Reply #44: You should buy a lottery ticket with that luck

[NickB79]

Yes, I'm calling that car a lemon. My mom and her boyfriend bought the car for me since my old car had just died and they both owed me money. So, they spent $3000 on the Taurus and gave it to me. If I would have known what they were up to I would have begged them to find me a used Civic or Corolla. Later I find out the engine in the Taurus was not the original. The previous engine had died at only 60,000 miles out of the factory. It was replaced with a new engine, the owner put 60,000 miles on that one, then sold it. I put another 10,000 miles on the engine and began experiencing engine trouble.

So yes, a vehicle that needs a new engine every 60,000-70,000 miles is most definitely a lemon in my book.