Ford fairmont ottawa Videos

• 1. La Terrasse at Chateau Laurier 1
• 2. Advertisement - Ford Tempo (1984) (1980s Car Commercial...)
• 3. Ford Game Day Road Trip: Montreal
• 4. Beyography Ottawa
• 5. Bad Habit - 1550 V8 garden tractor pull - Ottawa, KS
• 6. A seven-minute Cobra tour of Ottawa (Sep 2010)
• 7. Cracking Up the Capital, Ottawa's Largest Comedy Festival!
• 8. Working with Mental Health Illnesses, Economic Club of Canada (Part 1 of 2)
• 9. Curtis air compressor with Ottawa engine

La Terrasse at Chateau Laurier 1

Advertisement - Ford Tempo (1984) (1980s Car Commercial...)

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01fastrace commented on 26 Feb 2013

Don't forget that a lot of the mpg was for the Diesel engine option. Lost of early to mid 80's cars could be had in Diesel Tempo/Topaz/Escort/Lynx/Mazda 323,B-2000 truck/Ranger, Some of the mid sized Lincolns Most any GM car. 4 cly diesel, 6 cyl and two v-8 diesels Toyota, Nissan/datusn Mitsubushi, not sure on Honda? The European cars as well. A 1984-1986 Tempo diesel, in the 5-speed man trans would get 50mpg on the hwy if driven about 50mph, of course they had no power once you got above 40.

dmbfannh commented on 10 Dec 2011

@Explorer4x4 The Tempo ,,, most durable solid reliable car ever made? Well if you look their repair records in Consumer Reports I think you would come to a very different consensus. I knew a few people who had Tempos back in the 80s and non of them were overly pleased by the cars reliability. Plus I remember how you could hear so much ratteling when the car hit bumps on the road, something my solid and reliable Tercel did not do. The most reliable car ever made probably 1990's Toyota Tercel

dmbfannh commented on 28 Mar 2012

I have been watching some old car commercials on you tube and the gass milage claims on some of the smaller cars I found to be suprizingly high as well. I think this is in part due to the fact that back then, the smaller cars has smaller lower HP engines then small cars today. I also believe the Highway MPG ratings were based on a car going consistently 55 MPH. If my memory is right there was no speed limit higher than 55 mph in the USA until 1986 when it went up to 65mph on rural turnpikes

tbird635 commented on 06 Feb 2010

You people have no idea how bad this car actually was in its first year. It had a computer controlled carter 1 barrel carb that didn't work worth a crap. I worked at a ford dealer then and we had a repo due to a surge (Before lemon laws) that ford credit wouldn't come get due to the resale value. When that car went full efi port injection in 1988, it was night and day. Went from a turd to a really solid car. You couldn't kill a 1988-1994 if you tried, they were that good. :-)

sheldonshel commented on 20 Oct 2008

1.Actually I forgot my mom paid $600 dollars for that car but the person before us didn't really care for it properly,2.When we got that car it was not that old, it was 91 and the man sold it to us in 95 or 96 so that wasn't the issue the person before us just didn't take care of it, and my mom paid for that car and not even that long after that the dang car broke down,3. Do u see a lot of tempos now... not really, I just think there a bad car in general,like the ford probe.

kgriggs8 commented on 20 Nov 2008

I had a 1984 Ford Tempo. It was grey like in the video. Had an engine fire and all the electrical burned. Me and my buddy rewired the whole thing with a single spool of wire. Try that with a new Toyota, you would never be able to do it. We did all four brakes for $1.96 after core charge. No lie. I loved that car and hated it. It got good MPG and was fast. Got to say, it was one of my favorite cars I have ever owned.

Nothing_Nothing commented on 25 May 2011

@jakesaintsrow123 Yeah I do. Having a few problems with the brakes, but, considering how much I drove that thing around it's not too surprising. I think the most surprising thing about that car is that on city streets it gets horrible gas mileage, but on the freeway it does amazingly well (though it can't exactly go much over 75 MPH) in terms of mileage.

Mitch Lamb commented on 14 Oct 2010

My wife had a '90 Tempo and the damn thing had these dust pad things over the rear brakes, one day while driving the back left one started coming off and started to catch on fire. The mechanic yanked it off and informed us the brakes hadn't been done since it rolled out of the factory and those damn pads were recalled!! Pretty comfy car to drive.

Nothing_Nothing commented on 25 Feb 2009

Actually, I saw an add in a paper for someone selling their 1985 (yeah, one year off, so sue me) Tempo for really cheap. Being a HS student, I researched it by viewing things like these, and people's testiments, and now, a year later, I wouldn't trade that car for $20,000. It's a great car.

Steve Rosenow commented on 03 Jul 2008

I have to disagree. I've owned two Tempos before and they were remarkably well built, and if they're maintained *properly*, they will last a lifetime. I managed to eke out 290K miles on a '93 and had an '89 that was totalled at 210K miles. Worst car ever, yeah, right.

jldwolfe commented on 28 Nov 2010

I had 1. Paid 300$ from a scrap yard cause of front end damadge. I fixed it on the cheap when gas got real high. It had no power but it got good MPH and NEVER gave me any issues. When I got a newer truck, I sold it for 500$ and they totaled it not 3 weeks later.

William Todd commented on 03 Sep 2009

I had a 1993 Ford Tempo 2.3L 4 cylinder averaged high 20's to low 30's mpg in the city and 40-45mph on the highway with the AC on. Currently there aren't any cars manufactured that get that kind of mileage unless you find a rare Hybrid that does.

artemusprine commented on 15 Mar 2013

At least it wasn't someone else's penis. Is that a phrase where you are from? Because it is a pretty funny description of a tempo. I would have said driving the Tempo is like sitting in a seat that is warm from another person's fat ass.

Dominic Fante commented on 28 Dec 2009

@itbeshowinlikeamotha unlike the metro, the tempo can make it up steep hills and not take a year to merge or pass on the highway. plus it can hold 5 people comfortably and 2 to 3 suitcases. i would take a tempo over a metro any day

sheldonshel commented on 10 Oct 2008

Hey don't call me no hater somebody gave my family that car and the car threw a rod and blew out the motor in it the car wasn't even salvageable, I have a right to say tempo sucks!!, Because that car put my family in big danger.

Andrew Dishman commented on 04 Apr 2009

its funny in these old american car commercials. Watch some of the pontiacs ones on youtube. They always make it out that these cars are so full of technology, technology i never knew these old vehicles even had.

Ford Game Day Road Trip: Montreal

Beyography Ottawa

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Alexaba27 commented on 26 Jul 2014

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Bad Habit - 1550 V8 garden tractor pull - Ottawa, KS

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NollPulling commented on 17 May 2010

@dustinwarne Yes - it is a 4-cylinder, but we weight it up to pull in the V8 classes every so often. It's just too much fun to only pull once a weekend :)

dustinwarne commented on 16 May 2010

that is a 4 cilender

Chadd Crose commented on 19 Aug 2011

is that a ford 2.3

David Menapace commented on 18 Jun 2010

OUT THE DOOR!

kcouture88 commented on 29 Jul 2008

nice

A seven-minute Cobra tour of Ottawa (Sep 2010)

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Oulton Devine commented on 17 Sep 2010

Hey Dude! Love the camera!! I think you woke-up the Harper household after the GG's round-a-bout. Next you have to tweak the camera by putting the mic closer to the engine and get the camera some ear plugs to wipe out a bit of the wind noise. I want to go for another ride but I'll wait until next summer, so I don't freeze like last time!! Supercool!! Pete

Cracking Up the Capital, Ottawa's Largest Comedy Festival!

Working with Mental Health Illnesses, Economic Club of Canada (Part 1 of 2)

Curtis air compressor with Ottawa engine