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Yeah. Only not really a Ford. It's a Lincoln LS, which is essentially a Jaguar S-type except every Korean carmaker hasn't copied it.

I don't have any pics yet because it's dark outside now. I'll get some. It looks exactly like this, though:

280hp 3.9 liter Jaguar V8 (rear drive, of course)Ford "AdvanceTrac" Stability control which actually turns all the way offElectronic park brake freeing up console/footwell space12 speaker audio systemMoonroof with one-touch open/closeHeated/cooled seats and two-zone climate controlAuto-dimming interior and exterior mirrorsRear-mounted battery (in the spare tire well) because the engine bay is FULLA lot more frickin' stuff

There are some things that aren't as nice or as much to my taste as the Q, but overall I really like it. It offers a nice combination of torque and super-low cruising rpm (below 2000 at 65 in 5th). It's also fairly light for its size, at about 3700lb.

It has nice lines and a nice long wheelbase. I dig it.

I always hated Ford for replacing the LS with the front drive MKS (fail). Now I can look down my nose at MKS owners and laugh at the front-drive V6ness with glee.


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wow dude. That thing is sick. Didn't they come in a v8? When I was car hunting before I knew about the QX4 I was thinking about getting one of those. They look sick. Get some tints!

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Nice ,enjoy.

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Congrats. Hopefully it will be a good car for you

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Thanks. Yeah, I hope it treats me well. It had better, with such low miles.
naladude911 wrote:Didn't they come in a v8?
Yeah, V8 or fairly gutless (230hp) 3 liter V6. The V6 was definitely not an option for me.

No tint. I drive mostly at night and tint merely reduces visibility.

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Get at least 30% (standard on SUV's) It's easy to see out of.

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Nice! What year is it??

BTW, i remember you laughing at those Lexus HS commercials about choosing power or economy. Have you seen the Top Gear Prius vs M3 episode?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTOyiKLARk

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I hope you get more than 3k miles out of the tranny.

Looks nice. Enjoy.

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ive always liked those..

nice to hear its not entirely a ford.

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hannibal wrote:Nice! What year is it??

BTW, i remember you laughing at those Lexus HS commercials about choosing power or economy. Have you seen the Top Gear Prius vs M3 episode?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTOyiKLARk
'05.

That video is awesome. The LS has a MPG display on the gauge cluster. It was at 11 when I started driving it and has been slowly climbing ever since. When I last parked it it read 16.something. I expect it to shoot up to 20-something when I drive to work tonight.
Beancooker wrote:I hope you get more than 3k miles out of the tranny.
Nissan didn't build the trans, so I'm safe.

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My father drives an '05. Very nice car

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I thought I would clown on you if it wasn't a big truck or a GT but that's a sharp car I must confess.

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Ahh, the LS. A car I really like and will likely never own...though that could be said about a whole lot of other cars too. Ok, ignore me. Nice car.

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they are attractive cars.....but cant say id ever want to own one. To each his own. Wish you the best of luck.

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Nice ride, I checked a used one out before buying the Sentra and decided it was too nice a car for a man with kids and it would just piss me off every time they screwed something up.

Even with high millage they seem to hold value better than most in the segment.


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I always thought the interior of the LS felt cheap. (imagine that from a ford) exterior+V8 is baller though. Nice ride.

Can I have the Q?

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LS bad: Stupid radio might as well have come from the fleet-services level Crown Vic.

Good: Damn near everything else!

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Looks like you got yourself a sweet ride. +100000000000000000000000000000000000 for RWD!

Time to take a road trip. (Due South... )

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Good car.

One of the few Furd products I'd own.

Send me the Q. I need a new track slut.

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Freaking NICE! The Lincoln LS is a perfect example of everything that went wrong at Ford. Why? BECAUSE THEY STOPPED BUILDING IT.

What color is the interior? Do you have brushed aluminum or wood trim? Advancetrac worked beautifully on the Navigator. I only had to turn it off to rock back and forth out of ruts.

I remember the two big innovations on that car were the electronic parking brake and THX multimedia.

Its definitely on my to-buy list. I've never been in an American car that handled so much like the BMW 5-series.

Big congratulations, Chris.

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1st:
naladude911 wrote:wow dude. That thing is sick. Didn't they come in a v8? When I was car hunting before I knew about the QX4 I was thinking about getting one of those. They look sick. Get some tints!
Its TINT , not tints. KTHXBAI

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MinisterofDOOM wrote:Thanks. Yeah, I hope it treats me well. It had better, with such low miles.

Yeah, V8 or fairly gutless (230hp) 3 liter V6. The V6 was definitely not an option for me.

No tint. I drive mostly at night and tint merely reduces visibility.
Seeing out at night is overrated!

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Srsly though really nice car Mod. I have always really liked the way the ls looked. Congrats on the purchase man. is the Q staying around?

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Jesda wrote:What color is the interior? Do you have brushed aluminum or wood trim? Advancetrac worked beautifully on the Navigator. I only had to turn it off to rock back and forth out of ruts.

I remember the two big innovations on that car were the electronic parking brake and THX multimedia.
The interior is two tone, dark grey over tan. This one has the brushed aluminum, although I would have been happy with the dark woodgrain, too. Actually, some of the aluminum trim (just on the dash) has a sort of cross-pattern black texture over it that gives it a kind of fishscale look.

I like advancetrac so far, largely because I haven't noticed it at all. I turned it off to spin the rears once and have left it on aside from that. It's definitely not intrusive like the Q's TCS.

I don't have the THX system, just the "SoundMark" system with in-dash 6 CD changer. The THX system only comes with nav and I couldn't find any within a hundred miles with nav.
charlieo wrote:LS bad: Stupid radio might as well have come from the fleet-services level Crown Vic.
Yeah, as is standard with Ford, the radio controls are pretty underwhelming. Big plasticky buttons that have a solid "I've been pushed" to them. Lots of combined rocker buttons, too, which I don't particularly care for.Fortunately, thanks to the auto climate control, I didn't get stuck with the 3 corporate knobs every other Ford has gotten since the 1980s--that have the Off position on the wrong damn knob.The THX system trades the Crown Vic parts for a nice shiny touch screen, but I don't have that.Apparently the car is Sirius ready, so I might have to see if they offer an trials.

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Like.

Saw the title, and immediately had a sense of a Focus. Don't know why. But this car is pretty awesome, I must admit. Definitely not my style, but very nice nonetheless.

Side note: Cooled seats? That's pretty awesome if it works how I'm imagining it...

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I would NEVER own a Focus. I bash those little outdated turds more than almost any other car. There was a sort of palepalepale green/cream Focus in the showroom when I was buying the Lincoln. Horrible color on a horrible car. I wished the salesman good luck moving that one anywhere anytime soon.

The cooled seats are covered with perforated leather, and they take air conditioned air and direct it through the seat.

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lol

I like how you keep trying to justify it by referring to it as a Jag...Im f***ing with you bro

how is it? Ive never actually even ridden in one...

did you get a good deal?

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Koshin wrote:I like how you keep trying to justify it by referring to it as a Jag...Im f***ing with you bro
Haha. I just find it funny that it took American designers to make the S-type look good. I'd be happy with it if it had a mod motor in it, too, though. Maybe more happy.

Yeah, I got a good deal. Considering the miles, I'm pretty pleased. I didn't get a keyless remote OR the code to the door keypad, though, which kind of annoys me. I have to go back for the door code and I'll have to get a remote off of fleabay.

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hopin this ends up workin out for ya man!

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Thanks, man.

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Very nice car!! I'm not much of a fan of Lincolns but I would gladly own that car.

Good luck with it!

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bobotech wrote:I'm not much of a fan of Lincolns


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