Carfan94

Toys4RJill

Lol Your not gonna find a Lincoln dealership willing to work on that 1990s Continental! Car dealerships don’t like to work on 20+ yr old cars because of parts availability and fragility. Not to mention the techs aren’t old enough to know how to work on the older cars.

LexBob2

Yeah, you'd need to find an indy that is familiar with Ford/Lincoln models.

Striker223

Not really, these are so simple anyone should be able to work on one just by looking at it.

Toys4RJill

A friend has an imported RHD 1992 Land Cruiser. Toyota has always serviced and repaired it for him. But I do agree, dealers likely don’t want to work on something like that. I was just more curious what the Ford dealer cost would be for something so old. Likely original parts are no longer made.

AJT123

I bet anyone a million bucks a Lincoln or Ford dealer would take that.

Those cars are so easy to work on, back when cars were still cars.... it's not like a 1997 Continental is some exotic.

Carfan94

Good way to go bankrupt

The parts are no longer available. They might do an oil change on it (provided they have the oil filter and drain plug in stock) and alignment on it but that’s about it.

I couldn’t get the Lexus dealership to do a transmission service on my 2010 GS. But they will do oil changes and alignments for it.

AJT123

I wish it were here, so I could take it to Ford. Actually if I remember I'll call the dealer and say I have a '97 Conti and ask if they can work on it. I really wanna know here.

Lexus did a trans service for my 2004 LS430 in 2015, just fwiw.

Carfan94

They said they wouldn’t touch it because of the age and mileage, They also didn’t know how to align the headlights. I ended up doing that myself.

AJT123

Oh, I wasn't aware you did it.

But yeah, Jim's Garage is where you take a car like that, not the dealer.

bitkahuna

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lol so cars today are not cars. got it.

SW17LS

Hey gang! I’ve been on vacation. Disney, then a cruise and back in Disney, flying home tomorrow.

Interesting article about the S Class and EQS, looks like no S Class refresh until 2026, which is frustrating. Have to rethink my strategy.

EQS update will be more conventionally styled starting with a refresh this spring/summer.

https:/www.caranddriver.com/news/a60334472/mercedes-benz-s-class-eqs-future/

AJT123

Are you $100,000 lighter? Lol. Disney is soooo expensive. That sounds like a heck of a vacation though.

SW17LS

Haha, we actually went to Disney because it saved us money. The cruise was Sunday to Sunday over Spring Break, and the flight from DC to Orlando for 4 flying Saturday to Sunday was $3,900. Friday to Monday was $900. We own DVC (the Disney timeshare) and have annual passes so it doesn’t cost us much to come to Disney!

Thr cruise was the big expense lol.

mmarshall

Did you and your family (I hope) come back from the cruise feeling OK? Cruise-ships are notorious for spreading disease.

SW17LS

Oh yeah we’re fine. It was a huge ship too, Wonder of the Seas which is the second largest cruise ship in the world by only 10 feet. 9,000 people. Too big.

Keeping it cars, had a Pacifica gas on the first leg before we left, amazing how much nicer the PHEV is. Have a Tahoe now.