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Offline BrianGMFS

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My New Ride...
« on: August 16, 2009, 04:59:45 PM »
Picked up my 92 Mercury Grand Marquis on Friday. Real Granny-mobile as the original owner (I'm only the second owner) is over 80 and can no longer drive. The car was always maintained well and not beat on.

Rides like a Gulfstream and handles like... Well, it ain't a fighter but she's still pretty nimble. Nimble enough to wish it had better seats than the split bench. Mileage is surprising as it's a 4000 pound car with a 4.6L V-8. I've been getting an average of 17.8-18.3 miles per gallon around town with a very heavy foot I might ad.

She's got a glass panel so I can pull up instant MPG, average, two trip odometers, gallons of fuel remaining and miles till empty.

Nice car. Even has the premium sound package (No CD player in 92) but my portable CD player and it's adapter works fine in the cassette player.

On to the pics...












Not to shabby for $1,200  ;D



Brian


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Re: My New Ride...
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2009, 01:35:25 AM »
I see a common ailment amongst cars belonging to the age-enhanced.

Looks like she used the bumper as a curb feeler.

My little pickup has taken quite a beating at one of our favorite restaurants (Zoe loves the Mac n Cheese there),
frequented by lots of older folks. One of 'em just pulled forward until the car stopped, then started to turn left
to get out of the spot. Left the left side of my rear bumper dished in and with an additional layer of white paint.

Offline Louis

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Re: My New Ride...
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2009, 10:32:40 PM »
Plus from a distance people can mistake you for a phantom police car! (As the Grand Marquis is a sibling of the Crown Victoria and Ford Police Interceptors.)

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Re: My New Ride...
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2009, 03:45:50 AM »
Congratulations, looks to be a fine car :)

Frank
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