As I've only got a few minutes, I'm going to post what I can before I have to take off.
First: I cannot sell the car for financial and other reasons. I can't get enough out of it to buy anything even remotely better; in St. Louis cars like this are worth $500-800.
EGR screen has been cleaned, found out that issue a year or two back.
I have considered a new exhaust; I'm looking for one off the '87-91 Crown Vic Police Interceptors from a junkyard or other inexpensive place.
Tranny fluid has been replaced. Planning on a full flush at some point. Alignment was fixed by the previous owner, but (lol) they did it with the steering wheel off-center
So now, to go straight, the wheel's turned about five degrees left. I'm used to it, though, so not a big issue.
It
does have a functioning fan clutch. That may be replaced whenever the radiator completely goes; I figure that if the radiator's going to be out, I might as well change the clutch there while I'm at it.
I'm not driving to and from school...I'm homeschooled, so all I really use this for is driving to work
Grill block is not in any way possible. I've got a leaky radiator, and it runs a tad hotter than I'd like anyway, though still far under red line.
There is no brake drag. The thing coasts for about ten miles when I let off the gas at 55mph. And yep, it's got a 2.73 rear axle(not-limited-slip). From my figures, the engine runs somewhere around 500rpm on the highway
I actually HAVE to drive it in Drive instead of Overdrive around town, as otherwise it shifts into overdrive by 30mph and runs the engine so slowly that it instantaneously stalls. No joke. Once I'm up around 50 or so though, I do shift it into OD.
Since I just noticed and read the post about driving techniques, it's at the end.
I do drive highway about 80% of my commute. I take the shortest route to the highway, and I get off about two hundred feet from my job. I drive smoothly, and only go fast enough to keep from being run over by the crazy 18-wheelers
