>v8 >rwd >body on frame >those looks >legendary

>>15084402
easy, here are some reasons

>v8
>rwd
>body on frame
>those looks
>legendary reliability
>dirt cheap to buy
>dirt cheap to fix

How are the fuel economy in this? I wonder always.

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I do have one because all those reasons.

>>15084444
17-18 avg

>no coupe after 1987
>pre-87 coupes are nothing special
>don't live in America

>>15084444
mine indicates an average of 22.5

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>>15084444
I can get 16-17mpg in city driving. 22 on the highway. No cruise control on 3.27 rear end. Civilian vics would do better.

>>15084444
City is mid to high teens, highway is mid to high 20's. I averaged 21mpg in mixed driving in my Town Car.

>>15084424
...?

>>15084449
i really like that color

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Because Panthers are shit and I don't want a car made of solidified poverty

>>15084513
oh look, something that's going to break down in about 5 miles.

>>15084513
how are the E55s? 20k for a supercharged V8 Mercedes sounds pretty damn good. Are they decently reliable (relative to other mercs)

>>15084513
PIGFAT

>>15084541
reliable for a merc is breaking down only once per 100 miles

>>15084513
gs400guy pls go

>>15084476
He thinks he's being witty

>>15084513
lovely cars

>>15084513
just noticed that thing is in it's natural habitat...a repair shop.

>>15084533
>>15084586
stop pretending you know ANYTHING about these cars

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>>15084402
tfw not a single one is sold in my country

>>15084689
stop pretending YOU know ANYTHING about these cars

>>15084402
My sister is driving mine while her car is in the shop.

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>tfw modern muscle without being oppressively in your face
>tfw cheap af
>4 doors for more whores
>same engine as 99-04 mustang

what better cruiser can you get for the money?

>>15084402
>American
That's the only reason I need not to own one.

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>>15084444

who needs mpg's when you have an ass this fat?

>>15084402
I almost bought one. You're forgetting infinite trunk space.

>>15084773
what'd you get instead?

Slow.
It's comfy though.
>>15084444
CHECKED
Also it's awful, don't talk about it
Though it's actually not that bad when I consider it's only a little worse than a stock IS300, which burns premium instead of regular

>>15084756
>not realizing panthers are built in canada
>muh imports

>>15084782
Wound up with a ranger. Beggars cannot be choosers at my price range.

>>15084793
mine is actually pretty good on gas for a boat. i average 22.5mpg and get as much as 30mpg if i drive like a granny

>>15084402
Because they weigh as much as a full-size truck

>>15084807
that's on purpose you dingus. it makes them super comfy.

>>15084805
I drove like an asshole that loved making the 2-valve work and sometimes managed 18. City driving.
Was nice having one of the more powerful cars of anyone at my highschool.
>Tfw some chick had a new GTI
>tfw some other chick had a Mercedes that she wrecked that was then replaced by another Mercedes
Still had my fun with it though. Was never technically mine to begin with, but eh.

>>15084821
I'm not knocking the panther, I would just rather hoon a full size truck

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>>15084402
because my v70 is better looking, faster, awd, bought on the cheap from the police and is very reliable.

>>15084834
yeah they're surprisingly fun to drive all things considered

>>15084848
>volvo box
>good looking
choose one

>>15084860
never said it was good looking, just better than the lump of shite the op posted.

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But OP, I do drive a panther! Super comfy car btw and okay MPGs; I'm not complaining!

BTW, the photo is not of my car, but mine looks exactly like it, and has white striped tires (can't get outside now to snap a photo)

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>>15084878

I love box panthers so much.
I own a 2008 PI and want to get a 91 box grand marquis so badly.

Why are panthers so damn comfy.

>>15084878
those box panthers are really cool. i prefer the 98-02's myself.

I want a crown vic so bad. Everyone near me is asking over 5k for it and that's ridiculous, I can't let myself get scammed like that. Maybe someday.

>>15085153
i paid 1900 for mine, maybe you should look at older models, mine's a 99

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get that ford bullshit out of here. this is a real man's car.

>>15085217
NOICE dood

>>15085217
KYS
I have taken shits that are better in every way

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My 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis is pretty good, and it drives wonderfully

>>15085153
Police auctions. They're the same thing and honestly wouldn't spend more than 3 grand for a crown vic. Buy one, experience it because no other car is similar and move on once it finally dies. Under 2003 should be the cheaper ones but there was huge improvements in 2003

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>>15085263
your wheel wells look like shite. you should really fix that

>>15085153
>>15085270
Basically these.
You want to get one after '05 preferably. I forget all of the improvements that came in that year but the most noticeable one is that you actually have a tach in the dash.

>>15085338
you don't need a tach in a car that isn't meant to go fast, and isn't a manual. i admit it's kinda nice, but nowhere near necessary on a car like that.

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>>15084686
Yeah at my repair shop? I mean I have to come to work right?

>>15084533
Went 84,000 miles and all is fine
You watched 2 episodes of Scotty driveway mechanic for 40 years, don't act like you know what this shit is all about

>>15084541
Working on them is simple for me because we work on them regularly, I also get parts cheap.
I paid a lot less than 20k too.

>>15084402
i have a '94 with 120k miles no problems that i bought for $500
was going to throw a buddies 6.0 in it but he sold it so for now im just beating on it until i have an excuse to swap it

>>15085383
>need
damn yuropeeans

A tach may not be necessary for such a car but I know I prefer looking at a cluster that has one and my preference is all that's [i]needed[/i]

>>15085383

I have had manuel cars without tachs. Never had an issue hooning them

ugly
slow
cant turn
bad economy

Id just get a Civic over that garbage

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>tfw drive a lincoln town car
>tfw the black sheep of panther bodies

>>15084513

>doesn't want to look impoverish
>drives a used mid range Mercedes for women

Literally nigger tier

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>>15084402
Because I drive a b-body

I love how people think V8 means power.

The power to weight ratio of this thing is probably lower than that of a Toyota Echo.

>>15084402
also
>can drive in reverse at 50MPH because police car

>>15087700

True, but sometimes it's nice to be able to cruise in comfort without revving the tits off a noisy 4banger. It's also nice to cruise down the highway doing 130 without redlining.

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Because I drive a 99 Buick, "The New Symbol for Quality in America"

>v6
>gm3800
>nice body
>literal boat
>comfy

that looks so boring. so generic. they're for fat people who can't walk around. or for weird old men who pretend to be cops. or for weird taxi cabbers

>>15087848
I hated that era of buick, so to each their own.
I like the Vic for being no-nonsense fleet monster.

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>>15084402
because i own the superior japanese equivalent.

>V8
>RWD
>Front and Rear Heated+Cooled reclining seats
>Automatic Parking
>Toyota reliability
>Can be bought from boomers with <50K on the odo, unlike the 220K miles hard driven P71s
>relatively cheap to fix

And finally, the most important point

>wont cause everyone around you to slow down.

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>>15087872
if we looking at japan stuff that ended up in the US, the Q45 is pretty cool too

>>15087700

The same retards who slobber over CV's that put out a whopping 250ish HP and weigh 4000lbs will bitch about a V6 muscle/pony car putting out over 300HP while weighing less for being "slow". This board is full of idiots.

>>15084402
>Not very fun to drive
>Mercedes are faster and nearly as comfy
>Hard to find any in my area not ruined

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>>15084586
Mercedes isn't Audi, anon.

>>15085217
Michael Scott plz go

>>15088023
this and Consumer Reports usually are flooded with minor crap like
>my A/C isn't cold enough
>the windows don't go as fast when it got old

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>>15087872
>Front and Rear Heated+Cooled reclining seats
Nobody needs that
>Automatic Parking
nobody needs that
>Toyota reliability
meme tier
>Can be bought from boomers with <50K on the odo, unlike the 220K miles hard driven P71s
Hyperbole but these cars can be beaten on and do just fine
>relatively cheap to fix
Vics ARE cheap to fix
>wont cause everyone around you to slow down.
You're just passing them at high speeds

>>15087975
CV's still have more torque, just as if not more reliable, bigger space and capacities, proper wheel drive.

Took mine to the drags. Would've been into the 15's and it's stock.

>>15088099

> CV's still have more torque

Not really.

> proper wheel drive.

Both are rear-wheel drive so that's meaningless as well.

>>15087872
>Toyota reliability
Don't these have a timing belt + interference engine?

>>15084402

I've noticed you gentlemen talk about body on frame vs. unibody quite often. What are the advantages to body on frame?

>>15088173
body on frame is easier to fix, easier to beef up, and handles more driver stupidity in general
unibody is more rigid usually, and lighter

>>15088099
>beaten on and do just fine
So you're saying you prefer a car with 150k miles over a car with 60k miles never revved about 2500 RPM?.

P71Fags are truly delusional.

>>15088112
http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/track-tests/track-tested-2010-dodge-challenger-se-35-v6.html

305hp V6 with a 5 speed auto going just as fast as a 250hp V8 with a 4 speed auto. And it was brand new at time of testing unlike my nearly decade old police engine.

>>15088186
you're talking vast price differences. And low rpms create deposit problems wich is why some criticize police cars because all they do is idle all say long.

>>15084402
auto only

>>15084402
>autotragic only
A 5 or 6 speed panther would be fun as fuck, too bad it never existed.

>>15088214

> 305hp V6 with a 5 speed auto going just as fast as a 250hp V8 with a 4 speed auto. And it was brand new at time of testing unlike my nearly decade old police engine.

Not sure what you're looking at there. The article is talking about the 2011 Challenger SE which has the 305HP 3.6L V6, but the chart below is showing information for the 250HP 3.5L V6. Completely different engines.

>>15088230
Panther was made to accommodate for taxi/police equipment in the center console, so manual is a no go unless you want a column shifter manual

>>15088240
There's nothing in the center. You cut a hole to stick the shifter through.

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>>15088300
aftermarket, yes. stock it wasn't worth it for ford to engineer such a low volume variant.

>>15088238
So it took until 2011 to come out with an engine to beat a V8 that came out in 1991 that's in a platform designed in the 70's.

>>15088321

> Reaching this hard

The point is that the V8's everyone is creaming their cunts about is shittier than modern V6's but on this board if you have a V8, people assume it's god tier regardless of how shitty it actually is.

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>>15088329
The saddest part here is you have to go to a panther thread to feel good about V6's. That's how low you have to go. And they still aren't close to the price bracket of a P71.

>>15088315
Column shifters aren't hard to adapt. All new police cars have them while the civilian market has a center shifter. That's a key thing to look for if buying a newer police car. Especially the Chargers.

>>15087682
kek

>>15087758
this
during the vast majority of my driving, my engine never goes above 2000RPM. I rarely even hear the engine.