gpfarrell
04-10-2015, 07:17 PM
This car is actually a smidge quicker than my Trilogy Marauder, although I haven't spent much time at the track with either one. Keeping my Dark Blue Pearl forever, so Kona Blue has to go....
0-60 in 4.6 seconds, 1/4 mile in 12.97 @ 104 mph.
2011 Lincoln MKS with Ecoboost, 33,000 miles, in beautiful Kona Blue with camel leather interior. Mild tune (easily reversible for power train warranty - if you can download an app, you can do this!) from Livernois Motorsports boosts the stock 355 horsepower twin-turbo to right around 400 horsepower. Lots of low end torque, pulls hard now always. Think of this car like a "rich man's Taurus SHO" for half the price of a new SHO! I've used it at a commuter car to my job at an investment firm, but it's ready for anything. I took it Pittsburgh Raceway Park once (they asked me 3 times if I wanted spectator parking!) 2 years ago and with AWD it was the easiest high 12 you can imagine. The all wheel drive scrambles for about 8-10 feet and then you are gone!
I also raced it two evenings at the Flashlight Drags for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix and the V6 Lincoln with an automatic transmission walked away from a 2014 Mustang GT 6-speed, a 6.0 GTO, a late-model Hemi R/T Challenger, a Porsche Boxster S, a 350 4-speed Camaro, a Lexus F-something, etc! I got beat by a Volvo with a corvette engine, otherwise, the Hot Rod Lincoln rocked! The tune also firms up the shifts so they aren't so sleepy any more. Mild Eibach springs dropped the car about an inch. It still rides very nice but also corners like a BMW should and looks a bit better too!
Aside from being "didn't see that coming!" fast, this is a beautiful Lincoln (unlike most Hot Rods!) with all the amenities you'd enjoy in a late-model luxury sedan... Touch screen navigation, voice activated everything, heated front & rear seats, air conditioned front seats, double moonroof, back-up camera, 20" wheels, adaptive headlights that steer with the car, keyless start... just about everything but active cruise control and the parallel-park-it-for-you option. (If you can't parallel park yourself, please consider something with less than 400 hp!)
Should be a great winter car ( AWD, traction control, and of course ABS) but I've got a couple others that already have snow tires so the Lincoln hasn't seen much snow/salt. Huge trunk, awesome vacation car too.
Squeaky clean Car Fax.
Financing Available (unless your credit is bad) as we're buying a new car from a great little car store in Sewickley and technically this MKS will be traded on our new car and you'll buy the MKS from them. This saves us some sales tax and gives you easy access to credit should you not have $24,900 in your dresser drawer. This car is available immediately for inspection and purchase at our home, but we'll sign the forms in Sewickley.
Thanks for reading!
Pics here:
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/4973334214.html
0-60 in 4.6 seconds, 1/4 mile in 12.97 @ 104 mph.
2011 Lincoln MKS with Ecoboost, 33,000 miles, in beautiful Kona Blue with camel leather interior. Mild tune (easily reversible for power train warranty - if you can download an app, you can do this!) from Livernois Motorsports boosts the stock 355 horsepower twin-turbo to right around 400 horsepower. Lots of low end torque, pulls hard now always. Think of this car like a "rich man's Taurus SHO" for half the price of a new SHO! I've used it at a commuter car to my job at an investment firm, but it's ready for anything. I took it Pittsburgh Raceway Park once (they asked me 3 times if I wanted spectator parking!) 2 years ago and with AWD it was the easiest high 12 you can imagine. The all wheel drive scrambles for about 8-10 feet and then you are gone!
I also raced it two evenings at the Flashlight Drags for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix and the V6 Lincoln with an automatic transmission walked away from a 2014 Mustang GT 6-speed, a 6.0 GTO, a late-model Hemi R/T Challenger, a Porsche Boxster S, a 350 4-speed Camaro, a Lexus F-something, etc! I got beat by a Volvo with a corvette engine, otherwise, the Hot Rod Lincoln rocked! The tune also firms up the shifts so they aren't so sleepy any more. Mild Eibach springs dropped the car about an inch. It still rides very nice but also corners like a BMW should and looks a bit better too!
Aside from being "didn't see that coming!" fast, this is a beautiful Lincoln (unlike most Hot Rods!) with all the amenities you'd enjoy in a late-model luxury sedan... Touch screen navigation, voice activated everything, heated front & rear seats, air conditioned front seats, double moonroof, back-up camera, 20" wheels, adaptive headlights that steer with the car, keyless start... just about everything but active cruise control and the parallel-park-it-for-you option. (If you can't parallel park yourself, please consider something with less than 400 hp!)
Should be a great winter car ( AWD, traction control, and of course ABS) but I've got a couple others that already have snow tires so the Lincoln hasn't seen much snow/salt. Huge trunk, awesome vacation car too.
Squeaky clean Car Fax.
Financing Available (unless your credit is bad) as we're buying a new car from a great little car store in Sewickley and technically this MKS will be traded on our new car and you'll buy the MKS from them. This saves us some sales tax and gives you easy access to credit should you not have $24,900 in your dresser drawer. This car is available immediately for inspection and purchase at our home, but we'll sign the forms in Sewickley.
Thanks for reading!
Pics here:
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/4973334214.html