RE: Would someone please
Okay. A couple of points to be made.
The 2003 Town Car is 75% all new underneath. It's unlike any prior Town Car. I am averaging 19 MPG 'round town. It's satin-ee smooth and handles extremely well. All of the geometry underneath is new and it will out-handle a deVille or Concorde Limited. (Biggest, most expensive Chrysler)...
The ride is so hushed and quiet it begs to be experienced.
2nd Point
In 1975 I was in a big accident. I was "T-Boned" by a 19 year old who stole a garbage truck (of all things) and was running away from the ensuing police car in chase. He slammed into me in the passenger side rear quarter panel. My ride did a 360 spin and came out of it with enough torque to slam head on into a fire hydrant. I was shook up, but 100% okay & not injured. I was in my Mom's 1974 Imperial Coupe, all 5,100 pounds of it.
http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1975/wpc/74b.jpg
Had I been in my demo (at the time 1975 I was selling Dodges and my demo was a Dodge Dart) I probably would been hurt.
Since then I have only bought big cars, but cars began getting smaller & smaller. The ascMcLarens are small (well, Mustang sized) and the Demos I drove were all small. With all of the HUGE SUVs out there, I decided after the Mark VIII that I wanted the biggest domestic I could find (car) & the T.C. was that.
3rd Point
The T.C. has sorta a grey cloud over it. I am really not too familiar with the reliability or performance of the 1980s versions, but this 2003 is a very impressive car. I remember, I am coming to it, from a Mark VIII - so I am comparing it to and with the Mark VIII.
The Mark handles better, but not by alot. The Mark has more road feel, but the T.C. is alot quieter & smoother. I miss the built in voice activated phone, and I curse Lincoln for not taking the one out of the Volvo S80 (2003) and putting it into the Town Car. THAT phone is a masterpiece! Mercedes has it, too. (and) So does Jaguar. Since Ford owns Volvo & Jag, why didnt they put that phone into the T.C.? Bums! I really miss the phone! The trunk in the T.C. is 2x the size of the Mark VIII and has a power shut & lock.
4th point
I am dealing with late night overpowering desires to take a ride to Newark Airport! But, being Silver-Green and not black or navy, I'd probably get no riders anyhow.