1999 Ford Crown Victoria LX (25k miles) - POV Driving Impressions 

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Thanks again for reviewing my car, it was a blast! Tell ya what, if you ever want to find out the limits of your car, have theTopher drive it. Had no idea it could take a turn 😂

I remember the first time I rode in a Crown Victoria. I knew it was a cool car right off the bat. I just ignored the backseat cage, plastic backseats, and barred rear windows, and focused on the actual ride. 👍

This car looks so cozy and comfortable wish they still made them like this

This was like 90s-00s Ford ASMR with all the subtle plastic creaking, really took me back to the cars my parents had when I was a kid.

I've had two of these and currently drive a Grand Marquis. They are just plain reliable and comfortable. Ford should have never stopped producing these cars.

I wish more vehicles had column shift and bench seats. It's perfect for manspreading on long drives.

as an european person, all i can say is that car looks so confortable and feels reliable. Looks awesome

My Mom had a 1998 Crown Victoria LX. Beautiful car. RWD, body on frame, V8. The last true traditional full size family sedan. They're tough, reliable, and very comfortable car.

I have a Town Car, I love the old school feel, the column shift and of course the comfort.

Wow this is like going back in time. My dad loved crown Vics. Back in the 90's he would buy a new one every couple of years and trade in his old one. He had one just like this. He would tow our 19 ft boat and trailer with them. These were absolute beasts of cars back then, indestructible. I am sure they're still around, probably clapped out daily's but still running I bet!

I can't believe how excited I was to click on this video 😂. Finding one of these with low mileage is unheard of where I live, they were all police cars or taxis at some point. What a time capsule!

The drive shaft whirl and over boosted steering are part of what makes this car.

The Crown Vics were great to own and road trip with. Easy to maintain, parts were cheap and it had the space to carry people and their stuff.

I drove from Ohio to Michigan every week for almost 4 years in the mid 2010’s. The Michigan miles were insane on my poor Subaru. Crossing the border on 75 was literally like entering a warzone… the pavement was basically runway bombed and littered with bedframes and fridges and AC units. Glad to hear that hasn’t changed. 😂

Chris, I welcome Paul to the channel! It is about time you took the Crown Victoria for a test drive. Fun Fact: the Ford Crown Victoria weighs less than new Toyota Crown Platinum. 🤩

My family used to own a mechanic shop in Brooklyn for many years. We worked on THOUSANDS of these from the C Vic, Gran Marq, and the Town Car. What a beast of an automobile. Great comfort, fully subframed, even came with Air supension, engines going 400K miles before rebuild, dead reliable if you maintained it. I miss these things.

The 4.6 is such a great engine. I’ve got a 98 GT. I’d rather have something underpowered that can make it to 500k miles than some unreliable turd that has a 0-60 that is 1 second faster. Plus the 2v 4.6 sounds really good for what it is. I’m a huge fan of an h-pipe with straight through mufflers

Only 200hp is quite surprising, now we have a 1.6L 3 cylinder that makes almost 4 times the power. That sound cant be beat though

Never thought I’d be watching a RU-vid review of a Crown Victoria, and yet, here I am

There will never be another car like this. Looks so roomy and comfortable

That car is in gorgeous condition. My great aunt had one but it was older then this one. Such classy cars and so old school.

I had a '95 Crown Vic LX, red with a red interior. I loved that car and have always regretted trading it when I did. I have always wanted another one - but would also take a Grand Marquis or Town Car. I love the first gear whine and 1-2 shift along with the hum of the V8. All of the Fords I had in the late 90's - early 2000's - had a shudder in the transmission after about 40K miles. It occurred in 3rd and 4th gears and sometimes caused eratic shifting, so they need a transmission service at that 40K mark, new fluid, etc. That solves the problem. It occurred in my Crown VIc, my '98 Windstar and '00 Taurus. Just something to keep in mind. Ford gave the CV their last update for the 2003 models. They got a slightly revised suspension, rackk and pinion steering, and an updated instrument cluster with a tach, although I prefer the pre-2003 dash because they had full gauges, not idiot lights. Could never see the point in having a tach in an automatic trans car. I have not driven one of these so don't know how much of a difference there is in driving one vs. one prior. Lastly, I grew up with RWD and prefer it to FWD or AWD. I had a set of studded snows on the Crown and never had any issues getting around. Anyway. love your reviews. Keep up the good work!

I had a blast watching this video, absolutely adore the CrownVics for what they are and it's literally ASMR the way you made this video and kept it all the way through to the end without cuts and with commentary just sharing stories, so charming. Love videos like this!

I had the same car from my father, a 2002 model. Believe me, it is better than most new cars. Also, it is from Saudi Arabia. The car is distinguished by the fact that it had two exhaust ports and a larger radiator due to the weather.

I have an LX ten years older than this model (1989), but just like it, very fun and comfortable to ride in. The Crown Victoria is legendary.

This is the best review yet… as a Panther Platform enthusiast.

Nothing beats these 2000s luxury sedans! I have a 2005 Mercedes E320, and I gotta stay, nothing beats the simple elegance of cars like the W211s or Crown Vic’s! Everything is so tech-centered.

I'm not a Ford fan but my oh my what a beauty! Back when real cars had column shifters.

This was awesome. Peaceful and informative video. I'm getting ready to buy one from an older lady for $3,000 with 87k miles on it. She purchased hers brand new and was the only owner.

I was all smiles this whole video, my dad had 99' Vic but the older and longer shape. Right before this model was introduced. They should have never stopped the Number pad on the door though.

I prefer the simplicity of these cars. It just works, no excessive computers, etc.

Thanks man, I had crown Victoria since 2006 till 2010 here in Saudi Arabia.. It was really nice and comfy car

I have Mercury Grand Marquis one of the most beautiful cars I used Thank you for making this car

I had a 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis like that with 17k miles. Loved that car!

My first car was a 1974 Ford Galaxie 500, 2-door. That thing was a boat with a monster hood. It was sooo easy to find yourself driving well above the speed limit because you were just gliding along.

I have a mountaineer with a 4.6 3v. They all sound amazing and deliver power beautifully

Sweet Vic... Congrats to the owner! Best Ford platform ever.

I had a mercury grand marquis park lane edition and it was the second best car I’ve ever owned. This this is a runner, is comfortable, does great on gas for a v8. It’s also super reliable and surprisingly with good tires goes right through the snow because of the weight and shape.

This particular Crown Victoria was originally shipped and sold to Norris Ford which is now Liberty Ford Brunswick. Located at 3101 Center Rd. Brunswick, OH. Crazy to imagine all that car for under $30k in 1999. My, how times have changed😌 This review/drive was very awesome! The build quality, interior, and sounds of an older vehicle are truly left to be cherished by those who appreciate them. No matter if it's a make/model that we liked or not, the changes in time and design languages truly speak volumes as we're into the 21st century and beyond. It's truly remarkable to see the progress or some would say digress in automotive design. The ol 4.6 Ford V8 is something to behold in today's EV forward automotive societal norm. The ol girl rides graciously down the road, and doesn't even bat an eye doing the job it was intended to do, effortlessly. I hope the owner continues to keep the passion, and dedication alive for his lovely, all original Crown Vic clad in Vibrant White. You can truly see the joy and serenity had between you two as you cruise and chat on about the legendary model. Most of these are often seen as Police Interceptors, cruisers as such with blacked out rear panels, and an occasional spot light adhered to the left drivers side, not this one. Truly as if it rolled off the showroom floor, fresh as a daisy.

My dad had a 98’ F150 for like 15 years with the 4.6…great engines. Lots of torque, smooth, sound great…all they need is an occasional oil change.

What an immaculate example! And the front chrome grille looks really nice too. What a nice find, I can tell he will really enjoy that car for years to come.

I used to have a grand marquis. My friends and i all handed it down to each other. Im the oldest friend but i was the last to receive it. When she worked, she was the best vehicle i ever owned. I can still remember how the interior smelled, that unique leather smell ive never noticed anywhere else. Ash trays literally everywhere. Relatively fast. So big. Miss that thing so much. Sadly it ended up having loads of problems, and then when i got it to pass inspection the steering rod fell out on the way home. It was scrapped.

Love the old reviews love the sound of the 4.6

These cars are great! Ford Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis' are a great daily, even though their fuel economy is not good. What you save in low maintenance costs and initial purchase price will negate the fuel costs, if you are not driving more than 10,000 miles per year. They are comfy, reliable, and has all the tangible buttons and tactile feedback that EVs don't have.

Ah, the Ford modular V8. I still feel it’s the best sounding modern V8 from the Big 3, whether laid back in this Crown Vic, or a newer high HP Coyote. Cool car!

I owned a 2004 CVLX. All options. The best option was the temp and fan speed buttons on the steering wheel. So nice. But it became an electrical nightmare. I still miss it.

Chris/Paul, a fun ride. Thank you for taking us along...

Great cars I miss them wish they still make them. My grandmother also has one right now 2009 model except hers is the mercury grand marquis and we were blessed to have her 2000 model and her 1996 model grand marquis but she gave us both.

I’ve had the pleasure of driving a P71 along with it’s platform mate the Grand Marquis. Love these panther platform cars! Easily in my top 5 of all time.

My uncle had a 1998 Grand Marquis. The only problem he had with it was the heater core kept failing. He replaced it multiple times.

The horsepower was increased to 224 horsepower within the next year or two. If anybody's wondering the police, interceptor did not increase the horsepower, barely it increased it to 250 horsepower. And it increased the torque by 15. Not much of an upgrade but definitely way better than 200. Or at the time 2:24. So that's going to be a 26 horsepower increase and a mile per gallon increase.

Been looking forward to this ever since I saw the instagram post. Car is in beautiful shape!!😊

I came here to see a classic Crown Vic, but watching a 1999 Crown Vic through Plymouth took me right back to my childhood. Thanks for the great video!

this car seat is way comfier than many cars . design may be old but seats are comfortable.

I have really enjoyed this one. Ford crown Victoria, one of my favorite vehicles to watch on this show. From Bill. Mount Gambier South Australia.

Man I love this car, built like a tank, I want one so bad but the yearly taxes for this motors in Romania are way to expensive, ending up to 1200 dollars each year just because the engine and it's size.

As much as I would like to say thank you to the guy who sold it as we have a great video now, what a waste of selling the car your grandma gave you. I would sell though if I didn't have the capacity to take care of it because at least someone else can take care of it better than I can.

Great video. My father got a new Crown Vic every 2 years and then tried the Grand Marquis 5.0 L V8 in the mid 80's. He never went back. What an upgrade, so quiet and smooth with tons of bells and whistles. Stereo was awesome.

i drove 11 years a grand marquis same model,just a verry good car never had big problems and drives great.

I had a ‘99 P71 that I took off-roading deep into the woods of central Florida and got thru a few thick spots that others with a more proper vehicle for the trails ended up gettin caught up in.. it was soo much fun!

Finally the crown vic 🤩

i recently picked up a 05 police interceptor last yr for 2500$ with 77k original miles. drove an hr away for it best car i’ve owned.

I had a 2003 beige Crown Vic. My mom called it the Land Yacht. Great car. Can fit multiple bikes in the huge trunk. Got six people in it more than once. Got it to over 200k miles, but blew out an ignition coil in the mountains on my way to Yosemite. Tried getting a new plug and coil, but the plug wouldn't thred into the head. All mechanics shops were closed, and they couldn't see me for three days (it was the beginning of a holiday weekend). Luckily, a customer in the auto parts store said he would re-tap it for me for free, but that it wouldn't be a precision job. Well, he succeeded and the car ran fine for the rest of the trip. Unfortunately, the re-thread job was not perfect, so it kept blowing ignition coils. I took the head off to see if there was enough metal left on the head to get it re-threaded at a machine shop, but sadly there was not. Instead of buying a new head and gaskets and everything (this was several years ago when used cars weren't expensive) I gave up, put all the parts I took off into the truck, and put it up for sale. A dude drove 4 hours with a trailer to pick it up, with engine parts still in the trunk. I got $500 for it which I was happy with. Lots of good memories in that thing. Glad its still on the road.

Even though i dont know how to drive, but i love seeing your videos driving some nice old cars and people who let you borrow their car to drive, i love it💖

The Panther platform was my childhood with all the taxis I took with my dad, I never knew how good I had it until I became a car guy 😆 now I’m actively looking for a cheaper car once I finish school and I can’t go wrong with this

It's refreshing to see a young enthusiast taking pride in a vehicle that was never intended for his demographic. Most people my age or younger wouldn't even look twice at a Crown Vic unless it's a decommissioned cop car. The civilian models were purely made to cater the elderly and didn't have youth in mind. But it's nice to see someone break the norm and have a true appreciation for this car and will take as good of care of it as the original owner. I'm one of those young enthusiasts as well. I'm the only one in the family that has a soft spot for the Panther platform. I would love to drive one long distance. I only drove a Grand Marquis to park it in a different spot as a porter many years ago but that wasn't enough to get a feel for the car.

I've been in the back seat these for 2 different short drive field trips in school and they were both police cars and still used by the department. I still remember how they ride and they are comfortable. As a gamer, I get PTSD from them being behind me, I out ran everything from a Chevorolet Impala, to BMW to Lamborghini police cars but was never able to shake off the Crown Victoria easily no matter what I was in. Whatever it is you want from a Crown Victoria, it will always exceed expectations ❤️

My 2000 Grand Marquis had 27000miles on it back in 2018 when I bought it, now it has about 40000miles. It is all original and its my daily driver, I drive about 3000miles per year in it. And the fun thing is that there is about 20 Grand Marquises in Finland.

I'm glad they bumped up the hp to 220 for the 01 models. 200 isn't quite enough

This car is emblematic of a better time.

Personally I'd steer clear of police versions. Mileage is generally not a concern until that mileage is cold start, flatfoot the throttle, WOT pursuits, hard starts, hard stops, idling all day and night. The hour meter will tell that tale. It's easy to find these as condo cars with NO miles and never parked in the sun. I got a 2004 Town Car that way. Silver and flawless 2 owner for 3200 bucks.

I’m a manual aficionado for sure, but I will say I love to see the shifter on the steering column. Just reminds me of being a kid and just feels right for some reason! 😊

Icon... Greetings from Europe, and wish the owner many happy miles!

The leather looks like the leather in my 2007 Buick. Great stuff.

I love Topher driving these old 80s and 90s american cars ❤

I'm from England and the Crown Vic is my all time favourite American car. I just love them!

What a beautiful example of the last Cown Victoria. My mom used to have a 1981Ford LTD and it was a great car for many many years.

I LOOOOVE this kind of cheap car review!!! Don't get me wrong I own 2 crown victorias.

Love these cars and can't wait to own a second! Have a 2001 Grand Marquis LS, just got done doing timing chains over the weekend! Added a rear swaybar earlier this year. I prefer the 98-02 , something about the way these cars drive with the steering box feels "right" to me. Objectively better is the rack and pinion in the 03+, but it just doesn't feel like a boat. To what you said about getting car sick - mine has good shocks and my dog hates to ride in it. I think too plush? If I take out the back seat bottom cushion she will ride back there. Mine has been great in the snow. 180 pounds of weight in the trunk and some skinny snows and it passes everything.

We had a 94 CV LX, bought new. Traded it in for two sub-compacts. Dumbest move ever. It was the best long distance cruiser we ever owned.

That's propably the highest power and heat load that engine has ever been at. These to church and back cars can really benefit from an italian tune up even if they seem fine otherwise.

as non american i would love to own this in a heartbeat. Too bad in my country you can't import secondhand cars

I've had 1 town car and 4 Crown Vics. I have 0 complaints and I put thousands of miles on my car a year. I gave my Town Car to my dad with 350k and today that car still purrs with 380k. I bought an 08 Crown Vic and ran the miles up on that. I got rid of it at 245k. I accidentally won another 08 Crown Vic at auction with 145k now I'm at 171k and I got it a little over a year ago. But man I miss that floaty town car, night and day difference between a 1996 town car and a 2008 cvpi but at least the cvpi handles better around curves and in wet weather lol. I have never had a major mechanical failure out of any of my panthers.

The highway patrol in Colorado used these for decades. They put snow tires on all 4 wheels and they were able to patrol all the mountain passes in the worst snow storms.

My first car is a 2009 Ford Crown Victoria police interceptor so big respect for this review. It'd be cool if you can review an interceptor next

There’s something comforting about the combination of this V8 and the transmission whine. I’ve always wanted one of these. Getting hard to find! I wish Ford would bring them back!

Holy shit, I love panthers and remember searching whether this channel had a video on one back when I discovered it. This is an awesome surprise, thanks for taking a look at one!

These Panther platform Fords are the last and ultimate full-size, body-on-frame American sedan, a lineage that stretched back to the 1950s. This formula, which no longer exists in modern cars, was basically perfected by the time Ford built these in the late 1990s. They were supremely affordable, comfortable, practical, and reliable, the result of a manufacturing system that had been slowly tweaked and perfected for decades. In many ways they have still not been bettered. Even the handling is not as bad as one would think particularly on air suspension models. I'm convinced that most people if given the chance to try out a nice Panther like this one would favor it over their current bloated marketing-designed appliance car.

Got my grandparents' 1996 Cadillac Deville few years back with 17k miles and same time capsule. Smelled new. Was ridiculous.

Man I love it. Everyone wants fast and features and stuff. You don't get this kind of smooth comfort and reliability anymore. My 2016 camry was really comfy and smooth but not as big as that car.

TheTopher makes the best videos ever :)

This is one of the quintessential cars for me. I love everything about it.

I heard that people from Michigan and Ohio hate each other. It is nice to see you two getting along. The world can learn from this.

Love my 2010 grand Marquis. Amazing daily

this is like a larger version of the australian "Ford Falcon." Really neat car, never seen one, but they look nice on video.

I always wanted the police interceptor too, but I gotta tell you, those things are rough around the edges, the back seats virtually unusable, and often require lots of maintenance despite the crown vics good reputation of reliability because they were used and abused. A clean one like this is far more usable, but with the same style. In south florida atleast, a clean crown vic is incredibly rare, usually the only clean examples are grand marquis

Nice car take care of it, i agree on keeping it stock

Old Saudi memories coming back :DD When fuel was dirt cheap haha back then everyone used to keep this.

My friend's grandfather passed away recently and as we were cleaning out his house in the garage was a Crown Vic covered in an inch of dust. I asked him what he was going to do with he said I don't want it, it's yours for $500. Unbelievably I opened the door and the car start it right up I then realized I was the owner of a 2004 Crown Vic LX Sport 😁. 97,000 original miles perfect condition everything works. If you're not aware of this model very few people are it's pretty much a Ford Maurader. One of 3,235 made in 2004. What I really like about it is how many young guys such as Paul come up to it and admire it. Nice to see they're into some Old School Detroit iron instead of tin can import fart knockers 😋