Time For Some Fresh Wheels

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Well the old 87 Town Car has 204000 on it, and Because I,ve been out of work so long I,ve had to nurse this Grand Old Lady for a while but when I look at what I,ve spent to keep her in dependable condition,,at least a 1000.00 this year alone, I figure it Might be time for something a little more current,,I,m still a rear wheel drive guy and still prefer to stay with American Made Product,so my choices are limited,,any suggestions or ideas

[stuwee]

Dude, ya need a bigger boat, nothing compares to a Lincoln, I know of which I speak, or, ask a satisfied owner. get another one *devil*..............

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I drove a 95 Roadmaster with the LT! corvette in it and was surprised on how cheaply it was made, a Caddy Brougham would be a little better but trying to find a nice one in Minnesota is impossible,,I,m looking at a 98 Lincoln Signature Series with 85k tommorrow after work, guys asking 5 grand for it, sounds a bit steep but we,ll see

[braxus]

The new and slightly older Mustangs are nice cars. The V6s are pretty peppy too. Im a Mustang guy myself, but have resorted to driving a Mazda ever since the ol '81 Stang kept needing to be fed money in both parts, repair, and gas. I was getting 200km on a tank of gas, so it had to go. The newer ones are better.

[Scorpion8]

87 Town Car? Man, that's a land yacht! I picked up a Ford Contour to drive to work just to save on gas. Front wheel drive, but great little cars and quite spiffy. My Dodge Ram 1500 now is a weekender.

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Well it,s time to step up The F--- Ac unit went out of the town car yeaterday there a noise in the front end that may more serious than dry bushings so I called the guy with the 98 town car to see if car is still available if my mechanic says ok I,ll be driving it by next week

[Scorpion8]

Have you checked your local government agencies for old Crown Victoria's (ex-police cars) or State agencies for surplus equipment sales?

[Web Police]

I have an Olds Bravada you could have for cheap, but your a Lincoln type of guy. :D

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Have you checked your local government agencies for old Crown Victoria's (ex-police cars) or State agencies for suplus equipment sales?Yes ther a couple of dealers in the twin cities that deal in ex government/police cars,,Police cars were my secondary mode of transportation when I was younger mostly handcuffed in the back seat I think I,ll pass

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I have an Olds Bravada you could have for cheap, but your a Lincoln type of guy. :D
Web Your Doberman looks way to comfortable in the back seat of that Bravada

[Web Police]

Yeah it is her kennel away from home. :)

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Yeah it is her kennel away from home. :)Plus the fact is I think she still wants to bite me on the ass

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Well Stuwee You,d be proud of me,,I bought the 98 town-car today,,it,s a guy thing I think but even with as many cars as Iv,e owned I still get a warm fuzzy playing with all the new buttons ,,I was out joy riding for a couple of hours,, and Popped in a cassette just to check the system,,,Jethro Tull ,,Thick as a Brick:D:D:D

[Rat44]

Land yachts are good.
I miss my '71 Fury III.
That was a boat.
Put a few miles on Buick Electra 225's.

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Land yachts are good.
I miss my '71 Fury III.
That was a boat.
Put a few miles on Buick Electra 225's.
Nothing beats good old fashioned Detroit Iron

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Well maybe just a Lucky move but anybody familier with the 4.6 litre Ford Engines Knows there good motors but Have 1 problem,,,the freakin plastic intake manifolds,,they crack,,, Ford got Sued over replacing the manifolds after the warranty period for flleet customers and screwing the consumer and lost,,any way when i bought my newer town car I allready figured I,d have to replace the intake so I negotiated it in the price and turned the car over to my tech to replace it BEFORE it went Bad,, so I get a call today and my tech told me the manifold was allready staring to seep and I was lucky I decided to replace it when i did,,

[Rat44]

Good catch.
It's always cheaper to replace before it needs it.
Saves on tow bills and frustration later.

[gamve]

Well maybe just a Lucky move but anybody familier with the 4.6 litre Ford Engines Knows there good motors but Have 1 problem,,,the freakin plastic intake manifolds,,they crack,,, Ford got Sued over replacing the manifolds after the warranty period for flleet customers and screwing the consumer and lost,,any way when i bought my newer town car I allready figured I,d have to replace the intake so I negotiated it in the price and turned the car over to my tech to replace it BEFORE it went Bad,, so I get a call today and my tech told me the manifold was allready staring to seep and I was lucky I decided to replace it when i did,,

4.6 liter !!! Jezz two of my cars and my bike don't add up to that. Petrol is AUD $1.75 a liter here...glad I have not got a 4.6 L car

[stuwee]

Right On Bro!! Nothin' like driving a living room eh?? My prefered style is the De-troit lean left arm draped over the steering wheel/tiller/rudder control, my body listing to starboard, right arm on the well padded armrest *Hi5* passin everything but a gas station *devil* Deep Purple "Highway Star" Blastin'!!!

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Yea man 4100 pounds of full frame,rear wheel drive,,a big enough back seat for some red hot monkey love and a trunk big enough to house a immigrant Family ,,enough buttons and dials to keep make you think your piloting a B-52 and the surprizing thing the damn thing is getting decent Gas mileage for whale with wheels,,I,ll take 5 miles to a gallon less to a gallon than a toyota and I.ll walk away from and accident and for tunes AM/FM,, Cassette with Dolby B and a Factory 6 Disc in the trunk,, no more country and western black holes traveling to Chicago for Christmas for me

[Web Police]

Sounds like a nice car there FF. *btoast*

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Sounds like a nice car there FF. *btoast*Thanks Web do you remember the old loncoln I was driving when we did the tape deal when we were members of that other place

[Web Police]

Yup I remember that old beast quite well.

[stuwee]

Yea man 4100 pounds of full frame,rear wheel drive,,a big enough back seat for some red hot monkey love and a trunk big enough to house a immigrant Family ,,enough buttons and dials to keep make you think your piloting a B-52 and the surprizing thing the damn thing is getting decent Gas mileage for whale with wheels,,I,ll take 5 miles to a gallon less to a gallon than a toyota and I.ll walk away from and accident and for tunes AM/FM,, Cassette with Dolby B and a Factory 6 Disc in the trunk,, no more country and western black holes traveling to Chicago for Christmas for me

I couldn't have said it better myself! Except, now I miss my '78 boat, 6,030 pounds, 460cid V F'n 8!! *fit* ;-((;-((

Pics when you can..

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I just found out how big my new Lincoln is,,I went to wash it the other day only to find it had some kind of sap or other Shit that a cleaner would not remove,,so rather than having some dick head hit it with a buffer I decided to buy a Meguiers Clay Bar system,, well i started at 9;00 am this morning and Clay-Barred every f---- inch of that Whale then waxed it ,,,looks like New Money but i swear the Damn car kept on getting longer by the minute heres some pics

[stuwee]

Groovy Bay-Be!! :D*yikes* Now that's a ride! I call shot-gun!

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Groovy Bay-Be!! :D*yikes* Now that's a ride! I call shot-gun!
Done deal,, I just love ,driving that f---ing whale ,,hard to believe the difference between my 87 towny and the 98 and for you gas economy guys how does 21.8 combined mileage sound once I get the factory Dual exhaust and the KN filter I,ll pick-up about 30 HP and probably 3MPG more, the whale needs to breathe

[niklasthedolphin]

May I be radical here and sugest this:

http://www.canim.net/araba/images/Alfa-159SW-TI_137_1024x768.jpg

http://www.virtualcar.it/public/media07/ar07geneve2.jpg

3.195 ccm.
6-cylinder
24 valves
260 bhp (191 kW) @ 6.200 rpm.
Torque: 322 Nm @ 4.500 rpm.

Driving better than most US cars...............just like the best R2R sounds better compared to 64kb/s mp2 files.

"dolph"

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May I be radical here and sugest this:

http://www.canim.net/araba/images/Alfa-159SW-TI_137_1024x768.jpg

http://www.virtualcar.it/public/media07/ar07geneve2.jpg

3.195 ccm.
6-cylinder
24 valves
260 bhp (191 kW) @ 6.200 rpm.
Torque: 322 Nm @ 4.500 rpm.

Driving better than most US cars...............just like the best R2R sounds better compared to 64kb/s mp2 files.

"dolph"Nothing Radical about that Beauty,, just the price tag

[niklasthedolphin]

Then try to imagine that of the basic price of the car from the factory, here in Denmark we pay 180% tax on top AND THEN we pay EXTRA 25% tax of the whole amount.

Beat that!

Damn, I wish those taxes here were gone....................on our income we pay somewhere close to 50% tax.

And then we pay 25% tax on all shopping.

Anyway..................
I had the Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagon for some years.
Love that car.

You can not expect a platonic ownership with that car.
There are feelings in between here.

If you choose Alfa, you will soon get the problem that you don't have time enough.
You won't have time for your friends or family because the best drive in the Alfa will always be the next one.

You will figure out that, even though the shortest distance between A and B is a straight line, You never find yourself driving on that line.
You just have pass by C, D and E and check out F and G, not to mention those twisty and hilly small roads in the local area to plan next weekends drive.

You have to have tried it to understand.

When you have driven it, you will even spend and waste time trying to explain this to any third part.

An Alfa Romeo you don't posses, you have an affair with it.

"dolph"

[Des-Lab]

Someone in need of a vehicle that will turn heads anywhere you go, take a gander at these.

[stuwee]

Alfa's rule however, you can't use them in the US. They don't get fixed properly when the 'affair' goes south, they were run out of our market for shoddy build quality and even worse dealer back-up. I'd take the new Brevia in a heartbeat. Des's pic of the '76 Ford wagon proves you need some metal around ya in a serious accident! Ford twin-I-beam suspension parts doubling as door beams saves lives :D:D

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There are some people who love those old alfa,s but major rust problems make them expensive to restore to a driver status,,plus there wasn,t one I couldn,t blow the door of with my old Pontiac super duty or my 57 chevy, or my olds super 88 coupe

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The build code tells me I have the TOTL JBL system in the Whale with Equalization curves built in somehow,, so while I add another 50# of Chrome to the beast this weekend I think i,ll F---- with the sound system