Who rents the last Crown Victoria / Mercury Grand Marquis / Lincoln TownCar?
Aug 31, 2012, 1:51 am
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Who rents the last Crown Victoria / Mercury Grand Marquis / Lincoln TownCar?
Since there has been a lot of discussion about these cars already I thought maybe it is funny if everyone who gets one writes it down in that list 
Maybe we can document the phase-out here
I can start with June 01, 2012, but for sure I haven't been the last one...
Maybe we can document the phase-out here
I can start with June 01, 2012, but for sure I haven't been the last one...
Sep 2, 2012, 12:24 am
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I'm predicting it'll be a post sometime in 2015, in some little known regional airport franchise location and lord knows what the mileage reading is gonna be... 
Sep 2, 2012, 8:14 pm
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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).
Sep 3, 2012, 3:22 pm
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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.
Sep 3, 2012, 9:34 pm
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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).
Sep 5, 2012, 2:36 am
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I read that the taxi versions usually do have mileages in the region of 400,000 ... now, that would leave a lot of years to go!
Sep 5, 2012, 4:51 am
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If you take care of it, though, it could last forever. These things were built for the streets of New York so they were built to last.
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Sep 5, 2012, 2:19 pm
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The highest I've ever seen in a taxi was 469,307. It was higher than that because he picked up someone right after I got out. That cab was in bad shape, the engine was vibrating/shaking and I don't think it had long to live.
If you take care of it, though, it could last forever. These things were built for the streets of New York so they were built to last.
-J.
If you take care of it, though, it could last forever. These things were built for the streets of New York so they were built to last.
-J.
Sep 7, 2012, 4:22 pm
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My Dad drove Crown Vics most of his later years, and I ride in a Crown Vic to the airport and home weekly (back seat).
With that said, my last Town Car rental was in Hawaii about 18 months ago. Had a Town Car with 1,000 miles. Didn't like it as a driver, and made a decision to avoid a Town Car as a driver in the future. Just not a nice drivers car. Glad they won't be a common option in the future.
With that said, my last Town Car rental was in Hawaii about 18 months ago. Had a Town Car with 1,000 miles. Didn't like it as a driver, and made a decision to avoid a Town Car as a driver in the future. Just not a nice drivers car. Glad they won't be a common option in the future.
Sep 10, 2012, 3:26 pm
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And the lace and white gloves--class act!
Sep 12, 2012, 6:01 am
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On the basis of this thread, I have forgone my usual SUV rental and gone for the Towncar from the LCAR band, out of LAX
Am I going to be disappointed? It actually worked out a fair bit cheaper than SUV for the same dates. I figure as a PC, I should be able to swap it out for something else either at pick up, or trundle back to the LAX depot sometime during the rental period.
Will report back in December.......
Adey
Am I going to be disappointed? It actually worked out a fair bit cheaper than SUV for the same dates. I figure as a PC, I should be able to swap it out for something else either at pick up, or trundle back to the LAX depot sometime during the rental period.
Will report back in December.......
Adey
Sep 12, 2012, 6:09 am
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On the basis of this thread, I have forgone my usual SUV rental and gone for the Towncar from the LCAR band, out of LAX
Am I going to be disappointed? It actually worked out a fair bit cheaper than SUV for the same dates. I figure as a PC, I should be able to swap it out for something else either at pick up, or trundle back to the LAX depot sometime during the rental period.
Will report back in December.......
Adey
Am I going to be disappointed? It actually worked out a fair bit cheaper than SUV for the same dates. I figure as a PC, I should be able to swap it out for something else either at pick up, or trundle back to the LAX depot sometime during the rental period.
Will report back in December.......
Adey
