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by jeavinl  - Top 500
Sep 06 '06
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes 
Pros: Power, relatively low maintenance, comfortable, good AC, front air bags, ABS, intuitive controls
Cons: gas mileage, handling/steering, one rear sliding door, small storage area, no LATCH
The Bottom Line: It may be a mommy mobile, but this baby's got power; maybe that's where all the gasoline is going.
I swore I’d never drive a minivan or SUV, but then my daughter came along and trying to cram an infant car seat in the back of a 2-door Honda Accord was excruciating and required contorting that my almost-30-year-old body couldn’t handle. It got ...
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by patch3boys - Top 200
Feb 05 '00 - Updated Mar 18 '01
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes
Pros: Affordable, reliable, overall best decision.
Cons: I personally can not think of any.
The Bottom Line: The Ford Windstar is the perfect choice as a family vehicle. It is reasonable priced, has 4 start safety statistics and is very comfortable.
(This article, originally being wrote 01/99, has been revised to give more detail and more help to the consumer.)
Three years ago, you would never of heard me utter the word "minivan" let alone talk of wanting to have one....
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by My3LilMen - Top 1000
May 16 '00 - Updated May 19 '02
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes
Pros: Spacious, smooth riding, pleasing appearance
Cons: Not even one.
The Bottom Line: If you and your family are in the market for a van, I strongly encourage you to take a look at and test drive a Ford Windstar.
The “Mommy Mobile” is what I call my 1998 Ford Windstar LX van. My husband and I have three young children and with a family of five a van is a necessity.
To be completely honest, my husband and I had our hearts set on the Ford Explorer. We...
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by Spuddles
Dec 26 '03
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Comfortable, drives like a car, good on gas
Cons: quirky lock system, noisy, SMALL trunk area
The Bottom Line: Safety rating is good and that is important when you have a family riding in it.
We had a 1992 Ford Aerostar and really liked it. But when the transmission started to go we decided to shop for a "new to us" van. We didn't know what we would end up with since we were shopping used. When we found the Windstar we ended up buying, ...
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by biglor
Mar 29 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: High safety ratings, spacious, comfortable ride
Cons: None
I am the proud owner of a 1998 Ford Windstar mini-van. When my wife and I were researching the right vehicle to accommodate our growing family of Five, the Ford Windstar was the only mini-van that had everything we were looking for.
We...
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by bciverson
Feb 11 '00 - Updated Feb 12 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Drives like a luxury sedan, V-6 engine has power, comfy seats for adults
Cons: Power steering pump and head gasket inherently a problem on earlier models and seems to be with this one
The following review is a greatly revised version of a review dated 12-20-99
What I Love
I was a picky consumer when it came to buying my minivan. Growing up around motorcycle racetracks and hot rod shows, I am what...
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by ahines
Jan 11 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Great family size car!
Cons: None so far
In all my life, I never saw me as the Van driving type. First of all, I thought it's way to big for me to drive, I would have a very hard time manuvering it. I also thought I was way to cool for a mini van!
Well, times are changing! I am a...
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by setsail
Jul 11 '00 - Updated Jul 13 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Large family mover, very roomy, bright red (mine)
Cons: Seats are heavy, only lap belt in 3rd row middle seat, hard to fit in Hawaii parking garages ;o)
When we first married, my husband and I thought there wasn't any need for one of those staid "family" vehicles, the 90s equivalent of the station wagon. It didn't take long (two kids) to realize what the attraction is all about.
The...
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by jonnie
Mar 05 '00 - Updated Mar 07 '00
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: No 
Pros: Stylish
Cons: You name it.
I bought my Ford Windstar for a few reasons.
1. I have two active teenagers and a grandson. I wanted a vehicle that could also double as taxi for all of their friends.
2. I love to travel by car and I thought that this vehicle would...
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by DebReid
Jun 27 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: No
Pros: roomy, fairly comfortable for long trips
Cons: constantly in the shop
I own a 98 Windstar that was purchased after we learned that we were expecting our second child. I spent hours reading consumer magazines and researching full size cars and mini vans. I pretty much knew that a mini van would be more up my alley so a...
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by Khokhonut
Jan 10 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: No
Pros: Price
Cons: Not Reliable
When we purchased our Ford Windstar, we were looking for something fairly reasonable in price and that would accommodate our family of 5.
Those two things we got, and thats about it.
We kept it for about 19 months and it was in the shop...
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by davidoikawa
Mar 30 '01 - Updated May 06 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: No
Pros: Feels Solid,
Cons: Undependable!
The Bottom Line: If you are buying this as a used car - purchase an extended warranty
This van was in the shop 7 times in the first 6 months that I owned it.
The engine would stall and then it would not restart. This happened once to me on the highway doing 120 kph (70 mph). Very very scary!
First the dealer told me...
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by amy8396
Oct 09 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Roomy, Comfortable, Drives good
Cons: None
After being totally fed up with our 1998 Chevy Lumina, we decided it was time for a change. We knew we needed a minivan because we have two small children. We looked at several different vans. We liked the Ford Windstar the best. We bought a 1998...
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by thepowersmile
Oct 23 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Easy handling, very comfortable, reliable, and lots of space.
Cons: None so far.
As our family expanded we found it hard to fit everything we needed in to our 1998 Honda Accord and we definately couldn't fit our stuff into our other car which was a 1986 Honda Prelude. As much as we loved our cars it was time to move to a family van....
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by Joe_R
Jan 05 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Great ride, comfortable
Cons: Poor gas mileage
I've owned my 1998 Windstar GL for just over two years now. My previous vehicle was a 1991 Dodge Caravan. In comparison, The Windstar has much more comfortable seats, and a better ride. It also feels much more stable than my old Caravan. The Windstar...
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