CARFAX Just Saved My Ass!

[bizmark]

Just a question: why are you so intent on getting a Crown Vic / Grand Marquis / Town Car? Size? Engine? RWD? Goodwill towards Ford corporation?

Tell you what you should do, is try to find one at an estate sale in your area. Old people gobble those things up. I worked in a Lincoln/Mercury dealership for a while, and there were a bunch of rich, geriatric regular customers who would trade in their cars every 3-4 years, almost always with very low mileage since they didn't get out much. When they die, their kids usually don't want the car and they just want to get rid of it. Buying at any dealership, you're getting an automatic markup, guaranteed. (Unless it's been sitting on the lot for the past year.) If you're looking to save money (sounds like you are), you can do a lot better than buying from a dealership.

 

[Ornery]

Best deal I got was from a private owner for my son's '95. Only $4,000.00 for it. Haven't found one like it since!

The dealerships can't keep 'em on the lots. I've got a "Trading Times" and "Auto Trader" here. Private owners aren't giving them away either. The Town Cars are too high, I can see that. It will be a G. Marquis or Crown Vic.

They're very cheap and easy to repair. They're rugged as hell, so they don't break down much in the first place. Do a search on the web, where you'll find one review after another, like this. There's a damn good reason your local cops use these things for patrol cars. I've been running Grand Marquis and Town Cars for the past 25 years and they DO NOT let me down. Never bought one newer than 5 years old and never had one die before I got at least 7years use out of it. Da Bomb is still running after 20 years and it's 25 years old!

 

[Ornery]

Gawd! Ran five CarFax reports for cars located using AutoTrader.com. Two of them were used as lease cars and one has been in an accident. The rest are over 40 miles away and pretty damn expensive! Private sellers are as bad or worse than the dealers!

Very few dealers open today at all. The one that is open is where I gotta tell the OLD salesman about his car being used as a rental. He's probably coming in today just to close that deal.

I think I'll print up some fliers and put them on windshields of 1995-1999 Grand Marquis LS owners. I'll ask them to call me about buying their car. I'M SERIOUS! This is getting ridiculous!