Seriously cool or seriously uncool?

[white_goodman]

I fancy a change and was thinking about an early E90 3-series 6-pot or late W203 C-Class V6 but I've just seen this for sale locally.



It's a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria with 107,000km (the car beloved of every law enforcement agency and taxi firm in North America)! Of course, it's not going to handle like a BMW or Mercedes but it has a certain charm and I don't live in the UK, so B-road handling not a major issue for me! 4.6 V8 and RWD (never owned a V8). No more power than the BMW/Mercedes and I think they weigh close to 2 tonnes (so certainly not quicker) and being a civillian spec it looks like a comfy and very spacious place to be compared to the police-spec church pews. It's also newer than the BMW/Mercedes, a whole lot cheaper (about 2/3 of the price)with comparable kms and will probably keep on going forever with regular oil changes.

Just can't decide whether it's seriously cool or seriously uncool due to the police and taxi connotations (not that a 3-Series or C-Class are cool, they're just nice cars)! What do you think? Should I?

[bazza white]

Uncool.

[Pappagallo]

What it's like inside? I imagine it's quite plasticy and pretty rank looking?

Other than that I think it's so uncool that it's cool...

Also from television I know that these go sideways everywhere.

[Benbay001]

A good idea.
Not sure if its seriously cool.
But its definately cool.

[northwest monkey]

I like that

[Ray Singh]

Cool! - If you look like:

[white_goodman]

Here's the whole ad.

http://wwwa.autotrader.ca/a/Ford/Crown+Victoria/Br...

Haven't been to look at it yet or driven one (been stopped by one though)! Interior looks like pretty standard Ford i.e. no better or worse than a mk3 Mondeo for instance but probably not quite as nice a new one.

Agree with the so uncool it's almost cool tagline and no I don't look like J.W. Pepper (at least not yet), although somehow I see, he's still alive!

[Some Gump]

IMO that's just awful! It's not a coll american muscle car, or a comfortable wafty barge. IMO it adds the downsides of both, but with added plasticy-ness.

On the other side, it IS unusual so if you want to be different then great. It's just more Matt777 different than I could put on my own drive =)

[white_goodman]

Some Gump said:

IMO that's just awful! It's not a coll american muscle car, or a comfortable wafty barge. IMO it adds the downsides of both, but with added plasticy-ness.

On the other side, it IS unusual so if you want to be different then great. It's just more Matt777 different than I could put on my own drive =)

I can't decide. It's not a good-looking car but then I currently drive a gold 2004 Chrysler Sebring, so most things would be a step up! BTW, why isn't it a comfortable wafty barge?

[Matt UK]

Wouldn't running one of these in Canada be a bit like running a Vauxhall Vectra in the UK?

ie not cool or uncool - just invisible in a clock of white goods?

In the UK it would I'd see it as so uncool it would be cool

[hornetrider]

[*Al*]

I like unusual cars etc that's why I own a Dodge Ram, if you like it then go for it!

[white_goodman]

Matt UK said:

Wouldn't running one of these in Canada be a bit like running a Vauxhall Vectra in the UK?

ie not cool or uncool - just invisible in a clock of white goods?

In the UK it would I'd see it as so uncool it would be cool

I see what you mean. I'd say more like a Volvo T5. Most Police cars here are still Crown Vics but not the taxis in this area. They're quite rare in civillian spec and this is probably one of the last civillian-spec Crown Vics (they relaunched the Taurus here round about then). You see a few privately owned ex-police ones but they're always white or black with black steel wheels and intergalactic mileages (dirt cheap at auction I suspect) but these are very basic inside, whereas this looks more plush. You're more likely to see a Focus or a Fusion (Mondeo) then a civillian-spec Crown Vic.

[AnotherClarkey]

I have trundled around in these a fair bit. It is possible for an engine to be, simultaneously, a V8 and a wheezing pile of ghastly crap that barely makes the car move.

[Motorrad]

Uncool because it isn't a P71.

[B17NNS]

It's not remotely cool.

But it would be a giggle for a while.

[Debaser]

I think it's great.

[lamboman100]

Uncool.

And not uncool enough to be cool.

Has nothing going for it in any department. Looks bland, feels bland, drives bland.

[B.J.W]

I like Americana.

I don't like this - the equivalent of buying a vanilla spec Mondeo or Vectra. Not cool in the slightest.

The sort of car a UK line dancer buys because they want to look American, but don't have a clue.

[B17NNS]

lamboman100 said:

Uncool.

And not uncool enough to be cool.

Spot on.