Crown Victoria überalles

>>15608656
Its not a Japanese or European sports car and most of /o/ can't get that through their little meme filled minds.

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Worst of all, these cars have been tested for DECADES in the world's hardest proving grounds.

>never change oil
>factory air filter
>factory spark plugs
>running on two compact spare tires
>peeling out from every stop, driving 60 in a 35 and slamming the brakes at the last second to every stop, then repeating, making turns as seen on COPS, basically driving like a nigger

>
>
>still starts and drives LIKE NEW

they really are that good, huh? I guess I should get one then.

I can give a couple reasons. Not all people appreciate or need the bulk that the Panthers chassis has. The fuel economy isn't the greatest, especially when doing a lot of city driving. Not shitting on them, just being honest.

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The Crown Vic, and by extension most of the Panther platform, is the modern day Model T. Put it through your roughest, poorest, most ghetto tests and it doesn't disappoint.

Here are some keywords I find for GM ESPECIALLY CADILLAC, Nissan, Honda, Lexus/Toyota, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and other inferior Ford powertrains when searching craigslist for vehicles under $3000 with clean title:

>head gasket
>knocking
>tapping
>radiator leak
>won't shift
>misfire

I have yet to find these related to this platform for these years...

On the other hand, try to find a Cadillac, Camaro, or other gaudy shitty GM show boat for less than $5000. No, really, I found a third-gen Camaro parked under a tree for a decade listed for about $4,000...

GM fanaticism is a mental disorder. The only people that can like a Cadillac have never had to work on them.

Here's a reason:
It looks like old person ass. Just not pleasant to look at. Doesn't get more charming with the faded clear and trim that most of the ones on the road today are adorned with.

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>>15608714
I drive an '07 town car (pic related) and I can't get enough of it.

Inherent problems with ALL 2003+ town cars:

>Leaking passenger a-pillar seam (easily sealed)
>Leaking HVAC inlet duct (easily sealed)
>Failed Climate Control door servos (Driver Temp Mix, Passenger Temp Mix, Floor/Head/Windshield Mix, Recirc Door) which is actually a bitch to replace and ALL FOUR factory original units FAIL!
>Plastic one-piece intake manifold/coolant crossover tube cracks and leaks coolant. Fixed in about '04 or '05


That's all of the known issues with these cars and mine had all except the manifold because it's an '07.

The ONLY thing I dislike is the drive-by-wire because it is set to be very smooth and not jarring, as it's a luxury car. I want to change the setting so that it's a 1:1 response. Yes throttle cables can make for jarring throttle changes but HEY, I like the snappy feel.

I get 15 in the city and 26 on the highway consistently. Average about 17.8 on my readout and most of my driving is city.

With the right tires, the ride is a treat. It's not as good as the '77 parked next to it, as in the '77 you can plow over any speed bump and feel like a road seam, however it maintains control MUCH better than the '77. No plow, ZERO BODY ROLL, and I've yet to squeak the tire when doing a u-turn. I'm glad to trade the floatiness for rock-solid feedback and control.

When I was shopping for this car, I found many with over 330k miles and the guys that had them (fleet auctions) talked like it was completely normal and still had another 200k miles to go at LEAST.

>>15608656
Looks like shit.

t. yuro

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>>15608852
>This doesnt look guud

Stick with your 1.0 litre corsa

>>15608884
Can this shit even be driven?

>>15608656
>not 4wd
Garbage. Enjoy only driving on paved, and maintained roads while the world's infrastructure collapses.

>>15608884
>Stancefaggotry

Gas urself

Most of what you have said about the engine and drive train could also be said about the mustang or f-series as well The Panthers had nothing special in them engine, transmission, or rear end. Ford shared all of it with the Stangs and trucks at some point. The Trucks may of had a different tranny though if I remember right

>>15608931
The 2 valve 4.6L is the only one with this record of reliability. Mustangs and trucks got 3v or even 4v I think. These were PLAGUED with issues.

If it's a 4.6L 2v Modular, great.

>>15608928
Enjoy paying the repair bills sucking your own monocock!

>>15608884
>Executive trim level
Pass. Get that shit back to the limo stable.

>>15608967
The trucks and Stangs had the 2V at one time. l. Someone will problaby correct me mustang GT 94- 2003. F-series 97-2005. Ecoline Vans always had them

>looks like old people
>can't drift

Still haven't heard any good arguments. Seems it is the best the world have ever known

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I like em, very dependable.

>>15609448
How is the ride on the coil rear end? I've only driven air suspended rears.

>>15608656
There really aren't many down sides to the Crown Vic, except for maybe fuel economy or it being difficult to park in small areas, those in 99% of America those aren't really big problems. I'd rather take the Lincoln in LWB form than a Crown Vic though, then keep tuning the engine till it explodes.


>>15608894
It's not hard to lift them and they're probably one of the few sedans that's actually capable of sustained off road use except for a few Subaru and Volvo models. They're riding on a derivative of a truck frame. There's a reason why they were so popular with police forces and why they're still in widespread use 5 years after they left production.

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>>15608827
DALLAS?

>>15610020
>DALLAS?
boy tell ya hwat.....eeeyup.

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Here's my panther, albeit it has Mercury badging, it's still a crown vic at heart. Although mine doesn't fit the years specified, it's still a contender. Unfortunately with these older ones, the throttle valve (TV) plastic connector becomes brittle and warped from age, heat, and wear, that if you don't replace them when they break your tranny gets fucked. An expensive lesson learned :/ but I still love mine.

I really like these cars; my neighbor had a crown vic like the one shown in OP's photo. She had it since brand new from the factory, but got rid of it earlier this summer for a newer Grand Merq.

All around a fantastic car, would be perfect if I could get MPGs in the 30s/40s :D

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>>15610155
Damn that is beautiful. Always loved this generation, except for the Lincolns. They had way too radical styling to pull off with that high windshield. It's ok, though, they were fully redeemed with the second-generation Town Cars that shared NO outter appearance with any other car in the Ford stable.

I'd trade the higher economy so long as I don't get caught dead in this fucking R/C shoe.

>>15609844
For me, floaty as fuck. I want air shocks, good thing mine is wired for it, just has cold springs atm.

>>15610221
wow, they must've made the civvy crown vics super light then. Your kidneys won't survive a ride in the interceptor.

>>15610192
Thank you for the comment. My mom used to have a Lincoln from this generation (I think an 88) and I absolutely loved it as a little kid. I remember playing in it, and having so much fun. That's what primarily drove me to pick this car up (and other reasons).

I agree with your statement about the appearance. For the Lincolns being a part of the Ford/Mercury line up, I wish there was some more distinction for that generation.

>>15608677
sounds almost like my mates e34 5 series, that car took the worst beating ever
the starter died in the end tho

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>>15610249
I don't know why that windshield just can't work on the Lincoln. They were trying too hard to keep all the same design cues from the last generation. I think I'll get myself another Mark V when I'm retired...

>>15610288
My experience with BMW is: when it goes, it all goes! Replace one thing and then next thing you know, something else is ready to fail. Oh and good luck getting to any of it anyway, how the fuck do mechanics do this day in and day out at BMW service shops???

>>15609030
Stang was SBF 5.0 94-95
Shitty non-PI heads 4.6 96-98
PI 2v heads 4.6 99-04
3v heads 4.6 05-09
The 3-valve SOHC 4.6 L engine was on the Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2005–2008.

>>15610586
and what was their means and criteria of measure?

>>15610614
Reading time Anon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%27s_10_Best_Engines

>>15609235
>can't drift
Sure it can, just put it in snow or rain or use bald tires. Panther cars are ridiculously tail-happy the instant they break traction.

>rear wheel drive

All is well until you need to drive up a slight incline with the tiniest bit of snow on the ground.

>fucking V8 fucking luminum heds fucking 230+ net HP fucking

4.6 V8 with less than 300 hp kek

>>15610669
You do know being made out of aluminum doesn't actually add and power right? It removes weight. And right or wrong fords focus with those cars wasn't to be as fast as a mustang.

>>15610669

In a 4000+ lb car. They're dogs.

>>15610686
>>15610690
at the time the japs can push 300 from a 4.0 V8 in a luxury car. murrica is shit

>>15610700
yeah the japs can do anything! I mean, they can vomit buttons, controls, switches, and compartments randomly all across the dash and center console and then ask a premium for it!

Who designs the interiors of this shit? Fucking schizo's

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>>15610700
Just because they didn't put High horsepower engines into police cars and taxis doesn't meant Ford couldn't Anon. See Mercury Marader( i know still dog it should of had the 5.4 instead of the DOHC 4.6) or the Cobras. Quit your trolling shit

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HOIDOI GIZE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT ALL DEZE BUTTONS AND SLOTS AND SWITCHES AND LEVERS AND DISPLAYS SO I JUST KINDA JUST SPILLED THEM OUT ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND WELL YOU JUST DEEL WITH IT NAO! BI!

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They don't handle well to neutral drops.

>>15608656

+ It has a spacious cabin and trunk
+ It's comfortable
+ It's cheap

- It has bad fuel economy
- It isn't safe in a side impact
- It isn't safe in a rear impact

http://www.edmunds.com/ford/crown-victoria/2011/features-specs/
http://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/crown_victoria
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/ford/crown-victoria-4-door-sedan

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>>15610762
>picking the lame-ass hybrid soccer mom one over the REAL Lexus
>its STILL nicer than anything ford put out at the time
-3/10 troll harder

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>>15608656
fuel economy

>>15610664

It makes sense that a RWD car with a front weight bias would have less grip in snow, but what if it had a perfect 50/50 weight distrubution?

>>15610801
This looks really nice.

>>15610824
its a Lexus LS430. possibly one of the best Luxobarges of modern times

>>15610801
That is a nice interior but its a little unfair to compare the LS430 to a Crown Vic. Completely different price point, buying audience, and and purpose.

>>15610848
Put it against the Town Car

>>15610802
Who is she?

>>15610857
no idea i saved it from /gif/

>>15610802
better fuel economy than my shitty V6 W-body

>>15608891
It's on airbags, not meant to be driven that low.
You air up before driving off, then when you park again, you just air them down

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>>15610801
>that's shit bro
>posts just as puketastic mess in response

Yeah mate, you sure showed me. God, the japanese are great at engineering, probably the best, but JEEEEZ do they lack class.

>>15610802
I get over 26mpg highway

>>15610853
I love mine. it's not cluttered, everything is laid out very sensibly, and no GOD AWEFUL gameboy-colored LCD clock! They used their efficiency expert as an engineer, and didn't let him touch the design.

>>15610853
different buying audience grandma/grandpa didn't shop for a Lexus. Look I'm not going to say that the Town car was a better car than the LS430. I myself would rather drive the Lexus over the town car. Ford didn't build the town car to compete with Lexus and i always thought of Lexus competing with Mercedes and BMW not Lincoln.

>>15608928

>Same manufacturer
>2 different cars

congratulations you played yourself

>>15610866
>class
>sea of fake wood
>that god awful plastic
>ugly steering wheel

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>>15610881
>plastic
>cheap

Great, bro. Got one for you. Have fun tasting da REEEEL wood when it turns into splinters.

>>15610890
That looks really nice though. Real wood is always better than imitation in ever factor

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I try to complain about EVERYTHING because I'm not nitpicky, I'm clinically anal.

I have yet to find one single complaint with my car interior. As a SENSIBLE guy this car makes the most sense to me.

This is why I've always been called an old man; I'm more rational than foolish and childish. As a sensible old person, almost any other car derails my logical stream of consciousness.

>>15610899
I know, I love whenever it swells and no longer fits. Oh and if you ever have to take it off and you can't get it back on because of how it has changed due to its environment. Yeah, gotta love it. Gee I wonder why anybody would ever stop using the stuff.

>>15610911
all highend cars still use real wood. its ok your over priced crownvic is still classy in trailer parks and the projects

>>15610930
OK what cars still use real wood that would even be spoken in the same sentence as Lincoln or even Lexus? I'm legitimately curious?

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>>15610930
>it aint' a REAL gun unless it's a FOWTY FIVE!
>it ain't REAL cawfee unless it was picked by the native Ananake in the desert fields of Homostroki
>it ain't a REAL watch unless the face is inlaid with the beak of the long extinct Comachin falcon
>it ain't REAL and therefore is inferior
>still has a dash with a faux leather texture

>>15610947
ummm Lexus still uses real wood

>>15610947
Lexus has used real wood in varying degrees since it began. The only wood in the town car is the steering wheel...

the new Continental is 100% real wood

>>15610956
Oh they do I didn't know that which cars?

>>15610951
oh god that is tacky.

>>15610964
compared to which lexus?

>>15610962
all of them? hell some of their hybrids use bamboo

>>15610974
most of them really. if this is the continental thats supposed to go against the LS its pathetic

>>15610979
Shit, I've been in and out of them for years at the shops I worked at but I never paid much attention to them. I just assumed that it was imitation wood

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>>15610991
This new continental has so much class and luxury, I can believe in american cars again.

Show me the interior that's so elegant then.

I recently had the displeasure of riding in pic related for a woman that I often help with her errands. She hates to be a passenger. After riding in this thing once I said either she's going to be a passenger in my car or she's going to get something that doesn't make my eyes lose focus.

She used to have an early 00's Camry.

>>15611004
And if it was real, how would it have been of any consequence?

That's like saying I have cerakoted cats in my exhaust with hand-painted portraits of the royal family.

>buys into marketing
>knows "real" class

Lemme guess, your watch only loses 2 seconds per year too, right? I feel so inferior with my 10-second Seiko.

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>>15611011
yeah the CT is kinda lame. it was really made for the euro market. should have never brought it to the states. the LS is much nicer

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>>15611047
You're seriously bragging about this interior? Seriously? Good god, toyota still hasn't found a competent designer.

This is like a computer nerd trying to design a computer case. Sure he can make the fucker SCREAM and download the whole internet in 3.2ms, but mechanical minds do NOT do design well, ever. EVER.

>>15611033
Geeze calm down your tits. I guess not much because I don't plan on owning either, but Adding real wood is a little extra attention given to building a luxury car. Sometimes you can notice sometimes you can't. I didn't sit in the cars long enough to actually pay real attention. And I didn't have enough interest to find out myself.

>>15610866

>THX
>paying extra to swing from George Lucas' nuts

Would doing a burnout in my CVPI with over 154,000 miles on the clock royally fuck my shit up?

>>15611193
nope. the rears are well tested and I know of plenty of people that blow off of every stop.

>>15610020
SALLAD

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Race car suspension

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>>15611581

>>15611581
>>15611593
OK, who in this thread called a crown vic a race car? Or even a sports car? Quit being so damn dense.

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>>15611506

>>15611593
>coil sprung rear trailing arm solid-axle posi/disc brake
>short-long arm front suspension aluminum everything including engine cradle

>body on frame construction

its actually a fairly decent platform for modifying for racing

>not dropping an old f100 body on a crown vic chassis for autocross

kek

>>15610899
except not killing you in a car crash

>>15611718
It at least better the the rear 4 link suspension and gearbox front suspension on the older cars.

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>>15611597
It's got a mustang GT powertrain, double wishbone front suspension, no leaf springs, anti sway bars, bigger brakes, oil cooler, and transmission cooler. How's it not a race car?

>>15611795
I'm the OP

To answer your question: it doesn't know what to do with its own weight. It just can't. My Town Car feels like it drives on rails, body roll is extinct, but don't expect the weight to unstick even the stickiest tires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAamvNiGdGs

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Morning bump

>>15611831
seems bretty good m8.

also where there 4 people in that car? if so, why?

>>15609235
If you've ever drifted it's probably also true that you've sucked a cock at some point.
>implying drifting isn't the sole domain of sissy cockworshipping boyracer weeaboos

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>>15612651
>Why would you have four people in a car
To get them where they're going?

>>15612692
it's on a race track m8, my question still stands.

Not one post about this car being unreliable or unpractical? Come on, /o, you know you want to!

I bought an 09' for my gf last year with 95k on it. it's been ok, had some problems but you'll have that, it;s like they wore out every consumable perfectly before selling it to me.
>battery went bad almost immediately started smelling an egg smell on the highway, then a few days later it wouldn't start.
>replaced battery and it went into limp mode because the throttle body was dirty and couldn't relearn itself properly.
>wipers started acting crazy because water got into the control board, I was able tp take out the wiper motor and dry it out and seal it with silicone, there were leaves clogging up the cowl drain causing it to backup.
>transmission cooler was leaking which is also part of the a/c condensor, which was also leaking anyway, so killed two birds with one stone.
>had to fix all of the bullshit that the cops bubbad in the back seat, they cut the seatbelts, used a cutoff wheel inside the door to disable them, and cut wiring all over the place.
like i said, it's been ok, and it's our go to roadtrip car in our group of friends,because of the room and other drivers gtfo of the left lane when were coming up behind them.

You don't have to buy a cop-beater to save money, bro. $2,500, swear to god, will get you a good CV LX.

>>15612867
probably for shits and giggles

>>15613063
You just got a bad one, I've had mine for almost 2 years and ZERO problems.
Regual matinence of course though.

>>15612935
It's a pretty good car m80
Don't believe the meme

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>>15611795
NICE clean engine anon

>>15609235
>can't drift
>not understanding that almost all vehicles have their springs, dampers, roll bars and such configured to a point of safe understeer for the everyday normie, rather than an extreme over steering piece of crap

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Crown vic a best

>>15613986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwNtjKT_1cA

Why $100? Think of the number of McD's wrappers your car lacks with that kind of money.

>>15614096
that solid body color is tits but Halo, what're you doing with your life.

>>15614122
I dont play halo but I went to a comic con and my friend cosplays so I just took a photo of him with the car. yolo swag.

>>15614286
I'm going to read "him" as "her" because my tip is standing on end and this could play to my favor in my fantasies. Big back seat and the smell of perp jewce

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crown vic more like clown dic

>>15608928
Ford BTFO!

>>15611047
That's a straight up hot mess. That console needs to be a foot wider because there's still room for seats. Needs more random buttons and MOAR WOOD. Don't forget than analog clock because CLAZZY!

How much of a crapshoot are surplus police cruisers?
I would like to upgrade my DD from my shitbox Ranger to something in the $3-$5 range

>>15610155
had an '88 with the 5.0
thing had 4 ash trays and zero cup holders

>>15616611
You have to LOOK at the vehicle, inspect it yourself. Sometimes you will get a real gem. I wouldn't buy from an owner, though, only from a dealer or the agency. They will have used Motorcraft oil filters and plugs, and those are all you want with these cars, trust me, only Motorcraft.

Nigs will nig the shit out. There should be a study on the effect of niggers on automobiles.

>>15616692
There's a small dealership that has about 9 surplus cruisers and their CraigsList adds say they are government maintained and never privately owned
I assume it would be worth at least going over and talking to someone?

>>15616723
HELL FUCKING YES DUDE! YOU CAN WALK OUT WITH A FUCKING AWESOME RIDE FOR $3,000 BEFORE TTL!!!!

Dude, go look. Look for one that doesn't have all of the fucking accessories ripped out leaving holes and clipped wires. There are plenty of vehicles that were only used for custodial/shuttle service.

When I was arrested in LaPorte, Tx, I got a long, LONG ride in the back of a VERY nice all-black Crown Vic back to Dallas. I would buy that car, it was nice. No cage, no accessories.

>>15608656

Most the Lincoln town car I've seen air ride system is busted. They just roll around with there rear wheels jammed up into the wheel well and ass almost dragging.

>>15610780
This kills the transmission

>>15616783
Excuse the all caps
On my phone and copied the link from the CraigsList page
WWW.BROTHERSAUTOSALES.NET

>>15616827
thats because niggers will drive a car until it literally, LITERALLY will not get them where they need to get. usually the 7-Eleven.

Nothing will get a nigger to do ANY maintenance until it doesn't get them there. Doesnt matter how much it struggles to get there, as long as they get there before Pizza Patron stops giving away pizzas that are usually $5.

I lived in the real gangbanging fucking hood and the ONLY time i EVER heard the word "oil change" was AFTER the car blew up.

>hear serious rod knock
>"moopty change da oil mugfuggin"

Yeah, that'll do it.

Saw 2 Saturn SC2's and a Chevy...whatever it was (4cyl coupe from 1999) throw a rod through the block.

>>15616899
>WWW.BROTHERSAUTOSALES.NET

http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/ctd/5718650335.html

Get that shit and send me one.

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>>15616611
govdeals.com
Sort by location and check it out in person before you bid. I got an 04 for $1300.

>>15617599
If everybody had one of these $2,000 cars laying around for use as a mule/backup, they'd come to appreciate them as much as I do.

My father-in-law and brothers-in-law are absolutely anti-ford.

At one point, they had a broken down BMW, VW, Dodge Town & Country, Chevy Camaro, 'nother Camaro, Suburban, 'nother later gen. Suburban, GMC work truck and NONE of them were working properly. Of those vehicles, only two were on the road!!! And those had issues! (funny, they were the EXACT issues I warned them about when they bought the vehicles, but like Harley fans, you can't tell them nothing)

I always enjoyed driving my '77 Lincoln by, staying the night, then starting it up before it even turned over one full turn in the cold mornings while they were struggling to get the oldest, rattiest, longest-sitting Camaro road-worthy. It's been three years and that Camaro still sits...

If only they had taken the spare car I offered them...

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>>15617633
P71s are the best beater cars on the North American market right now. At their current price point they are practically disposable. They are the mosin nagant of cars. Get one or two before the surplus dries up.

>>15617734
send me one, plz. I need something to beat on and finish off these cheap Fuzion tires.

>>15609235
I was driving mine in the rain today and just gave it a bit more gas in a turn and I drifted it and almost spun out.

I have the 3.55 LSD rear end

Theyre tail happy as fuck.

Get fucked faggot, even on dry pavement if you punch it hard enough the rear will slide.

Stop driving like a pussy lmao

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>>15609235
>2 seconds on google

>>15617599
>literally no results at all within 300 miles of my zip code

Hahahaha fuck.

>>15617734
How long could one last if I intend to drive it like a normal human being and not do any lond distance driving?

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>>15611047
Is that a fucking car phone in the center console?

>>15616984
Just went there earlier
The guy was telling me they take them in and recondition them, they sell a lot of them to cab companies

My brother was mentioning that they only have AM/FM radios but I can always put in an aftermarket stereo down the line

How are the suspension on them?
I'll take one for a test drive in a couple weeks when I get some more cash together

>>15618401
Minimm 300,000, maximum? Only the gods may know...

Just be sure it has always been serviced with Motorcraft plugs and oil filters. Those matter. Ask them if the plugs have been changed, then ask how often the oil is changed, and then ask what kind they use. Don't mention Motorcraft, let them fucking lie to you so you can drop the mic and walk away.

They love long distance.

Either buy 1-2 owner, or if you want a surplus, make sure it was never privately owned.

>>15619129
The suspensions on pursuit vehicles are tight enough to shimmy your jimmies off. You can just replace the springs in the back if they're too bad. Would take an hour for you to do it yourself.

Most others will drive nice, real nice. Big fat barge.

>>15616677
I love the fact that each passenger had their own lighter and ashtray built into the door

>>15621551
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQx176bBwQ

When I graduate college and get going on my first job with my degree I want to pick up a mid to late 2000's Grand Marquis.

>decently reliable
>luxury car for only a few thousand dollars
>no weird air ride problems like the town cars
>good gas mileage for what it is

Small dreams I guess.

>>15623544
What air-ride problems? Just don't be a nigger and replace shit when it breaks, rather than ride it till it LITERALLY won't get you to point B.

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>mfw I want one but am a student and live in Finland

>>15624141
Yeah but in the foreseeable future you will graduate and have a job and be able to afford one, and if there's one place in Europe where they's space for these things it's Scandinavia. No amount of money can make the roads and parking lots bigger for American boats where I live.

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Put this car to the ultimate test- driving while female for my whole life. I can change the oil, but I like low-maintenance vehicles due to my ailment.

Pic is my panther, 1990 LTD Crown Victoria. Smoothest ride ever, cheap as dirt and absolutely nothing wrong with it. A little less reliable than something newer, but I couldn't pass it up.

Drove around a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis for years before this and it loved me more than any man ever could. It was my first car, I got it when I was 16, treated it like total shit, and it's still basically perfect. Regular oil changes and it just fucking drove everywhere I took it. I highly recommend them.

I guess they're not the absolute sexiest, tightest little thing that everyone's hot for, but you can put a lot of shit in the trunk for fun weekends out shooting/camping/whatever, automatic transmission and bench seats facilitate easy road-head, and it's fun to fuck in the back of it. :)

I just love these things. If you're thinking about it, just fucking do it.

>>15626895
One fucking NICE ride.

These cars have so much room we even fucking in the front seat

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>>15626895
> I can change the oil

>>15626895
L O N D O N

>>15626895
You are a man attempting to sound like a woman.

>>15609235
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BFUrF_JFPc

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>>15627099
>mfw the senior center is having a free lunch

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>>15627092
Think whatever you want. I gave and got a lot of head in this car and the car made that shit easy. You can imagine whichever hole you prefer, anon. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wILGeEZi1tM

>>15627137
I laughed way harder at this than i should have

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I kind of want to get a Crown Vic or cvpi. Cheap, big, tough and a nice highway ride which is pretty much what I need in a car. But the fucking image is tough to swallow. Every guy my age I see driving these is a pale, scrawny faggot or autist. These cars are like trains, something about them attracts the worst crowd.

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>>15628351
Then don't buy a PI...

They have horribly rough suspension anyway.

Get a civic duty/utility car. They're not made for jumping curbs, just for letting the judge get around to his duties or to shuttle inmate transfers across jurisdictions.

Just look for a solid-color body and NO hole for the spotlight in the A-pillar, so you won't look like a sovereign citizen, nor treated like one.

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>>15628351
The answer is Grand Marquis

>>15628681
This. I wanted to get a CVPI at first due to the tougher suspension and tranny, external oil cooler, bigger alternator, etc etc, until I realized I was missing the entire point of a cozy land barge to cruise around in.

IMO Grand Marquis look way better, too, especially the model years with the boxier headlights that come right up to the grille without a body color piece of trim in between- still big and boxy, but in a nice way and different enough from the "I AM AN AUTIST" flag a Crown Vic gives off.

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>>15628351
Stop worrying what bus riders and civic drivers think of what you drive. You're buying a sub $4000 car, expect to be placed in that demographic. If you're a normal guy and have a decent looking cvpi, people love asking what a cop car is like.

>>15628656
Spotlights are cool and have never had anyone hate on them in real life. Ride is just fine, can always change the suspension if needed.

>>15628743
Buying one model because you're worried about looking like an autist sounds pretty autistic to me. Nothing wrong with Grand Marquis but I feel like cvpi is the perfect teenager to 20 something car because it's a completely care free car. Not even any carpet to take care of. The ultimate panther imo is an undercover car. Some even have full interiors. You'd get the mostly clean look of a regular crown Vic with all the police grade hardware underneath.

>>15608677
>Ford started making crown vics in 1998
>stopped in 2011
>decades

>>15629405
Crown Victorias started in the 1950's as a trim level, then became their own model in the 70's

>>15629405
The 4.6L Panther-based Crown Vic started in 1991...

>>15608752
Cop ones are terrible to drive, too. Cops hate you for posing as one of them, and people hate you for looking like a cop.

I have one, I know. It's bad.

BUT I'VE GOT A FACTORY LIFT!

>>15610155
Beautiful car, man.

>>15629405
Bad post

>>15627207
How about six feet under?

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5731557937.html

Here you go. $600 plus $20 to rent a tow dolly.

Replace fuel pump or fuel filter, enjoy it for the rest of your sorry days.

No oil pressure is likely false reading. You can remove oil fill cap and ask him to start the car. If you see liquid oil start to splash around after 20 seconds inside the filler hole, you are getting oil.

>>15619794
>Surplus Crown Vic

I don't know why people think this is a good idea.
I drive fleet vehicles with flashy lights and sirens on them all day long, and we do a pretty good job of turning them into heaps of scrap - bending wheels and suspension by flying over curbs, killing engines by never topping off fluids and never sending them in for PM because if we take it out of service for the day we'll be short a sector car, down to downright stupid shit like drawing cocks inside the visors when somebody leaves their car unlocked.

I think the average lifespan of a vehicle in our fleet is about seven years, before somebody totals it, the engine or transmission shit themselves, or the city garage finally drags it in for PM and realizes everything is broken and it'd be easier to just condemn the thing.

Buy one from a little old lady or something. Crown Vics and Lincoln Towncars were grandma cars too, and Grandma probably treated hers a lot better than we do.

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>>15611718
>not dropping an old f100 body on a crown vic chassis for autocross

It might not be for autocross, but that's exactly what I'm doing. Pic somewhat related, not mine but it should be similar.