You are correct. The Crown Vic, in the last 15 years was built as a heavy
duty fleet vehicle for commercial use. The engine and running gear and
suspension is overbuilt for grampa use.
I do appreciate the amount of room in them and overall comfort. I prefer
that all four shoes be driven and a little more ground clearance, hence my
choice in vehicles, but used Crown Vics are positively the best vehicle for
the money. They are also about the most jig saw puzzled vehicles out there
too as every fleet manager will assemble a new one out of two crunched ones.
AG
On Saturday, April 5, 2014, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The Crown Victoria is a large rear wheel drive full-frame sedan. They were
> not basic cars, they were Ford's top of the line model. Some people think
> of them as boring, since they were popular with old people. Mine has an
> overhead cam multiport injected V8 and the high performance
> suspension/steering that was used on the Police model so it actually is
> quite fast and nimble for such a large, heavy car. Gas milage is poor,
> because of the car's size and large engine, but the car is indestructible
> and can carry a lot of gear. It is very comfortable on long trips, and
> small cars make me feel frighteningly claustrophobic, so I don't mind
> paying for the gas.
>
>
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