lincoln town cars?

[GTS Turbo]

anyone know how long (in feet) these are? say 98 onwards? i've currently a BMW 328 and just wondered how much bigger they are? in standard non stretch form obviously!

anyone have or owned one in the uk too? how did you find parking it in our tiny spaces? i'm considering one but fear the length and width might be a bugger over here!

cheers for any help people!

[Stu R]

External dimensions:
overall length (mm): 5,469,
overall width (mm): 1,986,
overall height (mm): 1,473,
wheelbase (mm): 2,990, front track (mm):
1,610, rear track (mm):
1,659 and curb to curb turning circle (mm): 12,802


fecking huge sums it up nicely, about 18 feet according to my maths

[GTS Turbo]

damn it's 4 feet longer and a foot wider than my BMW

thats big! maybe a bit to big really fancied one as well but that's gonna be a bugger to live with!

[ws6]

You get used to it

My tahoe is 5080mm long, and 2004mm wide so 6'6" width restrictors can be a challenge

(it's actually my wifes daily drive and she copes with it extremely well)

Edited by ws6 on Monday 30th July 04:05

[GTS Turbo]

it would be my daily driver though, i dunno i might just get one and see how i get on over say a year with it and if i find it to big it's to big

[qube_TA]

Can never be too big!

[ws6]

you sure you got the right forum

[bloodyniceben]

If you wanted really big you could get one of those Lincoln Town car limos you see that sag in the middle

Ben

[mustang'73]

about 20 foot long

[swaterall98]

I drive stretch Limo's when I am off-shift from my proper job just for the fun of it.
We have 2 Lincoln Town cars, and they are surprisingly easy to drive!
Everything is automatic or electric, or both. I say go for it, although they are very different from a BMW 3 series!

[GTS Turbo]

still in 2 minds bout it but i saw a normal lincoln town car the other day round my way and it's not as wide as first thought, think i'd like to drive one first but there's not enough of them about to take for a test drive. holding onto the BM for now but i really do like them.

also considering a ford crown victoria but there not as nice on spec

[Scouse Pete]

I've driven plenty of Town Cars and they're dead easy to drive.

As the other chap said, everything is electric or automatic.

They're not exactly involving in any way, but they are superb motorway mile-eaters.

Trim quality is pants compared to a 328, but it seems to last well enough.

Servicing isn't an issue, I know a limo company with a 32ft long Towncar that didn't have a change of spark plugs until 100k miles. 100k city, stop / start miles.

They're strong, reliable, not too terrible on fuel, and they have bloody good aircon and comfy seats.

If that's what you want from a car, they're ideal. There have been times when I've been stuck in traffic jams and I've considered buying one...

[GTS Turbo]

Scouse Pete said:

I've driven plenty of Town Cars and they're dead easy to drive.

As the other chap said, everything is electric or automatic.

They're not exactly involving in any way, but they are superb motorway mile-eaters.

Trim quality is pants compared to a 328, but it seems to last well enough.

Servicing isn't an issue, I know a limo company with a 32ft long Towncar that didn't have a change of spark plugs until 100k miles. 100k city, stop / start miles.

They're strong, reliable, not too terrible on fuel, and they have bloody good aircon and comfy seats.

If that's what you want from a car, they're ideal. There have been times when I've been stuck in traffic jams and I've considered buying one...

exactly what i want by the the sounds of it. done the speed thing and just want a V8 burble lots of room and something that'll cruise at 80 or so with not a lot of effort and as i seem to spend loads of time in the car these days having loads of room and that huge front seat to stretch out on at rest stops would be really nice!
anyone know what the performance on them is like? anyone know the rough 0-60mph to give me a rough idea?