My Dad had an 86 or 87 (first generation) Tempo, it was an uninspiring POS, but it was very reliable and served him well until Alzheimer's started to rob him of his ability to navigate around the small Michigan town they lived in. I seem to remember that Mom took away the keys about 1999, he passed away in 2007. I used to call his Tempo the Elmer Fudd car.And to those who disliked the Tempo, go ahead and laugh, but I got a TON of mileage out of thing and put almost nothing into it. I had no cash at the time so every "repair" I did involved duct tape and often had no right to work at all. But that car just kept going and going. I still buy Fords today because of that Tempo and this Contour.