This car is very luxurious, leather, power everything. The JBL Sound Package is also an excelent feature in the ones that have it. The 3.8 V6 is bullet proof you can't hurt it. The anti lock brakes provide excelent braking and the air ride is great on your back.

It is severly underpowered, 140 hp just doesn't do the job. The load on the electrical system is very high, so you can expect to be replacing alternators and bateries every 3 years. There are alot of systems to go wrong on this car, but that is a small price for all the comfort it provides.

This car is the best car I have ever owned, it is also the car I have had the longest. For 11 years it has been providing me with comfortable reliable transportation. I do wish that there was a bit more comming out of that engine, the 3.8's today are puting out around 200hp compared to the 89's 140.

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Cadilac Eldorado

-Interior Workmanship/Quality
-Powerful 32 valve V8
-Big Trunk
-Extremely Good Ride
-Lots of High-Tech goodies to Play with
-Comfy/Cozy Interior
-Smooth Motor

-Noisy Stock Tires
-Electronic Compass Needs Adjustment every Month

I now have 90,000 miles on my 98 Continental and shes been running like a beauty. I just replaced the struts as preventive maintainance and had replaced tires. I've driven it 40,000 miles and not a single problem.

P.S.- Do regular maintainace it keeps youre auto running unless you have a YUGO

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Cadillac Seville-Good power, V8 not smooth and is noisy, Not so good relibailty

This car has been in my family for 16 years, my mother stopped driving it years ago in favor of a Cadillac so it has low mileage. I adopted it from her and it still has an incredible ride and very distinctive looks (erstatz back, two-tone, coach lamps). I leave it parked in the garage most of the time so whenever I do take it out, it drives great.

Even though it has a V-8, it seems a little underpowered and the the power steering is overassisted.

It was an occassional use car as I was growing up because my parents favored Cadillacs. Since I took it over from them, I just leave it parked most of the time as well. It drives great, it's required little maintainence although I had the heater core replaced last year, it was leaking. The A/C works great and the only other issue is some oil seepage. It's a fun car to drive around or to go out to dinner in because it's been cared for. I am planning to just hang onto it and drive it occassionally. In another 10-20 years it will be a really fascinating auto to drive because of it's appearance. I rarely see them anymore and usually they appear as though they are on their last leg. Lincolns (aside from the LS) look terrible now so this is one of the last cars from Lincoln to actually resemble a luxury car versus a hideous rounded off car with bland styling.

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Since it's from the 80's, it doesn't compare to newer Lincolns, Cadillacs. It has a definite American Luxury feel that doesn't exist anymore, so it's hard to compare. It's in no way comparable to a new Mercedes or BMW, they just don't make cars like this anymore.

None except it's beautiful exterior styling.

PLEASE fully read my overall impression

To fully appreciate the 88 Lincoln Continental, you must understand comparisons. If your wife was in the hospital having your firstborn, who you named after yourself, and you got drunk a little, left the bar with an incredibly attractive babe, spent the night with her, and found out the next day when you asked around if maybe anybody would happen to know if she had crabs??? and then found out she had genital herpes, syphilis, clap, aids, and a propensity to sue for alienation of affection when you contacted her.....and the second day your wife was home from the hospital, she got a letter from the hospital meant for you, that advised her you were listed as a sexual contact for an HIV-positive patient.....think of this as a comparison of owning a continental as opposed to what Lincoln would like you to think, or at least, what the public has been lead to believe by their lying advertising. To be able to advertise a lincoln as anything less than incredibly overpriced scrap, is a serious flaw on the American legal system. I think all of these continental owners should unite to sue the death out of the American Bar Association and every member of that organization practicing law, and the settlement should be adequate to impoverish every member of their families not just for now, but for the next seven generations, as the Bible says. I have owned mine for four years, and will not part with it for any price, because it is a daily reminder to NEVER buy anything Ford makes again, as long as I live. Nor will my children, or my grandchildren, as long as I am alive to have any influence whatsoever in their lives. I would surmise the engineers who designed these cars, and the marketers who lied through their teeth advertising them, were released from employment by Ford, and they all started lots of dot.com outfits that sucked investors last dime away before going under, having never shown any return, other than leaving those they stole from, wiser for the experience. How well does a continental ride? Well, it rides on air, actually large shock absorbers called struts, with basketball sized bladders on top, and so when they are all filled with air, it truly does ride on air. But that in only part of the story. Here is the full story. The shocks aka struts, are actually a very high quality piece of machinery . The car has, I think, seven computers. Here is how the suspension works, and please follow this closely. An air pump inflates the air bladders. These are the springs that support the 4400 or so pound car. Air-filled rubber springs, you could say. Now, on top of each strut is a small stepper motor that turns a small proportioning valve in the strut, internally, that determines if you have a soft ride, or anywhere between air ride only with virtually not even shock absorber action to a sports-car type very harsh ride. The power steering has a sensor which tells how often, fast, and hard(quick) you are turning the steering wheel. The car of course has 4 wheel independent suspension with anti-lock disc brakes on all four corners as well. How often and hard you brake are taken into account in the computer system as a whole, and it analyzes the braking, steering, speed, ascension-descension of travel, frequency of bumps, as well as severity of bumps, and adjusts the metering rods in the struts accordingly, to assure the best possible ride humanly possible while maintaining a safe level of control for the given driving conditions, as well as traction availability figured in with the individual wheel sensors. It also computes the angle of attack for the car to get the best possible fuel consumption possible in any and all driving situation and environment. The computer checks the driving conditions from all the sensors combined, depending on speed, temperature of exterior environment, and ascension-descension travel, varying between 88 and 130 times PER SECOND !!! You can be cruising along at 75 miles per hour in this VERY quiet car, see an emergency situation ahead, and even though you are riding on a pillow of air, when you hit the brakes hard, and before you are done turning the steering wheel half a turn, you have an incredibly traction holding sports car suspension. When the stepper motors turn the proportioning valve to the maximum position, it is virtually impossible to move the strut central rod up or down, it becomes that stiff !!! Like a solid-bar suspension, really. I defy anyone to come up with a better design for the ultimate car. When the suspension is working right, that is how it works. On paper, this is an incredible car. Now, we live real lives, on real roads, with all equipment being real. Here is a list of what has gone wrong with my car. as of this date of this writing, it has actually about 81,000 miles on it. SIX air suspension bags, three alternators, two 7-year warranty batteries,two voltage regulators, one radiator, one heater core, three digital dashes (one of them continually put miles on the odometer, it gained over 25,000 miles in one month. You can go to McDonalds, and it would gain 100 miles or so while you were inside eating a hamburger)(I bought a replacement from a dealer, he was only willing to set it back to 80,000 miles as a starter, even though I left them witness the horrendous mileage gains)(he advised me after I paid 400+ for the dash, that the left front air suspension had popped while it was in the garage)(I refused to pay 750 for the air bag to be put on there, so I had it towed home from the dealer)(six months later, the other front bag exploded in the driveway about midnight, it sounded like a shotgun blast, my family all hid for cover as I ran outside with a gun)(strange to be relieved when all you find with a gun in your hand, is the front of your car sitting on the pavement) three sets of front tires, since the air suspension keeps raising and lowering the front end as your drive, it wears the tires out so fast it isn't even funny since when the wheels are aligned(three times) the car is sitting level, and the raising and lowering changes the toe and camber-caster as well, also the AM aspect of the radio never did work well at all, but the FM is OK...all the calipers and rotors have been replaced, also at this time the motor that runs the anti lock brakes goes on vacation occcasionally, so I just pop it on top of the accumulator with a hammer with the key on, and it usually fires up after about three whacks. I called the dealer for a new motor, it's about a big as your fist, it's gonna cost 650 with me doing the work myself. It's a dealer item....according to the books, if the anti-lock fails, you still have power assist brakes. That's a total lie. You have virtually no brakes at all when the anti lock motor breaks down. It's a seious yes VERY serious design flaw. The automatic climate control computer, I think, is the culprit that talks to the other computers and tells them lies and so makes the car stall at times for no reason. And before I forget, yes, I have had a valve job done....they had almost no wear at all, I was advised by the machinist, so naturally since the head gasket blowing was why I had the valve job done, I also at that time replaced the thermostat. The door handles have all broken off at one time or another. The windows cannot be put down, or they won't be coming up until you take off a door panel to put them back on track and into the slots that are supposed to keep them in place anchored to the motor scissor assembly. Naturally the air conditioning does not work, and the car is black, so on warm days, we just hold the doors open a little as we drive. The heater is a GOOD heater in winter. Since some of these also have heated windshields, which are heated by the alternator being cut off the normal charge mode and put into a 70 volt output mode until the battery voltage drops to 11.6 volts, I have often mused that my computer that would control that aspect of the overall vehicle operation, sometimes puts 70 volts into the battery, which would explain why two really strong batteries have been fried...Please note here that I found on two of the air suspension bags of the 6 I have replaced, the rubber bladders were still good, but the strut itself had rusted out and spriung the leak. A little electro-galvanized plating on those and stronger bags, better thermostats and head gaskets, probably about 100 dollars per car, and Lincoln had a car that would actually have the best resale value of any car ever made, rather than the NEGATIVE VALUE VEHICLE that they truly are. Thanks for reading!!!

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Chevette got 165,000 miles with no major repairs. Geo metro 140,000 miles, no problems. Chevy s-10 145,000 miles, still doesn't even use oil, and I beat it to death. GET THE GIST? My first venture into Fordland was a total bust.

I will probably save my life when I drive it into a brick wall.

every thing between the front and rear bumpers.

This Lincoln COntinental is the biggest piece of garbage I have ever seen. THe air shocks have been replaced twice. The radiator, the alternator, the water pump, the timing chain, the tie rods, the radiator fan, the throttle position sensor. FORD has some nerve calling this a car. They should call this a heap of metal and plastic that doesn't do anything but suck money. I have called for numerous time demanding that the recall this piece of sh--. The paint completely faded. Their answer was that the paint in 1989 through 1991 was a new technique in which the removed one of the steps in the paint process. I think that the guy that made that decision should have his brain removed, if nor already done. The paint peeled. I had to have the car repainted. Lincoln should take all of the designers of this car, put them in the car, Hook the air shocks up to the biggest air compressor and launch these morons and this sh-tty car into outerspace. However, my luck, the da-n car would land on my new house. In closing, if you have this car or are thinking of buying one, call me. I will sell you mine. Otherwise, take the lead of a battery charger and connect one to each one of your ears and shock you head until you change your mind and buy almost any OTHER CAR.

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It compares exceptionally to falling head first into a pile of horse excretion. But then again ! ! ! ! VALUE RATING 1 = Complete waste of $$

INTERIOR,STYLE,RIDES SMOOTH WHEN NOT BREAKING DOWN

SENSORS ALWAYS GOING OUT,AIR SUSPENSION NO GOOD,TRANSMISSION NOT WORTH THE TIME IT TOOK TO INSTALL

IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT, IT IS REALLY A GOOD RIDING CAR. STYLE AND INTERIOR OF THE CAR IS AWESOME

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NOTHING ELSE COMPARES, IT IS THE WORST CAR ON THIS PLANET

Great Stereo
Very comfortable
Awesome ride (smoothest I've ever been in)

Air Ride System
ABS System
Breaks down too often

The car is great when it's running. Lot's of neat features, such as heated mirrors, Cdn/US modes to switch between KM/Miles, Gas Remaining, etc
The best ride system, very smooth.. no one's ever spilled a drink in the car while in motion!
Very roomy, seated up to 7 average people easily.

Now the nightmare begins... I've had to replace all 4 air ride shocks, almost every major piece of equipment, from gaskets, altenator, to ... list goes on and on. At the moment, the ABS system is screwed, it just locks up - I have no brakes on the car. Wish there was a way to lose the whole ABS system.

Once the shocks go, get rid of the car. I'm planning to sell mine, hoping for a good $1000 Cdn. If interested, please email me - it'll be great to use all the new parts to fix your own :)

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