Radio lights burnt out right out of the box.
This car is superb at almost everything. The new rack and pinion steering is much better and the new frame rails make it tight and responsive.
It is very bouncy with the suspension over rough roads, but hopefully, the suspension will settle down after it wears in.
The motor is 1st class performance.
If I stick my foot in it, it gets 13 MPG, and will still do 25 MPG on cruise control.
It is a screaming bargain. 30,000 sticker and I paid 25k after the 2500 rebate and 2500 markup. I essentially bought it for 100 over invoice.
I have a dark blue '03 Crown Vic LX Sport and I love when I pull up next to Civics and Accords and I floor it and blow the off the line. In my opinion, one of the great sleepers of today.
I have a 02 Grand Marquis LS, with digital dash and dual exhaust and redundant audio controls on the steering wheel, and got it for free. (Death of grandparent) I love the car, but I will warn you. If you drive the cars super hard, ie--like flooring it every time you take off and doing burn outs and drag racing the car, you will only get around 70,000-miles or less out of your transmission. Have all the fun you want if you have the extra money to put a new trans in, but if your like me and a poor college student, you will drive it right.
My dad is a county cop and he knows a lot about these cars and told me about how to drive them. I drive mine easy and it gets 24mpg 1/2 city and 1/2 highway.
I recently purchased a 2003 CV PI from a dealer that specializes in police vehicles. This one came from Lebanon, Ohio. It appears to have been a patrol vehicle as it had a partition and deck lights at one point. The exterior is aspen green and it has a street appearance except for the low profile spotlight on the drivers side. Very nice overall for 87,000 miles. I replaced a coil, put new rubber on it and did a thorough cleaning inside and out. Came up with a few rifle cartridges rolling around in the trunk and a pipe wedged into the rear seat molding. ALWAYS go over a used police car carefully when you buy one! It does not appear to have been abused. The municipality it came from is a relatively quiet and upscale community. I could not be happier with the overall performance of the vehicle as well as the "respect" this car garners from other drivers. I always get plenty of room from others on the highway, friendly waves from law enforcement instead of a hard stare and it tends to slow down those reckless and annoying drivers. Once you get used to the rear wheel drive again it a real pleasure to drive. I may not ever drive anything else! It has been my experience thus far that these cars are relatively easy to re-sell and any depreciation is well offset by the use I get out of them while I have them.
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