How much is this car worth?

Heh, something I picked up on the 'net once-

The greatest safety feature would be a sharp spike pointing straight
out of the steering wheel- in every car. 8-O

 

What I found amazing was the great mileage on the car over just four years.
Assuming a comsumption of 25 mpg imperial (optimistic for a large car). Then
the cost of tanking this behemoot in the UK for 246,000 miles would be £35,500!

 

And here in Canada, at the current prevailing prices, roughly $44,675
Canadian. Pretty close to the depreciation cost of the car over those
4 years, and enough to buy a VERY nice, smaller vehicle.

 

The cost of fuel over the life of a car is almost always more than the cost
of the purchase. Works that way with most anything, the cost of electricity
to run a lightbulb for it's lifespan is many times the cost of the bulb. The
cost of methane to run a furnace will be dozens the price of the furnace,
the cost of ink cartridges could be hundreds of times what you pay for the
printer, it's just how the world works.

 

Drive-in cinemas and burger joints were all the rage in the 1950's, they're
nearly extinct now though. Of course there's the drivethroughs like
McDonalds everywhere but I imagine those must be in the UK as well. I think
I read somewhere that the average American drives 20k miles a year, some
people like my dad for example drive much more than that because of a long
commute to work. Generally when you see cars with extremely high mileage
they've belonged to a travelling salesman or someone who does a great deal
of business travel to destinations too close for flying to be economical but
far enough to really rack up the miles.

 

But it's also the amount of driving that surprises me. Me 9000 has done 100k
miles in 11 years. Perhaps the US is a larger country so people have to drive
more. They also have drive-in cinemas, burger bars, everything and I've heard
that many people live their lives in their cars?

 

who thinks about what might happen to them if they roll a lincoln? does your
driveway twist on the edge of a steep mountain? can anyone here roll a
lincoln on a flat road if they tried to?

 

Probably could if you tried, they do tend to have rather soft suspension.
More likely to roll into a ditch after being hit though, been through one of
those, wasn't in a Lincoln but a Ford Tempo (which actually held up
remarkably well) I'd rather not roll over in any car, but there's plenty
that would survive reasonably well.

 

Johannes H Andersen wrote:

That works out at an average speed of about 7mph throughout the entire
four years, and at UK prices a little over a pound an hour.

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Roll overs are common here in Florida.

 

However, assuming that the average speed while in the car was 28mph, then
he spend 1/4 of his life driving. Assuming 1/3 working, 1/3 sleeping that
gives uhh let me zee... clickclackclickclack = 1/12 or 2 hours per day doing
other things, such as speaking to his dog.

 

Hell yeah, I'd deffinately be greatful of a 2000 Lincoln, I could never
afford one in a million years,besides good luck finding cheep parts for the
imports.

 

In the last case, the cost of your first replacement set of ink
cartridges can exceed the cost of the printer!

 

And here in Los Angeles, public transportation sucks, so you have to drive
everywhere.

 

We have a pronounced car culture in the US, in which all other forms
of transportation are seen not as alternatives but as impediments to
driving: pedestrians, cyclists, buses, trains, etc. Many American's
private policy is to avoid personal exertion and use the car at all
times, even to drive to the health club for exercise.

Our transportation policy tends to be centered on moving cars rather
than moving people and goods. It's not unusual for people to have a
40 mile (64 km) one-way commute to work. Do that 250 times a year and
you've got 20,000 miles right there. On top of that, places like
supermarkets and doctor's offices are often unapproachable except by
car or by risking your life to get there on foot or by bike.

However, America is not unique. Wherever people buy cars, they tend
to develop this behavior pattern. My wife's relatives in Denmark have
developed this (despite the aggressive taxation on cars there) and
this is also becoming a phenomenon in China as people become more
affluent and can afford to buy a car. Much of Europe seems to be
struggling with how to reduce driving; America has not yet confronted
this and prefers instead to spend hundreds of billions of dollars
building roads that are already obsolete by the time they are
completed.

My area got its first modern light rail system, all of 8 miles long.
Initial ridership was hoped to be 9,500 people per day and twice that
by the end of the year; actual ridership was near 20,000 per day in
the first week of operation! Perhaps there's hope for a more rational
transportation system after all, even here.

Through it all, I try to ride my bike to work when I can and
consolidate my driving trips as much as possible. My 1990 240 has
only 138,000 miles on it, 34,000 of which I have put on in 2 1/2 years
of ownership. My wife's 1990 240 just topped 200,000 miles, but it
had 184,000 when we bought it.

 

Yep, I agree with what you have said.

I had a vehicle with a rear mounted fuel tank until recently and I don¹t
consider it to be a problem.

I reckon this kid learns to "fix" the minor problems s/he has with the car
and be bloody grateful.

Hammo

 

Yea, I've seen this site http://www.crownvictoriasafetyalert.com/ about the
fuel tank issue, but hey take what you got and do something fun with it.
That's what I did with my first car. Parents gave me a piece, and I cleaned
it up and had some fun with it. *Point to remember* A vehicle is made to go
from point A to point B. Good luck man

 

Cheap parts for imports are all over, there's just as many of them sitting
in salvage yards as anything else.

 

Tell me in ain't so! I thought every Honda, Toyota and Nissan sold since
1908 is still on the road. You don't get enough TV!!

 

i looked at the pic's, read the problems and the only one i see is the
tranny. the rest i have had in most of my cars. take the car, fix the
tranny, then the other smaller problems later. if it gets 10+ mpg your
better then me. you are whinning like a little baby who dosent have his
blanket. i would have loved to have that car when i was in need of one.
its probaly worth more like the 6700 BUT its FREE to you so shut up and
drive it.