Trading up.
December 30th I traded in the '89 New Yorker for a 2001 Town Car. The New Yorker had become needy for parts, with something major happening about every month. Although it was a very nice car, the eighteen year old parts were starting to fail, especially being driven daily as opposed to the infrequent driving it incurred with its previous owner, as evidenced by being just a tick over 100k miles when I took possession of the car. Last month it was the radiator. The month before it was front struts, and front tires/ alignment the month before that. This month it was going to be CV joints and brakes, and next month, valve cover gaskets. The front is already needing to be aligned again after just routine use. In early spring the AC was going to have to be fixed and some time down the road the dry-rotted rear air shocks were needing to be addressed. Most of this stuff (save for the AC) became readily apparent a few weeks/months after I bought the car and began driving it daily.
The Town Car seems to be trouble free (don't they all, at first?) and hopefully finding things it needs won't be as frustrating as it was for the Chrysler. Here's to hoping I won't need to for a while. I originally fell in love with the Lincoln Town Car when my brother owned a '93 about ten years ago. Its was large and luxurious and and I loved sitting in the big back seat. These days, Town Cars are a bit smaller, I'm a bit larger, but the magic remains :)
Tomorrow I go for a license plate and inspection sticker. I'm not sure whether to get a personalized tag or not. Mississippi has a pretty snazzy "Nurses Touch Lives" tag or I might just get MATT RN or something like LANKIN just for shits and giggles. I have until tomorrow to decide! Actually, the dealership was supposed to give me an inspection sticker (the original owner lived in Tennessee, where the stupid things aren't required) but I really don't feel like going back to the dealership, and spending the $5 for one somewhere else doesn't bother me.
As far as future mods, go, this isn't really a car people do that sort of thing to... tastefully. I love the wheels as they are and don't want to detract from the buttery smooth ride and the exhaust is just loud enough as-is. I'll consult my friend and resident 4.6 modular expert Brad for further instruction. The car is, however, in dire need of a CD player and new speakers.
In front of a small portion of Lake Mohawk.
The back seat with requisite fire extinguisher.
The Town Car seems to be trouble free (don't they all, at first?) and hopefully finding things it needs won't be as frustrating as it was for the Chrysler. Here's to hoping I won't need to for a while. I originally fell in love with the Lincoln Town Car when my brother owned a '93 about ten years ago. Its was large and luxurious and and I loved sitting in the big back seat. These days, Town Cars are a bit smaller, I'm a bit larger, but the magic remains :)
Tomorrow I go for a license plate and inspection sticker. I'm not sure whether to get a personalized tag or not. Mississippi has a pretty snazzy "Nurses Touch Lives" tag or I might just get MATT RN or something like LANKIN just for shits and giggles. I have until tomorrow to decide! Actually, the dealership was supposed to give me an inspection sticker (the original owner lived in Tennessee, where the stupid things aren't required) but I really don't feel like going back to the dealership, and spending the $5 for one somewhere else doesn't bother me.
As far as future mods, go, this isn't really a car people do that sort of thing to... tastefully. I love the wheels as they are and don't want to detract from the buttery smooth ride and the exhaust is just loud enough as-is. I'll consult my friend and resident 4.6 modular expert Brad for further instruction. The car is, however, in dire need of a CD player and new speakers.
In front of a small portion of Lake Mohawk.
The back seat with requisite fire extinguisher.