Faults:

Slight oil leak.

Passenger side rear window requires assistance to go back up.

Vacuum line seems punctured, causing a low hissing sound inside the cabin at idle.

Amounts of rust on the rear bumper, door panels, and rear underbody.

General Comments:

This car should have been called the highway car, not the town car. It really gets moving at highway speeds and feels very balanced. Around town driving is less efficient, but the handling and steering is fingertip easy. Although the car is approx. 4400 lbs, and 18 feet long, it doesn't seem so huge after driving it for a while.

I bought the vehicle from the original owners of 20 years. They were looking to trade it in in order to upgrade to a 'new' 88 TC Cartier.

I have put a lot of hard miles on this $500.00 gem and have not a single regret or worry that it will get me where I need to be.

I like this car so much in fact, I prefer driving this around over my 1998 Mark VIII LSC.

I can't wait to find one with the digital instrumentation.

Faults:

Lets see... Drive shaft disconnected in the front while driving. New studs, lugs and rotors for both front wheels. Gas tank leaked. Extensive tune-up required including new distributor cap and wires. None of the doors opened from the outside. Back windows didn't go down. Power steering leaked. Gear shifter off track. That's about it though there are more minor problems.

General Comments:

Very comfortable ride and handles extremely well for its size. The 5.0 Liter engine makes this car a beast in the road. I just hit 91 mph in it for the first time. That's a major task for a 4,000 lb. car. Never has failed to start up. Very stylish, it lights up the road when it comes through. Has an amazing stock speaker set up for an 88. Even though problems have happened with the car I drive it everyday.

Faults:

Not very much.

Brakes started to drag and it caught fire (it was contained in the rim)

General Comments:

The Lincoln Town Car is not a very good car and it never was. The leather seats aren't of very high quality and they're stitched with steel. The incredibly dated 5.0L V8 only puts out 150HP, and the widely geared four speed auto doesn't help (slow, like old people). The steering is very numb and it lacks any road feel at all. It's also incredibly light to the touch. The wood dash trim is made of metal and the nasty blue plastic warps and cracks. The glove box is also notorious for warping as well. Don't expect a controlled ride, as the beast wallows and floats over bumps and can be quite jarring over pavement expansions. Overall I don't like this car at all. The only reason I said that I'd buy another car from this manufacture is because of the all new MKZ, MKX, Mark LT, and the Navigator. This isn't even my car, but trust me, I've driven it quite a lot. By the way, the piece of junk is also a total gas hog. If you want a great Lincoln sedan, PLEASE just save yourself from humiliation and get a quality Lincoln MKZ!