I will tell you how tough that Sable is, wife lost the belt pulley bearing, so no PS, AC, ALT and no water pump, she had her mom and our two girls
in the car in middle of August, 2009 98F by the Raleigh Farmers Market, she decided to get on I-40 so she could drive the car faster (speed limit) to
help cool the car off.
She did not realize the engine is transverse and the water pump will not run w/o the serpentine belt.
Anyway, she drives it 17 miles before the battery got too low from running the AC clutch, cabin fan, dual radiator fans, ignition system and computer. She damaged both heads, two spark plugs blown out of the cylinder heads
and warped from heat damage.
Slapped a pair of used heads from LKQ out of a 2002 taurus with 70K on them, new belt and tensioner and Prestone. Good to go!
Unfortunately w/o proper cooling she cooked the transmission at 145K, slapped in a Ford remanufactured unit 3yr unlimited mileage warranty.
I love my wife, she says if I had a cell phone at the time she could have called me since I was not home at the time.
That is why she decided to drive home.
I told her all she had to do was turn around and park it at the Burger King that was at that gas station at the time this happened.
I got her a 2017 Edge in January with 45K on it from Hertz car sales, same place I got my sable and taurus from in 1999.