Faults:

I've owned my Police Interceptor one month, and needed a new starter, and the battery is getting low, and so is the alternator.

I'm also hearing a hissing noise from under the hood, and she also needs a tune up.

When she runs, she flies, but very poor gas mileage; I'm getting 210 miles to a fill up from a 14 gallon tank.

I'm very frustrated, and now when I start it before the engine warms up, it dies, and the interior needs an upgrade.

General Comments:

It's very fast when she wants to run.

Faults:

Replaced factory defective plastic intake; cracked in 2 spots on a trip, leaking all the engine coolant on the interstate.

Replaced 3 ignition coil packs within a year.

Transmission shifted weird when cold. Shifted fine after the engine reached running temperature.

Replaced upper and lower ball joints at 140,000 miles; they were squeaking and making the car steer really bad at higher speeds.

Car started to spark rattle around 170,000 miles at wide open throttle. Serviced the vehicle, cleaned MAF sensor and replaced spark plugs, and Sea Foam engine; that fixed the spark rattle.

General Comments:

This car is quick for its size, but has nickel and dimed me to death. Luckily I performed my own maintenance, so repair costs weren't factored in, just parts.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

Good looking body and paint. Color is metallic Gold. Turbine hub caps.

Was a building inspector's car in some place where they didn't do much building (St. Louis).

The car is all there; no parts missing, no hail dents, no scratches.

Engine runs smooth with lots of power.

Belt was slipping, and that caused the alternator to not supply enough power to run the Power Train Module properly. This caused low fuel pressure / bogging at high throttle in top gear, and also shuddering of the drive train due to converter lock up problems at medium speed.

New belt and some de-greaser on the pulleys fixed it.

Faults:

My car sat for years, so when I first got it at 31,000 miles, I had a puncture hole in my master cylinder.

Had a kink in the wire, which jammed my motor in my window.

General Comments:

She is 10 years old and I've only had two problems with her. She runs great, rides amazingly, is reliable, and you can't argue with the way she picks up off the line and accelerates, and handles like a dream.

Faults:

Well it had to have a coil pack replaced.

Still needs to have rear end rebuilt (makes noise).

Used grease needle injector to grease dry ball joints.

General Comments:

Car has good power for its size.

Gas mileage I find to be more than fair for the power.

Rides like floating on air.

Takes corners well with no body roll.

Faults:

Chronic problem with very slow windows; Ford attempted (?) multiple fixes to no avail.

Idle air control valve replaced in 2005 at 52,014 miles (car cold-started, but wouldn't stay on when accelerator was released) : repair cost $200.

General Comments:

Excellent engine and overall durability.

I love it when people slow down thinking I'm a cop! (hate it when they realize I'm not, and give me the finger as they zoom by enraged at having slowed down "unnecessarily"!). ;)

Total car care costs duly recorded on a spreadsheet comes to all of $2,681 as of May 2009, including: regular oil changes; 3 each of batteries, all tires, and air filter changes; 1 transmission fluid change (fluid was very low and transparent after only 20,000 miles, but Ford said it was "normal" and, unfortunately, it was beyond the 3 year warranty; I got it done at a gas station) ; 2 radiator flushes; a couple of lights; oddly, lots of wiper replacements and blades; added 1-1/4 ton standard U-Haul car hitch (regardless of trailer size, car drove like a dream with hardly noticeable decrease in mileage, even with mountainous terrain).

Petty personal issues: car horn needs to be pushed in just the right spot; radio buttons difficult to reach (I'm 5'10") ; water dripping in when trunk is lifted after a rain has long since gone; edge of inner trunk lid constantly cuts me when I reach in to open it (I'll never learn!).