L.

[chucked]

Originally posted by Chanman420q
walk or bum rides off of friends.

cant do that forever
u said someone is buying u a car in 3 months? whatever if you want to waste money go ahead. I got a brand new scooter ill sell u for 1500, can get up to 125 mpg and goes 60 mph. im gettin one this summer for work unless I get a new job

[Chanman420q]

Originally posted by chucked
u said someone is buying u a car in 3 months? whatever if you want to waste money go ahead. I got a brand new scooter ill sell u for 1500, can get up to 125 mpg and goes 60 mph. im gettin one this summer for work unless I get a new job

umm its not like i cant sell the car, just because i bought it doesnt mean i have to keep it forever there bud

[MOFO]

Originally posted by kilabeez0
no they dont have turbos. the turbo's were the old body style and were turbo'd 4's. those were pretty quick, (did i just say that?) the newer style went to V6's.


your right, they dont.... but I think your talking about the old thunderbirds that had the turbo 4.

[007]

I have a 93 ford probe as well. I bought it and it had 212 k on it and it still had the original clutch in it. Thats alot of miles for the original clutch and the car still runs real good for me. I think the deal you are gettin is a very good deal because i bought my probe and have had no problems with it yet and the miles just keep addin up on it too!

[omaits]

Originally posted by MOFO
your right, they dont.... but I think your talking about the old thunderbirds that had the turbo 4.

Old Probe's did have a turbo 4 cyl. When they went to the new body style (93-whatever) they made the gt with a DOHC V-6.

As for the mechanical problems...I used to have a 93 SE automatic. It was a total piece of crap. The guy that had it before me replaced the transmission at around 60k miles. I also had to trade it in because it went out again. My cousin had a 94 SE and had to replace the engine in it. Shortly thereafter, the transmission went out. I tried to talk him out of buying it but he didnt listen.

It was extremely slow (claimed to have 110 hp which is sorry, but it felt even slower than that). The parts were extremely expensive and hard to find. It is a mix of Ford, Mazda, and Mitsubishi.

My advice, dont buy one..GET A HONDA!

[TCracin440ex]

a ford probe our local body shop painted...he took best of show at nopi nationals in dinwittie


http://www.vacustoms.4t.com/photo2.html

[MOFO]

Originally posted by omaits
Old Probe's did have a turbo 4 cyl. When they went to the new body style (93-whatever) they made the gt with a DOHC V-6.

As for the mechanical problems...I used to have a 93 SE automatic. It was a total piece of crap. The guy that had it before me replaced the transmission at around 60k miles. I also had to trade it in because it went out again. My cousin had a 94 SE and had to replace the engine in it. Shortly thereafter, the transmission went out. I tried to talk him out of buying it but he didnt listen.

It was extremely slow (claimed to have 110 hp which is sorry, but it felt even slower than that). The parts were extremely expensive and hard to find. It is a mix of Ford, Mazda, and Mitsubishi.

My advice, dont buy one..GET A HONDA!

Holy old thread!

Yep your right... they did have a turbo 4 cyl for the GT package on the first body style... only 145hp though... :o

Learn something new everyday... even if its about a Ford Probe... ugh. :p

[omaits]

Originally posted by MOFO
Holy old thread!

haha that is hilarious. I didnt even notice it was from 2 years ago.

I bet the guy bought the car and the tranny fell apart by now.

[cuteblon2]

i have a ford probe gt and i love it i just got a stage one racing clutch put in it and it runs great not too many problems besides the fog lights and the exhust has rusted out. but that is about it. it runs great..

[omaits]

Wow man, this thread wont die.