High Mileage Domestics

[dragogt]

Correct..

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[19bonestock88]

Im quite shocked nobody has mentioned a Saturn S series... Theyre generally an extremely reliable car whether you get a single cam or twin... My advice, get a twin cam SL2, SW2, or possibly SC2... My wifes sl1 single cam auto gets close to 40 mpg highway, and starts every morning. Of course the cars can have WP issues, but its cheap to buy a new one, and the engines tend to leak/use oil after 100k if youre still using 5w-30... My suggestion, use 10w-30 oil and you should be fine... Ive seen many of these on the road with 300k plus miles...

My local car dealership had a 97 saturn SL2 exhibit car that they acquired as a trade in that had 787,683 miles on it... For five bucks you could drive it and see how well the car held up over time... It drove almost as good as my wifes car does at 86k miles...

 

[wildbill23c]

The biggest reason I mentioned the Vic is because they are comfy, tough, reliable, cheap, can tow quite a bit get good mileage and still are respectable performers for what they are(espically the P71s.)

I like the crown vic, don't understand why Ford quit building them. My aunt and uncle has one that they don't take very good care of but with over 400,000 miles on it, my uncle is still driving it to and from work 60 mile round trips every day. They're great cars, I was saying the tempo because its smaller and better for fuel economy, but the crown vic's size and weight and mid 20's for fuel economy is pretty darn good, plus the trunk in the crown vic is massive. Parts are pretty easy to find given the huge number of them that were once fleet vehicles for many police departments.

 

[Mark_88]

Im quite shocked nobody has mentioned a Saturn S series... Theyre generally an extremely reliable car whether you get a single cam or twin... My advice, get a twin cam SL2, SW2, or possibly SC2... My wifes sl1 single cam auto gets close to 40 mpg highway, and starts every morning. Of course the cars can have WP issues, but its cheap to buy a new one, and the engines tend to leak/use oil after 100k if youre still using 5w-30... My suggestion, use 10w-30 oil and you should be fine... Ive seen many of these on the road with 300k plus miles...

My local car dealership had a 97 saturn SL2 exhibit car that they acquired as a trade in that had 787,683 miles on it... For five bucks you could drive it and see how well the car held up over time... It drove almost as good as my wifes car does at 86k miles...

Not sure where I read it recently, but there is a fix for the oil problems...I think it was actually on here...something can get plugged up and it starts to use oil once that happens...but it is a fairly inexpensive fix and once it is corrected (or prevented) they do not use oil...

As for Crown Vics...I love them too...always wanted one and they are especially well rated in accidents (as in survival of the occupants)...

 

[19bonestock88]

Could you post a link?i would be much interested in preventing the oil leak in my wifes saturn...

 

[Mark_88]

Could you post a link?i would be much interested in preventing the oil leak in my wifes saturn...

I tried searching TRS and found a bunch of posts about it but didn't recognize the one I thought I saw here...it wasn't that long ago that I read it either because my ex drives a Saturn and I thought it might be something she would need some day...maybe try a Google search...

 

[LIMA BEAN]

I tried searching TRS and found a bunch of posts about it but didn't recognize the one I thought I saw here...it wasn't that long ago that I read it either because my ex drives a Saturn and I thought it might be something she would need some day...maybe try a Google search...

So you pretty much carry around a shovel to dig your own grave then yes!? Good lawd son if you ever see a redhead just cut yer wiener off n yer tongue out... be less painfull.

 

[Mark_88]

haha...she's my ex-on, ex-off for 25 years...when she is ex-on I give her advice sometimes...then she becomes my ex-off for a few more years...

Maybe I shouldn't give her advice...????

 

[LIMA BEAN]

haha...she's my ex-on, ex-off for 25 years...when she is ex-on I give her advice sometimes...then she becomes my ex-off for a few more years...

Maybe I shouldn't give her advice...????

Only way I would cut you slack is if she is a redhead, then you already ask for it. You do know the OP is a redhead brat of sourts right???? falk man dont mess with them, be hell to pay.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I like the crown vic, don't understand why Ford quit building them. My aunt and uncle has one that they don't take very good care of but with over 400,000 miles on it, my uncle is still driving it to and from work 60 mile round trips every day. They're great cars, I was saying the tempo because its smaller and better for fuel economy, but the crown vic's size and weight and mid 20's for fuel economy is pretty darn good, plus the trunk in the crown vic is massive. Parts are pretty easy to find given the huge number of them that were once fleet vehicles for many police departments.

They could of eaisly taken the large sedan segment by installing a 5.0 coyote with a 3.5 ecoboost on the cheap side and a minor facelift....but i guess well never know

 

[wildbill23c]

They could of eaisly taken the large sedan segment by installing a 5.0 coyote with a 3.5 ecoboost on the cheap side and a minor facelift....but i guess well never know

Unfortunately rather than leaving a vehicle alone that sells, they scrap the whole idea and build junk vehicles instead. Ford lost millions of sales by doing away with the crown vic's due to just about every police department using them, taxi companies using them, and other companies using them as fleet vehicles as well.

Every police officer I have spoke with in Idaho that has the new Dodge Chargers hate them, there's hardly any room at all in them, and they're actually not as powerful as the crown vic's were...imagine that. Not to mention wonder how many transmissions they've gone through since Chrysler can't build an automatic transmission worth crap.

 

[shane96ranger]

haha...she's my ex-on, ex-off for 25 years...

Oh... like so? She must be really shiny.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Unfortunately rather than leaving a vehicle alone that sells, they scrap the whole idea and build junk vehicles instead. Ford lost millions of sales by doing away with the crown vic's due to just about every police department using them, taxi companies using them, and other companies using them as fleet vehicles as well.

It would be hard to keep the factory open making just stripped down cars for the police. Not really worth moving the line either for a car that nobody but police want.

Pretty much all the taxis in Omaha have black and white showing through where the red or yellow paint is chipped off and spotlight holes in the DS A piller... not sure how many taxi companies buy new vs hitting the police surplus lots.

The local cops have tested the new "interceptor" Taurus... the snag is the city forefathers don't want to be giving Roscoe and Enus the keys to a 350hp+ AWD terror. So they get V6 Chargers as they slowly kill off the Crown Vics.

 

[Andy D]

Get a Grand Marquis or a Town Car I motate around in old BMWs, but I'm weird that way. Not a Taurus fan. Or a GM or Chrysler fan either Purely hearsay about Focus and Saturns . DIL has a pretty bullet proof Honda CRV. A 2wd 4banger Ranger isnt too awful a ride either. Other guys are into Ford Fiestas, not really 'Merican but..

 

[shane96ranger]

Pretty much all the taxis in Omaha have black and white showing through where the red or yellow paint is chipped off and spotlight holes in the DS A piller... not sure how many taxi companies buy new vs hitting the police surplus lots.

Same here. All of the Taxi companies use ex-cop cars here. Some of our Taxis even have the push bar and spotlights on them still. Whoever paints these things for them does a horrible job. Worse than Earl Scheib.