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I'm thinking about buying a 1999 Grand Marquis, with less than 40,000 miles. Is there anything I need to look out for, or if I do buy it, is there anything I need to have done to it right away like changing the timing belt? You all have a great forum here, people seem to really love their GM's and CV's! 
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Replying to: tismyself (Sep 09, 2007 1:25 pm) Second, change the transmission fluid, filter, and drain the turbine. Dropping the pan will enable the tech to clean out any filings and clutch residue. If you intend to drive this unit for many more miles and/or years, refill the tranny with Mercon V. It is a semi synthetic oil, but spendy, however worth it if you are going to retain the car. At 40,000 check out the fuel and air filters & replace if necessary. Safe Driving to you. 
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Replying to: tismyself (Sep 09, 2007 1:25 pm) Second, you will be so happy to own a car which comes closet to the Rolls Royce in classic great lines which do not change with each year's passing fashion fads. Third, you will be extremely comfortable in your MGM. Fourth, you will not be so conspicuous when pushing the redline to 90 mph. Fifth, people will show you great respect on the road, because you will look like a Fed or maybe a State representative and you can always park at the airport in the departure lane. Best of luck with your almost "new" MGM. Sincerely, The Legendary Danny O'Doul* *The leading authority on the MGM Ultra-rare Park Lane edition. |
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Replying to: tismyself (Sep 09, 2007 1:25 pm)
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Replying to: thekozman1 (Jun 19, 2001 4:22 am) |
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Replying to: 427435 (Jun 17, 2001 3:11 pm) |
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| I have a 2005 CV and it has 27000miles. I have had zero problems with it so far. Heard the intakes go bad. Motor is worked though. Not that it has anything to do with it. Pushing 300HP. Its a P74. No complaints yet. 355 gears and I reprogrammed the MAS sensor. Good Luck! | |
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Replying to: L8_Apex (Mar 08, 2000 3:02 am) We have had our 2008 Sable Premier FWD for 3 months now w/ 7000 miles. We made the change from Grand Marquis's (4 used LS's) over the past 22 years to the new revised Sable in order to get a lot of good technology that was not offered in the G.M. cars (such as ESC, in-dash GPS, Satellite radio, Voice Sync, etc) The car rides good, but not like the last 2000 Grand Marquis LS w/ 131K on it (our first really new car we bought). I think Ford did the best they could with FWD and torque steer is minimal. I miss RWD, but my wife wanted a bit smaller car so here we are. Most other FWD drives have poor back seat room such as Camry, Nisson, and others. I would have to buy a BMW 740i or Mercedes S series to get a RWD vehicle close to this car’s interior room. The seats are 3" higher off the ground which make entry much more ergonomic for us 57 year olds and much better for my wife's folks_ 84. Power is quite good for a V-6, 260 HP and it shifts very smooth with the 6 speed Automatic. The oil filter is located in a pretty good spot and I use my drive up ramps using 5W-20 oil every 7500 miles. I changed at 2500 the first time to get factory grit out of the engine as I tend to keep cars quite a long time. This car starts every time and never misses no matter what temperature__4-8 degree mornings for us. The only problem, I had was an out of adjustment cruise control switch on the brake pedal that would kick out the cruise occasionally. I took it to a nearby Ford dealer for a quick fix and that was it. I did buy the extended 6 year/100K mile warranty since I still remember the $1800.00 Sun visors that went bad with Home-Link/Visor lights wiring shorts that wiped out the Digital Dash (which I miss). I had the mechanic wire around for $80 each time on each visor instead, to bypass the visors. I will know more about this car in about 100K miles. The room in this car is phenomenal, especially in the rear seats and the trunk is large, though space is awkward, but still handles large suit cases for international travel quite well. The courtesy lights on this car are great and the interior controls grow on you after awhile. The plug-ins are plentiful for our Radar Detector, phone charger Fr/Rr, ipod, etc. This is the car Ford/Mercury is pushing as they neglect the Grand Marquis design. The price was quite good with $3000 rebates and trade. We ordered and waited 2 months to get the Sage color we wanted w/ Camel interior and light plastic wood. I feel this car is the precursor for the upcoming Lincoln MKS, which has a better looking C pillar, dished out chrome wheels, and a few more gadgets. My wife did not like the front end of that car on the websites we viewed. Our car had every option except the rear DVD player and it has plenty of toys to play with. We get quite a few compliments on the color and look of the car as they tried to make it look closer to the smaller Milan (mileage is not much better on the Milan than with the larger Sable). Overall, I would recommend this car to anyone who drives a lot of miles and hauls 3-4 people often, as well as drives it to work daily. I regret buying the extended warranty, but for the overall price I feel good about the purchase as this car goes to Chicago quite often (600 mile trips) Our mileage: We normally drive on Interstates about 65-75+ MPH regularly and do some town driving. I select regular gas w/o ethanol to avoid the 2-3 mpg loss, which I have tested. The weather is now cold in Southern Illinois which also cost about 1-2 MPG. If I keep my foot out of it, mileage does go up about 1-2 MPG. We get about 23-26 MPG on trips and 18-20 MPG going to work__5 miles away. (not much better than what we got on the 2000 Grand Marquis) Good Luck to all.
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Replying to: dmers1 (Jan 24, 2008 5:11 pm) How does the factory get its grit into the engine? 
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Uh...union labor???...sorry, didn't mean to start a fight...
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