This one has the Ford CPO warranty and was brought up to date on all FSAs and recalls before it was put on sale, if that's worth anything.
When I got it home I went over it, inside and out, with a fine toothed comb. I found a lot of sand and gravel in the undercarriage and lower bodywork. The plastic rocker panel covers had enough junk inside them I could hear stuff sloshing around whenever I braked suddenly. Did someone take this off-road? I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary during the test drive, which was done on a hot day in August, with the AC on (AC works fast compared to my VW Golf) and the suburban Chicago traffic noise all around. There was also rust evident under there, which would be inevitable if it was driven through five Michigan winters.
I ended up paying a little more than $10K for it, and it has the full suite of luxe appointments like auto headlights, rain sensing wipers, homelink, autodimming mirror. I understand some of those features were dropped from later years, correct?
