Pampered the Grand Marquis this weekend.

"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123) 05/30/2016 at 09:56 • Filed to: None

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Four quarts of full synthetic high mileage 10-w40 and one quart of oil stabilizer with a Bosch filter. And gave it a good cleaning inside and out. I’ve honestly never seen another in this color combination in LS trim. Only saw one other and it was a base model with cloth, no cornering lights, and spoke hubcaps.

Also fixed two of the power windows using the trick where you replace the crumbled nylon wheels with ball bearings, and new wiper blades, but no picture of that.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 05/30/2016 at 10:30

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10-40 is a bit thick, no? Were you having oil consumption issues?

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 05/30/2016 at 10:40

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Not yet. It only has 79k and change but pretty much all of these early 4.6s will burn a little.

I do have another one (the white guy in the background) with about double the miles. When I switched that one to the reccomended 5-w20 (I believe?) I started getting the puff of blue smoke out the back again. Went back to 10-w40 and no more smoke and the lifters are less noisy. So I run heavier oil in the two and seem to get more out at each change without having to add any in between.

vondon302 > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 05/30/2016 at 10:53

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Thx for the oil tip. Gonna try that on my p71.

Speed > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 05/30/2016 at 11:03

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Very nice! I love these old Panthers. My youngest brother has a ‘97 GrandMa.

It’s got an H-pipe, Thrush’s, a PI intake, gutted airbox, SHO lip on the back, body matched middle taillight panel and chrome beauty rings in the stock steelies.

We call it The Pale Whale, The Champagne Orangutan, The Beige Bomber, Tank and The Buttermachine.

It sounds fast so we cleaned it up this weekend and wreaked havoc at the local show/cruise, taunting everything from Rangers to Vipers.

The helmets got a ton of laughs and WTF looks.

Speed > Speed 05/30/2016 at 11:08

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Bonus: Drags mocked up!

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 05/30/2016 at 13:32

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Quick question: Grand Marquis or Miata as a daily/road trip/drift car for the next three years, and why?

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 05/30/2016 at 14:39

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Grand Marquis. Aside from the gas mileage, it makes a more practical DD. Put all the windows down and it will give you as much breeze as a convertible without the sunburn. It will obviously be better for a road trip since it can accommodate more people and stuff more comfortably, and is actually surprisingly frugal on gas at highway speeds. The Miata would probably make a better drift car? I assume. But if you can get the Grand Marquis back end to give out on dry pavement the way it does in the rain or snow, then you will have all the giggles. The Grand Marquis is not a sports car, so it would be unsuspecting. Not a full on sleeper without some work, but unsuspecting. Plus its plush suspension and wide seats make maneuvers at low speeds feel a lot faster.