3 years into my ownership of this fine automobile. Here is a recap of all repairs performed and their cost. Check out "My Repairs" playlist for detailed info. Happy New Year and here is to 2023! #Lincoln #Towncar #Repairs
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@jasonchristopher2977 Жыл бұрын
Hope u had a gr8 Xmas and a happy New Year. I took my fender stainless pieces and had some rust. I was very upset cause I take great care of my car. I washed it all down. Mine was caused by foam around gas filler assembly and the fender pieces. I got most rust I could and used Ospho. It will stop the rust. I promise you it will. I've used for 3 decades. My Pap used since 60s. For heavy rust I use muratic acid. Then water to stop reaction dry then Ospho. I put a rusted muffler clamp in a butter bowl of muratic for 10 min, water to rid acid, dry then ospho. Still looks perfect and no rust months later. I live in apt complex too so I know it's hard to get things done. We have a area to do work in back but for large jobs I take to shop to do work after hours. I use a leather conditioner on all seats. Mine is a designer with providence leather. It's still soft and supple since 07. I then use 303 over all leather, rubber etc. It will keep it protected and will not attract dust or be slime like armor all. And alot of your cost is just cause you not a redneck grease monkey. Lmfao. Alot of that can be brought down by u doing the work. I know alot about cars and lil about computers. I wish I could find somebody who needs wrenching in trade for electronic repair. But I do all my work. A pair of vice grips could've fixed the shifter cable issue and got u home. I had a VW bug a 72 and throttle cable broke. I used a small pair to grab cable and run throttle to get home. I always hated doing all that work with my family on a farm, working at sawmill or in woods cutting timber but now in my 40s I am so thankful cause they and my dad taught me so much and that's why I can fix about anything and never have used a tow truck. Over heating take cap off and baby home, cable breaks use tools to get home. Car repair costs so much and it's making it hard on all of us. Parts take weeks to get. All this Drive ev and Cash for Clunkers didn't help. We don't have the infrastructure for ev. Hoovies, sam all those guys and gals try to drive ev and it never goes good. Short trips yes a ev is great. I hope u can get many years out of your Town Car. My Pap taught me his formula for rust proofing. 1 quart of any new used oil, 1 of trans fluid new or used, 1 tube of grease gun grease, 1 wax toilet gasket from lowes etc. Mix and melt and u can spray, brush etc. Most fluid film type products that costs alot don't have oil in them, won't last long, when it's scraped it will rust. This wont. It costs $6 using used oil, fluids etc. Did my car last fall. Still no rust, still there. Used this formula on heavy equipment, Farming machinery, trucks, quads just about anything. Need less half all etc. Gotta get the base metal rust free and sealed. The more layers of sealant the better. I use chassis saver, zinc primer, then farm implement paint, Rustoleum, then some kind of oil based wax. Alot of layers but no rust. Rust is my enemy that I fight yearly. If the gr8 state of Pa would use more brains than salt on roads it'd be a easy fight. Lmfao. I'll keep watching as long as u keep making content.
@midwestpanther98 Жыл бұрын
Your lunch bag looks like something I carry shaving stuff in on a trip. Never seen one like that. Cool.
@georgesmith7988 Жыл бұрын
Vitally we miss you, happy New Year.
@merrillschaps2325 Жыл бұрын
I still miss my Town Car. However, it was costing me quite a bit more to operate compared to my Camry which I do love about as much as my Town Car. Yours still looks like its holding up pretty good.
@melvinharris7859 Жыл бұрын
Hey Vitaliy! Good to see you're still driving your Town Car. As a northerner, I still think its a pretty clean car actually. I'm sure our southern friends would disagree, but its not too bad. My friend still drives around in an 04 Ford Taurus that has basketball sized holes in the floor, literally no rocker panels, and the quarters have huge holes in them. Compared to that thing, your Town Car looks brand new! And that Taurus is still kickin, so who's to say how many more years you could get out of your Town Car. I see Town Cars up here in Michigan all the time with gigantic rot holes around the gas caps, the side cladding falling off because the bottoms of the doors have ceased to exist, and air-suspensions dragging on the ground. Your Town Car is still one of the better examples, I think. I'm glad you're just driving and enjoying the car now. And I hope to see your Town Car still on the channel next year too!
@dave11686 Жыл бұрын
Glad you’re still with us and doing well.
@42luke93 Жыл бұрын
Got to drive my grandpa's when I visited him in the summer. Was so nice. I love the shifter!
@InternetDude Жыл бұрын
Right on man! You will find the cost of ownership to be less in the future I think because you have had a number of common repairs done. I do recommend you try to get that defrost fixed so it’s perfect. Cheers.
@grillfindor Жыл бұрын
It's been a while since I stopped by your channel (mainly due to extreme workload) but still had the same joy. Happy new year!
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Happy new year!
@c.d.7742 Жыл бұрын
Good to see that you're still doing okay and driving the Lincoln Town car. It is common for the driver side of a vehicle to rust more than the passenger side. I figure there are a couple reasons for this. When salt is spread on roadways it is applied to the driver's side of the lane. Also when you meet on coming vehicles they spray you with that salt brine. That means there is more salt on the drivers side of the lane along with getting splashed from oncoming vehicles. Wishing you and your family all the best in 2023.
@adventsociety5382 Жыл бұрын
Just bought an 1 owner 07 in same spec as yours with a little over 15,000 miles on the dash. Car had been sitting for years so she’s not perfect. Little bit of rust and body stuff but at 7k I couldn’t resist
@franknew9001 Жыл бұрын
Happy New Year to you and your family. It's good to see that your 2006 Town Car is still hanging in there. My 2002 Town Car has been very dependable, and in the past two weeks, I have put over 1,400 miles on it driving from Maryland to south Florida, and back to north Florida. I should knock on wood, because my only expense other than insurance and gas in 2022 was an oil change. I hope you have a great year in 2023!! 😊😊
@billclarke3754 Жыл бұрын
Love your content! Happy New Years buddy!
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Happy new year!
@Albee-Wan-Kenobi Жыл бұрын
We have the same cupholder mount. Good to see you back!. Happy New Year!
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Happy new year!
@PanzerPlatform Жыл бұрын
Aye, welcome back.
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Happy new year!
@EnthusiastCarHangar Жыл бұрын
Happy New Year!
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Same to you!
@luckymanchicago5599 Жыл бұрын
Happy New Year 🥳🎉
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Happy new year!!
@bdsouza1977 Жыл бұрын
Great channel & content; thanks for the great stories and memories. Any way you can link to the 1st video of 1st year car ownership/repair costs that totaled $12,000+? I found the 2nd video but not the 1st one. More numbers would be good.
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Please search for "how much" on the channel
@BS-br2yf Жыл бұрын
Happy New year to you
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Happy new year
@EnthusiastCarHangar Жыл бұрын
We can only watch your videos more if you post more videos. 🤷♂️ I hope you will keep putting some love into the Town Car and keep it even if you end up driving your wife’s Forrester.
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Working on it! 😀
@edwardleyland1979 Жыл бұрын
Oh How I miss your videos. Shame you don't put as much out anymore.
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Nothing new to film at the moment
@MNC122703 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you still have it….does the 2006 have tire pressure sensors? Old tech is awesome…any idea when that started on towncar? The tire pressure sensors
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
No sensors here 😀
@MNC122703 Жыл бұрын
@@VitaliyKofman sweet bro any idea what year that started ? I have 2 sweet 2000 models both under 100k Cartier edition ..fine tuned would like one newer one like yours but without all the sensors
@Thomas63r2 Жыл бұрын
Ugh ~ $16,000 for ~ 40,000 miles of driving. I sure hope your wife doesn't watch your videos! Owning older cars is a crap shoot. In addition to my beautiful 2006 Presidential Town Car that is in your collaboration video with the GT350 Mustang, I own four other cars. Two years before I bought Mr. President I bought a slightly mechanically tatty 1998 Lincoln Continental from a junk dealer for $1,400. It had 126,000 miles when I bought it, and is now a bit north of 175k miles and it has never left me stranded. You may remember from my comments on your other videos I am in my 60's and have a 624 sq. ft. hobby shop garage that allows me to do almost all of the maintenance and repairs on my own cars. I usually use a shop only in the rare cases that require special tools that I'm not interested in buying for the few times I may need them. The 1998 Continental has been an unexpected reliable surprise, mostly just regular maintenance; gas, oils, tires. Slowly I have serviced the non-functioning parts of the Continental - all things that won't keep it from being driven, but definitely make it somewhat of a beater that I drive one or two days a week. I just replaced its leaking autochromatic inside rear view mirror with a better design that only required minor rewiring to have the map lights, autochromatic feature and maps lights all function correctly. I drove it for a year with non-functioning A/C because of a broken blend door actuator and blown blower motor relay. I wish you and your family a happy 2023, and I hope that someday you can finally buy a house and have your own garage to tinker on your cars and wipe out the tremendous labor costs of owning an older car.
@jasonchristopher2977 Жыл бұрын
Right on. Doing the work urself and knowing a little bit about basic operation can save 1 so much money. And in our day we had no google. U either had to read a huge manual, or ask ppl that knew. Now any issue is a few clicks away. Unless it's a dead trans, or a piston through block there's not alot u can't get back home from unless urr across the country. It would've been a fraction of that doing own labor. And tow companies will charge u as much if urr a block or 10 miles away. Insane. I help my buddy tow. He charges a standard hook fee depending on how far it is. Where I live call a buddy with a strap or with a truck with a tire strapped to bumper and push me home. Lmao.
@corrynthiaiam9205 Жыл бұрын
Why do I hear a sound coming from the front(could be radiator) of my 02 Lincoln town car when it is not even on sometimes.
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a trip to a mechanic is in order
@Mrnormalsense Жыл бұрын
Might be getting a 95. Do you think these car year can be used as a daily driver? It’s in decent shape for a 95 just needs an AC compressor. How much you think that’ll be? Car has 120K miles. Thanks!!
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
Sure, I use mine every day. I think $4k
@Mrnormalsense Жыл бұрын
@@VitaliyKofman 4K for AC compressor wow that’s $ thanks for feedback you’re always good about it !
@MNC122703 Жыл бұрын
So 2006 did have TPMS. ….my 2000 don’t when did they start using those TPMS tire sensors..?
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
I think 2009+ Mine doesn't have them
@MNC122703 Жыл бұрын
@@VitaliyKofman thought I read something on your report about it…so 2008 would be the last year without it? I wanna sell one of my Lincoln’s and go newer but don’t wanna a light going on every I use car was so annoying in my 2010 marquis you have to clear it every time you turn on car. Anyway so happy you kept yours and I’ll show you mine soon too. Just spent 4 k fixing up these Lincoln’s tune ups etc
@rxmarlo2303 Жыл бұрын
Hey bro i know you drove fordbossme towncar how did those 3.73 gears feel? If i want speed did it feel a worthy enough to change?
@rxmarlo2303 Жыл бұрын
I want to squeeze out the v8 power and enjoy it since im in the same page i want to enjoy later i will find something smaller and economical on gas
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
It feels faster but I prefer a leisurely ride :)
@rxmarlo2303 Жыл бұрын
@@VitaliyKofman yea maybe just a intake and marty tune exhaust should be enough to still keep it smooth and get as much mpg i can
@edwardleyland1979 Жыл бұрын
You got boned bad on shifter cable job. Had mine done this year as well cost me 225
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
The story of my life 😀
@coloradomedical Жыл бұрын
anyone know where to find the keyless entry code on the car?
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
If you don't have the manual, check the trunk hinge - otherwise, dealership
@coloradomedical Жыл бұрын
@@VitaliyKofman i have the manual, its in the book?
@VitaliyKofman Жыл бұрын
@@coloradomedical Sorry, I meant it's a separate card which came in the manual pouch
@pzak5927 Жыл бұрын
I dont want to own a 16 yr old car whatever it is. I buy a new truck every 5 years and never have gone to any repair shop and get burned like you. I just got 25, thousand dollars for my 2017 canyon and bought a new 2023 for 40 thousand and it only cost me 15000 for a new truck. Plus nobody will give you alot of money for a 16 yr old car