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I don't know if FMC is offering 0% on that car, but anything in the 725 FICO range should qualify you for the best thing Ford Credit is offering on the car, whatever it is. But you don't get the best deals on last years models from the credit side of the house - you get the best discount on last years car, not the best financing.
With 0%, you do need substantial down payments usually.
If you want to purchase a warranty extension from Ford, you can do that right up to the last day the originally factory warranty is any good as long as you are the original owner. So wait and decide later. It costs the same either way. That way, you can see how good the car has been, and decide later if you think the extended warranty will be a good idea, or unnecessary.
Bras? Don't use 'em, so don't really know.
I hate Silver too. But, I have owned 3 Silver cars because the deal was too good to pass up.
Good luck. It's a hellova car.
Anyway, on the way (on I-96) I passed the Wixom factory where our LS's were built. Interesting seeing those three cars (LS, T'Bird, T-Car) on display from the Interstate.
Gave me pause. I'm sure those who were able to tour that plant a year or so ago were pumped up. Part of my Dearborn visit involved the "Rouge Tour" which is focused (pardon) on the F150 line, done in the newest & most "lean" assembly plant. Impressive, to say the least. Since it was the weekend, they weren't running the line, but seeing how they've put it together was interesting. I do this "lean" thing for a living.
Anyway, I drove back across the state (& past Wixom again) thinking that Ford may do well, longer term, but the LS was a victim of transition.
Timing is everything.
Anyway, I'm much less troubled to drive a Ford product.
Did a Google search & found Blue Oval News, which many have already heard of (including me), but I'd never read before.
The jury's still out. Where's the competitor to the Infiniti M35?
Track the Infiniti M car sales against the new "improved" LS for the next period of your choice -- 12 months, 24, 3, whatever.
You may well be right.
I'm guessing not.
The LS could continue on the current platform but I've heard no plans for a new vehicle other than the 2 D3 based vehicles mentioned above. That would give Lincoln 3 cars so you'd have to wonder if there's room for an additional model.
By 2007 the Tbird is gone so it doesn't make sense to keep the LS on the DEW98 platform by itself with 2 new D3 based vehicles available. Or at least not more than a year or so.
Don't think because it's D3 derived from the stretched and bloated 500, that it will be another 500 on stilts. Let's not forget the S60 (which will go onto a C1 derived architecture next life cycle) is also built on a similar platform.
Therefore, you can have the new LS riding with great dynamics, without the bloated porportions you have seen on the 500. The next "flagship" will take that role, since it'll ride on an an even more modified 500 (D3-Volvo P2 derived) platform.
(SIGH)
I believe they are a special order in this size.
Lincoln hubcap is too small.
Any words of wisdom?
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
V8 does “rule”. For me. I have now had 2 LS V8s – I test drove probably 9 or 10 LSs over the years - and I have never even driven a V6. Not that it is in any way “bad” – just not for me.
The 2003 had so many improvements over my 2000 that the difference in driving experience is quite dramatic in many aspects.
My fuel mileage (2003 V8 Sport) in my typical commute (in and out of Midtown Atlanta) I average approx. 20. That includes a run of 20+ miles on Interstate 85 before the traffic slows much (so 70 – 80 mph most of the way in) early in the morning and a slower, heavier traffic run (walk) home between 4:30 and 5:30.
Specifically: If I fill the tank in the AM before driving to work and with a warm engine, the display (proven quite accurate) will typically show something like 26 – 27 or even 28 (if A/C is off) as I pull off the highway after 18 to 20 miles at 70 to 80 mph. But then the display starts a slow decline as I drive on surface streets, commute home in the thick(er) PM traffic, drive short hops such as to lunch, and drive weekends when I have more opportunity to ‘exercise’ that lovely V8. If I do some extended highway driving outside my normal commute, I have seen some averages between 23 – 24 mpg over a full tank. And I rarely drive at steady speeds over 2,700 rpm.
Just one data point. And I certainly don’t think that this is bad at all, given the other vehicle attributes. . .
Any ‘around town’ mileage number would be pretty difficult to compare to most anyone else, as there are so many variables to consider – traffic, number of stop lights, weight of right foot, etc. But I typically see 17 – 19 when I am doing primarily ‘short trips’. I use WOT when it is safe – and fun.
YMMV. By a LOT!
- Ray
Willing to give up great gas mileage (even at $3.00 per gallon and up) in return for some fun acceleration . . .