"Benzed92" (zoomzoom6)
12/08/2014 at 23:52 • Filed to: None
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"Benzed92" (zoomzoom6)
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I've been toying with the idea ever since the Crown Vic article have been floating around here. Lets see some pics!
All Motor Is Best Motor
> Benzed92
12/08/2014 at 23:55 |
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I don't really see the point. They aren't actually fast, nor do they really handle well. I guess you can get them cheap with cheap readily available parts, and I would assume they're reasonably comfortable.
> Benzed92
12/08/2014 at 23:55 |
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I got an LX.
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Benzed92
> All Motor Is Best Motor
12/09/2014 at 00:03 |
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Yea that's kinda my reasoning, I've found ~75k mile examples (including idle hours) for under 6 grand and it would be a nice winter beater. Which is something I've always looked for.
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Benzed92
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12/09/2014 at 00:04 |
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Very nice, gotta have that mesh grille! How's it treated you so far?
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> Benzed92
12/09/2014 at 00:09 |
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I've had 6 Panther platform cars over the years. Never had any major problems. If you do regular maintenance these things will run forever.
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Benzed92
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12/09/2014 at 00:24 |
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That's great news, thank you for the insight.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1414948657…
This is one I had in mind but want to find one a little cheaper but still relatively low miles.
SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
> Benzed92
12/09/2014 at 00:48 |
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Ooooh. The mesh grill above and black steelies with the silver center cap would look killer on that car.
Redhondamike
> Benzed92
12/09/2014 at 01:21 |
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My sister has been dd'ing her '06 crown Vic police package for 5 years! The tranny went early on, and we had to replace a few coils just this year. Other than that it's a tank! Fun to drive. Roomy. Pretty gutsy if you put your foot down and a blast to autox. Wish I had one of my own.
Arben72
> Benzed92
12/09/2014 at 02:12 |
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There's one abandoned on one of my rental properties. Never bothered to have it towed. It's been sitting in a garage for 6 years now...
jkm7680
> Arben72
12/09/2014 at 07:37 |
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Go and take it! Or give us pictures at least.
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Arben72
> jkm7680
12/09/2014 at 07:51 |
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I'll deliver those pics as soon as I'm out of the er...
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jkm7680
> Arben72
12/09/2014 at 07:52 |
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Yayyy
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Arben72
> jkm7680
12/09/2014 at 07:53 |
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I'm on morphine so I'm enjoying it too...
Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> Benzed92
12/09/2014 at 10:10 |
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I had one as my second car and it was great. Are they abused? HELL YES! but they are also the most meticulously maintained cars on the planet. Where I'm from (New-Brunswick if that matters) they have to go thru a rigorous safety inspection every 6 months and anything that needs replacing is replaced no questions asked.
When I had bought mine (1999 Ford P71) it had 269,000km's on the clock but the odometer wasn't working so it could of had way more.I got the safety check done and my mechanic was dumbfounded on how good of a condition it was in for having that type of mileage he even offered to buy it from me and he had a Jeep Grand Cherokee he was asking if I would trade for.
I bought in 2005 for $3000 and 3 days after I got it the alternator crapped out it cost me $110 bucks to get it rebuilt. after that I drove it HARD (HARD!!!) for 2 years then I sold it to my brother for $1800 bucks and he drove it for another 2 years(although not as hard as i did) and together we but a total of $0 dollars in it other than oil,gas,and back tires every month (I liked doing burnouts so I would buy cheap tires on kijiji and installed them myself I worked at Canadian Tire at the time). That car had well over 400,000km's by the time we were done with it.
I can tell you straight up you will not find a better car for the money. It was BY FAR the most reliable car I ever owned(including the 5 brand new cars I've owned over the years).