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He says one with 42,000 miles, in great shape, is an excellent car and can be had for about 1/2 price v. new.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/classifieds/automotive/4855493.htm
Thanks for your help, have enjoyed reading all the posts here.
jrguth
Thanks for your suggestions. jrguth
6/14/94 installed hitch & transmission cooler. 8/5/96 replaced A/C fan speed controler, warranted
4/25/97 replaced driver side rear door control,N/C
5/27/97 @ 44352 mi. aligned front end
7/17/97 @ 50830 mi. Platinum plugs installed.
2/6/98 @ 59756 mi. Installed Michelin X1 WSW
6/15/98 @ 67439 mi. Recharged A/C system
7/27/98 @ 70965 changed transmission oil & filter.
7/28/98 @ 70970 rear loaded calipers and rotors
4/14/00 @ 80272 A/C coolant and seals
5/24/00 @ 81541 front brake pads
11/28/01@ 98000 new pinion, bearings, rear axles, & spider gears.*
12/26/01 99069 new spark plug wires
4/8/02 101605 left lower ball joint
6/17/02 102520 A/C compressor, dryer, & recharge
*The owners maintenance manual says to not check the axle fluid until 100,000. The fluid had turned to foam causing the repair. I personally visited the Lincoln Customer Service rep and she agreed to pay for 50% of the bill due to the verbiage in the manual being deceptive.
All of the items under the hood affected by the fan belt are original as is the battery. The idle air valve needs to be replaced as sometimes the car sounds like a ship's fog horn. This car has towed, infrequently, a 3000 lb boat/trailer as far as the lakes in B.C. It has never overheated and is as quiet as the day we bought it. Recently a passenger thought the engine had died at a traffic light, but it is very smooth and very quiet. I use Mobil 1 and NAPA Gold oil filters. The filter is easy to change when you turn the steering wheel hard left first.
The air suspension system = no problem.
Uses a quart of 10/30 every 1,200 miles.
The above was taken from the log and I hope it is helpful to you. I recommend you check the axle fluid before buying. Good Luck. Kinley
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I'm hoping to get enough from the insurance to replace it with another '94 or even cough up a few more bucks for a '95. I stole the alloy wheels and put them on my son's '95 G. Marquis. Sure beats the lame factory wire wheel covers! This is certainly a shame. I never liked the color much, but it was in excellent condition!
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I picked that one up for $6,600. Right now I have a stack of '94 Executive Town Car ads with the cheapest one at $7,500. I know my insurance rates will be going up, but I feel pretty sure I won't be any money out of pocket for the replacement. Getting itchy to climb into another... soon!
I received this today from a friend, and wanted to pass it on. I never
thought about it before, but will now.
I had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and totaled our Lincoln Town Car. I
hydroplaned on Hwy 35 between Gladewater & Kilgore, TX. I was not hurt, just
emotionally rattled! I know the Lord was with me. I learned a lesson I'd like
to pass on to you. You may know this already- but the highway patrolman told
me that you should never drive in the rain with your cruise control on. He said if you did and hydroplaned (which I did) that when your tires were off the road your car
would accelerate to a high rate of speed (which it did). You don't have much,
if any control when you hydroplane, the car accelerates. I took off like I
was in an airplane. I'm so thankful I made it through that ordeal. Please
pass the word around about not using cruise control when the pavement is wet
or icy. The highway patrolman said this should be on the sun-visor with the
warning about air-bags. The only person I've found out who knew this (besides
the officer) was a man who had a similar accident and totaled his car. This
has made me wonder if this is not why so many of our young people are dying
in accidents.
EVEN IF YOU KNEW THIS OTHERS MAY NOT, PASS IT ALONG, IT MIGHT SAVE A FRIENDS LIFE!
miles. Thinking of buying 97. Have heard about defective intake manifolds. when dealer cranked car it was hard to start and backfired. he said it was because it was cold and not started for several days . the next day we went to drive the car. same trouble.any coments? 65000 miles on car. Is there an extended warranty on plastic manifolds?
Thanks for the driving tip. That was something I had to learn the hard way. Put my '78 Mercury through a bobwire fence when I hydroplaned with the cruise control on. I'm almost certian I could have reeled her in and saved a rough trip and a wrecker bill (extracting her from the fence) without the cruise control. The highway patrolman and the wrecker driver both told me never to use cruise in the rain. My Driver's Ed teacher never told me this. My grandfather had been driving since the 40's, and my grandmother since the 50's, and neither of them knew to cut off the cruise in the rain. Why don't they tell people this before they have a wreck?
assuming you have prev. owner loyalty
I do believe that you are correct Kinley.
I've got a '95 Thunderchicken with the same 4.6 engine as the town car. Patsy had 139,000 miles on her when I bought her. Now, she's got 215,500 miles. (That's two hundred and fifteen thousand, five hundred, for those of you who think I accidently put the comma in the wrong place ;-), and she's still running strong. On older 4.6's, at anything above about 100,000 miles, you're going to use about a quart of motor oil every thousand miles, but keep the oil level up, and there's no reason at all you can't go 300,000 miles. Remember, cops put 150,000 very hard miles on their Crown Vics, and then sell them at auction to taxi companies who put another 150,000 or so hard miles on them. There's truth to the slogan "Built Ford Tough!"
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· 1300 Miles · 4 doors
· Automatic Transmission · Other Color Interior
· 8 - Cyl. · Existing Warranty
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Today, March 19, 2003, in The Arizona Republic newspaper there is an Associated Press article titled "Luxury cars, SUVs crack under crash-test pressure" by Dee-Ann Durbin. Bumper crash tests were made by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety.
Does anyone know if they have a internet website? A Google search should determine this.
The luxury sedans cited in the article are noted below in order, according to the degree of damage in these bumper crash tests:
2003 Infiniti Q45 - $1,445
2003 Cadillac CTS - $1,172
2003 Lincoln Town Car - $1,147
2002 Acura RL - $1,103
There was also one midsize SUV noted and two small SUVs noted in the article. If anyone is interested in knowing what the article said about these vehicles post a request for this info here and I'll put it in this discussion grouop today or tomorrow.
Here's a quote from the article relative to the Lincoln Town Car:
In a statement, Lincoln manufacturer Ford Motor Co. said its bumpers meet or exceed government safety standards. It also said the institute's tests "may not be representative of he type of damage that occurs in real-world situations."
During the trip at rest stops, etc, when I saw another Town Car I would ask them about the problem in an effort to determine the cause, the seriousness, and or safety concerns. Consensus seemed to say that the air suspensions had a leak and at some point would have to be addressed. By the way, during the trip I reviewed the owner's manual and learned about the switch that turns off the system, tried that, but got off at the next exit to switch the air system back on, ignore the light was much better than driving w/o the system working.
My wife drives this car around town, so light would never come on during her using it 10 miles per day. When taking car with 4 people the light would come on, more load means faster leak, and more work for the compressor. So over the winter we watched the situation as it developed.
2 weeks ago, she took a day trip with 4 of her friends and the light was on constantly from that moment, so we took the car to a local mechanic who I had been referred to as having the experience to repair these cars at a reasonable price. He said the compressor had blow a fuse, and car was beginning to list or drop on the right rear. Replaced the fuse and gave us a price.
I had thought about replacing with regular shocks as has been discussed on the air suspension msg board, but really wanted original equipment again if possible.
Any ways, the total bill was $572.00 for 2 new air bag systems in the rear. I thought that was very reasonable from what I have read here and just wanted to share my story. Air bags had basically dry rotted over time, so i replaced both sides at the same time.
The "air suspension" msgs, would allow me to read only, so that's why this is here.
Thanks again for your help, love the car, and thanks for all the info posted by others, hopes this helps
jrguth, Lebanon, IN
If you see one is leaking - replace immediately. Dealers can be VERY expensive - especially using OEM products ($1,000 per strut - times 2 and add labor and you have a $2,200 bill awaiting you...)
Arnott Industries has new replacement air struts that are superior to the ones just a couple years ago and can be purchase on-line for $185 or so.
Be sure and replace both at the same time.
You wouldn't believe the color of that oil - a very dark gray. I'm glad I changed it now!
The driver informed me that he had owned it since it had around 100k on it. The original engine was replaced at 400k with a factory rebuilt unit and the transmission had been rebuilt at 350k. He said he had the brakes replaced "four or five times" and the tie rod ends once.
The driver said he "loved the car" and had no intention of replacing it until he had driven it at least a million miles. It was still surprisingly solid and seemed to run and ride well. The leather seats were still in good shape, too.
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