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Toilet Sex wrote:

because loads of people seem to think it's some amazingly cool car

it's a nerd in car form

I thought it was cool before I knew it was in back to the future

PrivateVendetta wrote:

You're a car in nerd form

don't be mad because you're PrivateVendetta and i'm GeneralVendetta

GeneralVendetta

i order you to make me a cup of tea

i am happy about that

Just ordered Continental ExtremeContact DW tires for all 4 corners of my s2000.  I've got no experience with these but they've got a good rating on tirerack.  Supposed to be a good mix of performance and comfort.  Maybe they're good, maybe they're shit.  the fun is in the suspense.  I tried getting tires locally but every place I went to either overcharged or did everything they could to get me to buy the cheap garbage they had in stock.  even costco was a fucking hassle.

the andros of cars

What the fuck is going on there?

who ya gonna call?

crashed a car he doesn't know how to drive.  good job asshole.

whoop that trick

Man, I am really having trouble seeing the logic in Ford killing off the Panther platform(Crown Vics/Grand Marquis/Town Cars/Marauders) more than ever.

They've completely lost taxi sales now, they're probably going to lose many if not most cop car sales to the other companies such as Chevy with their new Caprice and that Carbon cop car if they've actually released it yet, and they have no real limousine model anymore, I just found out the Town Car's civilian and limousine replacement is the MKT, which is an SUV and has also sold only 4000 units this year.

The equipment to make Panthers had already long since paid for itself and the cars were extremely cheap and profitable to make and sell(and also to repair for those that bought them), regardless of how technologically obsolete they were.  Ford fucked up.


In other news, now that I have heard that the Ford SYNC technology is starting to include the ability to act as a wireless hotspot in addition to the other cool shit I've seen it able to do, I am extremely excited to see if it gets implemented in the new Taurus Police Interceptors, since that will make a very nice feature for a 2nd-hand car that also can come with the option of being twin-turbocharged and with AWD, possibly even bulletproof doors too just for the coolness factor.  I think I might just try to get one when they start retiring them in a year or two if the price is right.

TSI wrote:

Much as I like the panther platform, it was outdated. Body-on-frame, no IRS, oversized and overwieght, and the engines offered for it were just too lethargic. It was a product of the 80s, and it got an exceptionally long life because of its durable design, not because it was good in any way.

Did Ford fuck up? In terms of profits maybe. In terms of promoting a modern, dynamic image, no.

To be honest, there isn't much I'd not rather drive than the panther boat.

Ford didn't do it any justice by not updating it to death they way they did, but the same time, its core parts such as the 4.6L engine paired with the 4R70W transmission are what made it so damn reliable.  I shit you not, I testdrove an 03 Police Interceptor with 343,000 miles on it, and the same guy had another one with 408,000 on it that he was selling for a little bit more because it actually ran better than the one I testdrove, and on the Town Car forums, I've seen several reports of well over 400,000+ miles on 98 and up Town Cars, still running with the original engine

It was just the perfect workhorse sedan, if maybe a bit large and bulky, but everybody who worked with it loved that about it for the comfort, I know I sure do.  I like having a bigger car too, I'm not looking forward to having to squeeze into a little econobox or hatchback if I ever have to, I hate how the ability to have an old-fashioned but still somewhat up-to-date large car is just stripped from my grasp, and now there's only ever smaller shittier cars.

Staying modern doesn't always have to be the only way to go, especially if you're still making profits after 13 years of just about the same design with the exception of a few minor updates and revisions.