2011 Lincoln Town Car

[easyrider]

Last year I was asked if I wanted to buy a 2011 Lincoln Town Car with under 50,000 miles for about $10,000. I said no without even looking but it got me thinking. The more I think about it the better these looks. Body on frame with a v-8. Very reliable. Very comfortable. Very roomy. Decent highway gas millage. Fancy but not so fancy you have to learn anything new.

Does anyone have an opinion on these ?

Bill

 

[billymach4]

Last year I was asked if I wanted to buy a 2011 Lincoln Town Car with under 50,000 miles for about $10,000. I said no without even looking but it got me thinking. The more I think about it the better these looks. Body on frame with a v-8. Very reliable. Very comfortable. Very roomy. Decent highway gas millage. Fancy but not so fancy you have to learn anything new.

Does anyone have an opinion on these ?

Bill

I can send you some info later. There is a YouTube guy that likes that platform. Never knew it was called the panther platform.

 

[easyrider]

Never knew it was called the panther platform.

I'm going to look that up. I was thinking I could put a trailer hitch on back to haul my motorcycles or a small boat.

I would be interested in the info. I'm trying to talk myself into buying one with 43,000 miles on it.

Bill

 

[Chrispee]

I used to rent them from time to time and am a big fan for what they are. Tons of space, nice v8, lots of parts availability, and just enough luxury without being pretentious. If I had a budget of 10k and planned to drive across the country a Town Car would be high on my list.

 

[joestein]

Are you starting a car service?

 

[easyrider]

I used to rent them from time to time and am a big fan for what they are. Tons of space, nice v8, lots of parts availability, and just enough luxury without being pretentious. If I had a budget of 10k and planned to drive across the country a Town Car would be high on my list.

It isn't really a budget matter but it is certainly a travel thing. My wife's dad had an older 2000 Lincoln Town Car and I did drive it a few times. Never anywhere far though. I'm thinking of trips to Sedona and possibly Mexico.

Bill

 

[easyrider]

Are you starting a car service?

Joe, I just remembered that the car that picked us up in San Francisco was a beautiful black Lincoln Town Car. I had my buzz on so I don't really remember the ride quality. I'm sure it was good.

Bill

 

[billymach4]

Check this out

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTWZMB6wLBIuXkHkWUPQ2w/search?query=panther

 

[billymach4]

 

[easyrider]

I didn't know these full sized Fords , Mercury and Lincolns are on what is called a Panther Platform. I knew they are body on frame and Panther Platform is a cool name.

Bill

 

[buzglyd]

Do you already have a pinky ring or will you be shopping for one soon?

 

[PigsDad]

Do you already have a pinky ring or will you be shopping for one soon?

He also needs the correct outfit:

Kurt

 

[wackymother]

I know this isn't directly relevant, but my father bought a used 1977 Lincoln Continental for a song in the early 1980s. It was about 30 feet long and the upholstery was red velour; it was like riding around in a living room. I loved that car.

 

[easyrider]

I'm trying to talk my wife into this Lincoln. Her final words were cryptic. She said it's only $10,000 and if I want it get it but she doesn't think she would drive it ever. That is kind of what she said about the last motorcycle I bought and she doesn't ride it, ever. So I think I'm golden for a Lincoln.

Bill

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

My Lincoln Town Car story. This is an abbreviated version of the events of Feb 23- March 1 in my life, which was very significant seven-day period for me.

The morning of Feb 28, 2001 I made a proposal presentation to Williams Pipelines for a >$1 million project to do environmental audits at all Williams Pipelines facilities in the US. I would be directing the project in the western Americas. During the night of Feb 27/early morning of Feb 28, a blizzard was sweeping across the plains states. Our presentation got pushed back to 9:30 because some the Williams staff involved hadn't been able to make it in earlier due to the weather.

I was booked on a return flight to Seattle from Tulsa, leaving about 11 am with a Denver connection. When I arrived at the Tulsa airport after the presentation, the flight to Denver hadn't been cancelled, but conditions looked skanky. I opted to rebook to Seattle through O'Hare, which wasn't in the path of the storm.

When I went to the gate in O'Hare for my flight to Seattle, almost everyone in the gate area was clustered around the monitors broadcasting CNN, I went over to see what was going, and the CNN broadcast was talking about an earthquake in Seattle. It was the 2001 Nisgually Earthquake. They were showing pictures of damage, which happened to include the building where my office was located. The flight to Seattle hadn't yet been officially cancelled, but again getting to Seattle under those conditions was looking skanky.

So, I decided to rebook to Portland and get a one-way car rental back to Seattle. When I went to rebook to Seattle, I found myself in a line with a number of other people who had the same idea. So four or five us got together as a group to share costs. While waiting in line for rebooking to SEA vis PDX, I was working car reservations.

When I got in touch with Hertz in PDX, they were totally understanding of what was happening. They comped me up to a Town Car from an intermediate class (at my already nice corporate rate), and put an extra driver on the contract free of charge, reflecting the circumstances.

By the time we finally reached PDX it was close to midnight, and we were looking at a 3-hour drive back to SEA (5 hours as it turned out). So the Town Car provided space for people to comfortably rest, relax, and sleep, much more so than an intermediate class.

*********

And that's my Town Car story.

Since then, I've had a bit of a soft spot for Hertz, which means that before booking with someone else I give them a chance to beat or match the price. And when it's close, they get my business.

 

[wackymother]

I don't know if you have kids, but in our family we call the cars that are passed down to the grandchildren Grannymobiles. My son-in-law drives a 2006 Toyota Avalon that came from his grandmother. Our kids learned to drive on a 2004 Toyota Camry that we inherited from my husband's mother. These were our Grannymobiles. At our stage of life, when we bought a 2016 Avalon hybrid, we realized that this would probably be our grandkids' Grannymobile. How do you feel about a 2011 Town Car being the Grannymobile you leave to your grandchildren?

 

[buzglyd]

I don't know if you have kids, but in our family we call the cars that are passed down to the grandchildren Grannymobiles. My son-in-law drives a 2006 Toyota Avalon that came from his grandmother. Our kids learned to drive on a 2004 Toyota Camry that we inherited from my husband's mother. These were our Grannymobiles. At our stage of life, when we bought a 2016 Avalon hybrid, we realized that this would probably be our grandkids' Grannymobile. How do you feel about a 2011 Town Car being the Grannymobile you leave to your grandchildren?

My grandmother drove a 1968 Chrysler New Yorker. I wish I had that car now!

 

[SmithOp]

In 1986 I had a job promotion interview in San Diego, was living in San Francisco at the time. I found out there was a 24hr fitness next to the location of the job interview, so instead of getting a hotel I rented a Lincoln Town Car and parked in the fitness club lot the night before after flying in. I slept on the back seat, huuuge and very comfortable. I showered and dressed in the club then walked over to the interview. I got the promotion. I felt like a CEO cruising around afterward in the town car, nice ride.


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[easyrider]

I don't know if you have kids, but in our family we call the cars that are passed down to the grandchildren Grannymobiles. My son-in-law drives a 2006 Toyota Avalon that came from his grandmother. Our kids learned to drive on a 2004 Toyota Camry that we inherited from my husband's mother. These were our Grannymobiles. At our stage of life, when we bought a 2016 Avalon hybrid, we realized that this would probably be our grandkids' Grannymobile. How do you feel about a 2011 Town Car being the Grannymobile you leave to your grandchildren?

We did let the grandkids drive the granny mobile. They did like driving it but none wanted it when granny passed on. We ended up selling it for very little. It was low miles but my father in law used it like a work truck. I remember he had loaded the back seat with cedar fencing and the trunk with sacks of concrete. Another time he had his small motorcycle in the back seat. He would take a load of kids to Baskin and Robbins always disregarding the seatbelt laws. If they could fit they could go.

It was a nice looking car but back then I doubt I would have wanted one. Fast forward to today and we travel by suv to timeshares every year and I'm thinking a big Lincoln might be the way to do it.

Bill

 

[wackymother]

I made a mistake! The Camry Grannymobile was a 1994, not a 2004! We ended up selling it to a friend for her teenage son to get to his summer job. I remember thinking, this poor kid, driving the granniest of all Grannymobiles to his job. Fast forward to about a month ago--he still has it and it's his daily driver!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

My grandmother drove a 1968 Chrysler New Yorker. I wish I had that car now!

Those old cars are not very safe. That was before they started engineering the frames of cars as crash cages to reduce collision impacts and protect passengers. Many of the seat belts are lap only. Also, no air bags and probably no ABS.

 

[easyrider]

Those old cars are not very safe. That was before they started engineering the frames of cars as crash cages to reduce collision impacts and protect passengers. Many of the seat belts are lap only. Also, no air bags and probably no ABS.

Was there a safe car back in the 60's? I would love to have my old 66 Chevy Malibu SS back. I can't remember if there were seat belts in it. If there were we didn't use them.

Bill

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Was there a safe car back in the 60's? I would love to have my old 66 Chevy Malibu SS back. I can't remember if there were seat belts in it. If there were we didn't use them.

Bill

I doubt that any of them were safe. Unsafe at Any Speed was published in 1965, and it was several years after until auto safety became an issue. And the engineering of car frames as crash cages didn't happen overnight. There were years of studies and analysis involved to establish how to do that most effectively. And the process still goes on.

Even if you retrofitted one of the cars with a three point seat belt and ABS, it would still be unsafe because the passengers wouldn't be protected from receiving collision energy, and the internals of the car still wouldn't be designed to protect the passengers, such as engine and dashboard parts dislodging and striking passengers and having collapsing steering columns so drivers don't get impaled.

 

[MrockStar]

But they where such sweet rides.

 

[silentg]

We have a 2011 Lincoln Towncar. It’s navy blue and beautiful. DH drives it, I drive it very seldom. We bought it used, very low miles a Doctor owned it before us. We have driven people to weddings and parties and my husband drove me to a concert and when we pulled up to the venue, people stopped to look who was getting out of the car. I felt like a celebrity. We bought it in 2016. It’s a very comfortable ride. It has great acceleration for passing. We don’t drive it much so the maintenance on it has been low. The A/C is a bit under powered for Florida and if left parked in the sun on summer days it can take awhile to cool down the whole car. The trunk space is enormous. You would think for such a big car that there would be more legroom in the back but there isn’t. All in al it’s been a great car and will soon be a classic.