Who rents the last Crown Victoria / Mercury Grand Marquis / Lincoln TownCar?
Sep 15, 2012, 10:10 am
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I just tried to look on my Hertz.com receipt, but that only shows the Genesis I swapped to (5,000 miles on that one). I don't recall the Town Car being terribly beat up or anything, so it wasn't all that ancient.
I have a bin of all my papers from my two-month-long trip, and the original Hertz rental agreement from before I swapped cars is in that bin. I'll try to take a peek at it tomorrow (you've got me curious, now).
I have a bin of all my papers from my two-month-long trip, and the original Hertz rental agreement from before I swapped cars is in that bin. I'll try to take a peek at it tomorrow (you've got me curious, now).
It had the new Neverlost, too.
Sep 23, 2012, 6:38 am
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Who rents the last Crown Victoria / Mercury Grand Marquis / Lincoln TownCar?
I'm sure taxi fleets all over the country will be thrilled to get the retired Crown Vic's whenever Hertz sells them. I've ridden in several Crown Vic cabs with over 400,000 miles on the odometer. They last forever and are cheap to maintain.
I wouldn't want to rent one from Hertz with 400,000 miles, but with some of the mileages on Hertz cars I've rented, I wouldn't put it past them...
I wouldn't want to rent one from Hertz with 400,000 miles, but with some of the mileages on Hertz cars I've rented, I wouldn't put it past them...
Sep 24, 2012, 6:03 am
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I did ask for a TC at ATL on Saturday, they said they still do have them, but they couldnt find one for me.
Funny: the customer right in front of me in the line (no Gold service available, everyone had to wait) also had a LCAR reservation. He was asked what car he would like to have. At first he asked for a Cadillac DTS (no longer available), then for a Towncar. In the end he had to leave in a base trim level Genesis, just like me.
Looks like the DTS and TC are still very popular.
Funny: the customer right in front of me in the line (no Gold service available, everyone had to wait) also had a LCAR reservation. He was asked what car he would like to have. At first he asked for a Cadillac DTS (no longer available), then for a Towncar. In the end he had to leave in a base trim level Genesis, just like me.
Looks like the DTS and TC are still very popular.
Sep 24, 2012, 11:45 pm
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I forgot who wrote it, but there was some automotive blog that recently wrote "10 cars that refuse to die". Crown Vic/TC were on it, along with the GM A-body front-wheel-drives, one of which I just bought over the weekend with 273,000 km on it and still running like a charm. Perfect student car!
Sep 27, 2012, 12:39 pm
#23
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I had a town car back in late August. The tag said it was manufactured July 2011. Picked it up at SAN and dropped off at SNA. the worst thing is I wanted to hate it but I actually enjoyed driving it, just because it was different to the cars I am used to.
It was actually in very good shape. Black with black leather. 31k but looked like it had done 5k......I've had far worse!
It was actually in very good shape. Black with black leather. 31k but looked like it had done 5k......I've had far worse!
Oct 13, 2012, 7:37 am
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Because of my 'panther-phobia' I sent a mail to Hertz, and now more than one Month later
I got a reply (I just hope they don't take that long when I have real problems 
).
Basically they say, that there is a age and milage limit, but it varies by region so it is impossible to say.
I got a reply (I just hope they don't take that long when I have real problems ).Basically they say, that there is a age and milage limit, but it varies by region so it is impossible to say.
Oct 14, 2012, 1:21 am
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For a pick-up on July 24, 2012, at LAX, I had annotated my PCAR reservation with "Prefers other than land yacht CrownVic or Grand Marquis," and when I arrived at the airport, the agent told me, "They saw your note, so they're looking for something else." A few minutes later, she proudly says "It's tight today, but they found something!" and hands me the keys to--you got it--a Town Car.
I drove around Studio City pretending to be a chauffeur for a movie star or studio exec for a day before finally heading over to BUR, where I exchanged for a Hyundai Genesis (was given the choice between that or a Maxima, both of which I like).
Oct 14, 2012, 9:43 am
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You were able to do so on the final page (the same page you'd enter your flight information and choose your credit card details) before they redesigned the website. It's no longer possible to do so, although I would assume they can still leave notes in the reservation if you call, since I doubt the actual reservation system itself was changed to remove this feature (just the front-end to the website).
Even without leaving notes, I've received Maximas and Lacrosses on all of my several PCAR reservations in the last few months.
Even without leaving notes, I've received Maximas and Lacrosses on all of my several PCAR reservations in the last few months.
Oct 15, 2012, 6:58 am
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I have family in law enforcement and one of my relatives came by in his patrol car - a 2010 Crown Vic. I leaned in and it actually still smelled new! It's really just not something I'd want to drive. I have a PCAR res for today out of my local HLE and I better not get a Grand Marquis or Crown Vic!! I haven't been to this HLE so I don't know how large their selection is, but I figure I can always stop off at the airport to swap if need be.
Oct 16, 2012, 4:16 pm
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I was preassigned a Crown Vic upon my arrival into MCI this past Sunday. I kindly asked the manager if they had anything other than the land yacht and she pulled around a new Genesis for me 
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Nov 11, 2012, 7:02 am
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Who rents the last Crown Victoria / Mercury Grand Marquis / Lincoln TownCar?
The mighty warship lives! At least in South Florida. Honestly, this Town Car I got this weekend is the first one I've seen all year.
Started with about 31k miles on the clock.
Started with about 31k miles on the clock.