92 Arizona Towncar said:
Dependable? Mine's a 92 with 261K miles on it... NEVER had a problem besides the usual wear and tear... My friends have more problems with their newer cars then I have had since I bought mine...
By dependable i mean something that i can rely on, that i can feel confident driving across town or across state and something that i dont have to replace anything on every pay period. every month im replacing something on my car. in a year and a half of ownership i have replaced Air suspension(300), had the top totally reglued and stretched(50), windshield(225 + 70 because i had to take it back to the top shop and have them pull the top back and reglue it), 2 radiators(250 the first time, 200 the second), thermostat(45), heatercore(250), various work to get my heater working (200), fuel pump(250), 3 alternators(65,65 and 130), window regulator( i think it was like 60 to get that changed out, dont remember), battery(60 or 70?). and now the blown head gasket. you cant just replace the gasket without redoing alot of it, otheriwse in 6 months its going to happen again. that going to be anywhere form 800-1300 that i dont want to ask my mom to put into my car(shes paid for every single repair). Theres more, but i cant think of it off the top of my head. i bought my car june 16th of 2003, it had 112k on it. today is april 19th 2005 and it has 143k on it and in that 30k mile span, i have almost put into it in repair costs what i paid for it. Im glad you got that 1/4 million out of your car, apparantly im not that lucky.
We have never had good luck with lincolns, my mom has had 3 since i was a child and mine makes 4, and they have all ended up rotting away in the back yard, i hope mine doesnt suffer the same fate.
considering everything i have put into it and how clean it is, i would like to get 1500 out of it. might get it, might not, but the car has been well taken care of.
It is a nice car, dont get me wrong, ive just had too many problems and am sick of dealing with it. Its a shame because that is my favorite year for the towncar(exterior and interior), and have never sat on such comfortable seats(i could use the backseat as a replacement for my bed and probably have more room and be way more comfortable) or driven a car that was as enjoyable to drive. and its black on black(so so sexy). and is one of the very few cars that i actually loved the stock wheels on(my car is totally sexy with the stock wheels)
and yes, my next car will be a lincoln(hopefully a 2000 or newer). :steering :L
