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Oh and as a side note if you wanted to have some fun, the 4.6 in the Crown Vic is the same motor used in the Mustang GT of the time. It would be easy to build that bad boy up and make a sleeper out of it! I DID! lol

Congrats!!! I have had a few Crown Vics in the past, love them and wish they were still being made. ENJOY the new wheels yo.

Your car is really nice for its age.  That is a rare find.  No matter what you gave for it it still looks showroom fresh.  
I need to make a small correction in my original post.  The Mercury I owned was an early 1990's model.  Image of a similar model below if you care to look.  The sign shop I got it from purchased every option they could for it.  My interior was a nice rose red color and my dash had the woodgrain trim around the gauges and like you have on your dash across the glove compartment.  Everything was electric including the trunk latch which was a push button in the glove box.  
Hater's are going to hate but I was never really a Ford person except for Mustangs as I always had problems with them no matter what kind of Ford it was.  But I loved that Mercury...it was about as close to luxurious as I was going to get.  Got good gas mileage, too.  And it would run for a V6...I just wish I would have seen the water pump issue sooner. 

 
If I could find another one that was in as great of shape as your Vic I'd jump on it in a heartbeat.  It was the only Ford product I ever liked owning.

I hate the autocorrect!  The good news is that I've only ever seen one quick charger so far, and my new hobby is finding charging stations.  That quick charger was at a Walmart.  I'll keep it in mind for emergencies only. 
I totally get the pouring money into a car issue.  When you can't really solve the problem, you just never know when it's going to end.  And once you lose confidence in your ride, it all kind of goes downhill.  I think you did the right thing, and that car you found is just about as nice a used car I've ever seen.

"the new Bluesmobile" I'd say, nice looking ride
 
 

So sadly my truck died. It's an 88 so it was bound to happen eventually. it's overheating and missfiring like crazy and I put a bunch of parts(about 10 or so new parts) in it and nothing seem to be doing the trick. Mechanic just couldnt seem to figure out what was causing these problems and I was tired of throwing money at it. 
Anyway so I needed a new car. I just didnt know what car was the right one for me. I seemed to have my heart set on either a Prius or a leaf (Rick was alot of help on the leaf research) but ultimately I just know that when the time cane to change the leaf battery I just wouldnt be able to afford it. With the Prius I just couldnt find a good enough deal for me to jump on it. 
So a guy at work told me he saw a crown vic for sale on craigslist a few days ago and said that it was a great deal. So I looked it up and I was shocked at how good it looked and was sure it had to be gone by now. So i messaged the guy and sure enough he still had it and I cane to look at it and I bought it. 
2004 crown Victoria 1 owner and only 44,000 miles on it. Sweet old man owned the car and used it only to drive his mom around. Sadly there has seemed to have been a bit of taking advantage of a nice man because there has been $18,000 worth of work done to this thing. Alot of small stuff like for example whenever he went in to get his oil change (every 4,000 miles) he also had an alignment, wheel rotation, and wheel balance done. 
With all that said I am very happy to have this beautiful car and dont know what i did to deserve this. I am going to take good care of it and hopefully it will last a good while. Sorry for a long one here but I am very excited about this one

So momocon is this coming up weekend may 23, 24, 25, 26. I'm going and am very excited. The voice of Mario (Charles martinet), bowser (Kenny James), and peach/toad (Samantha Kelly) will all be there doing panels and signing autographs. also the creator of "No More Heros" (Wii game) (Suda51) will also be there and he is doing free autographs. 
My plan is to get all 4 of their autographs but most importantly Charles martinet (Mario). I'm gonna get him to sign my boxed Mario 64. 
There will also be tons of arcade games and fighting game competitions with cash prizes. Super smash bros, mortal kombat, dragonball fighterZ. 
Also if you are a fan the 4 main character's voice actors of "Steven Universe" (cartoon network) will be there too. 
Should be a fun weekend. It's at the Georgia world Congress building in downtown Atlanta. I'm going to be going dressed up as Mario. Seems like the easiest cosplay to put together fast. Cant wait for it to start!

If that is your old truck in one of the pictures (the Ford) the overheating could be caused by the misfiring.  And if it is misfiring a lot it could be a few things:  bad distributor, bad brain (meaning coil), or a crack in a valve head.  If you was replacing water often in the radiator, and while running if the exhaust had a lot of moisture in it, chances are a head was cracked.  Might make for an interesting project.  That's one of those things where you could pull the motor, completely strip it down, and rebuild it from the ground up.
I understand the need for electric cars but I will still love the internal combustion engines.  If done right they can sound amazing.  I miss my '79 Monte Carlo.  

I had a Mercury Sable (Mercury version of your Crown Vic) I bought off a sign shop I was working at in 1998.  Nice car, well cared for, but had a mechanical issue no one could figure out.  I had it a year before the transmission just went out.  But I now know why it went it.  So a bit of advice should it happen to you.  If you find your car just leaking transmission fluid from a hole in the transmission that "hole" is a pressure relief valve.  Mine was doing just that.  Come to find out the whole reason why the transmission was "relieving" itself was because it was getting too hot.  And it was getting too hot because the water pump was not pumping water all the time like it should have.  So, in reality, I was literally burning up the transmission.  It finally just gave out after a year of owning it.  A new one cost as much as I paid for the car which was around $1,800.  So, do you and your new beautiful car a favor, if it starts leaking transmission fluid and the seals/gaskets are good, change that water pump.  Fight with any mechanic who tells you otherwise...change that water pump.
Otherwise, that is a sweet car and with only 44,000 miles it's not even broke in yet.  Most engines don't break in until after 50,000 miles so you have a few thousand miles to go.  Hell, it may still have mechanical parts still under warranty.  Yea...that guy got taken to the bank by whoever he took the car to.  No work should total to that much.  The cost of a new engine and transmission together don't cost quite that much.  I loved my Mercury Sable.  It had a nice ride, was very comfortable, drove good, got good gas mileage as well.  Unfortunately, the sign shop painted their vehicles red, white, and blue to match company colors and they painted over the original metallic charcoal gray paint but the red cloth interior was immaculate.  Stereo sounded really good as well.  Everything worked except cruise control but only because the button was worn out from the many trips the shop owners took out of town to try to nab customers with proposals.  
I'm betting yours has a V8.  Those seem to be common in Vics.  Mine had a V6. 

Holy cow, man!  That thing looks BRAND NEW!  I love it.  You found a nice one.  Does it have a V8?
The Leaf is going well for me on my daily commute to work.  Perfect for that purpose.  And we have a 240 plug being installed soon for faster charging. 

So sadly my truck died. It's an 88 so it was bound to happen eventually. it's overheating and missfiring like crazy and I put a bunch of parts(about 10 or so new parts) in it and nothing seem to be doing the trick. Mechanic just couldnt seem to figure out what was causing these problems and I was tired of throwing money at it. 
Anyway so I needed a new car. I just didnt know what car was the right one for me. I seemed to have my heart set on either a Prius or a leaf (Rick was alot of help on the leaf research) but ultimately I just know that when the time cane to change the leaf battery I just wouldnt be able to afford it. With the Prius I just couldnt find a good enough deal for me to jump on it. 
So a guy at work told me he saw a crown vic for sale on craigslist a few days ago and said that it was a great deal. So I looked it up and I was shocked at how good it looked and was sure it had to be gone by now. So i messaged the guy and sure enough he still had it and I cane to look at it and I bought it. 
2004 crown Victoria 1 owner and only 44,000 miles on it. Sweet old man owned the car and used it only to drive his mom around. Sadly there has seemed to have been a bit of taking advantage of a nice man because there has been $18,000 worth of work done to this thing. Alot of small stuff like for example whenever he went in to get his oil change (every 4,000 miles) he also had an alignment, wheel rotation, and wheel balance done. 
With all that said I am very happy to have this beautiful car and dont know what i did to deserve this. I am going to take good care of it and hopefully it will last a good while. Sorry for a long one here but I am very excited about this one

My small collection.  This is the first time I've actually tried to make a video and put it on YouTube.  I was trying to be quiet because my gf was asleep in the next room.  I stumble on words and the video quality isn't the greatest... but hey, not too terrible for the first time messing with this video editing software!
 

So sadly my truck died. It's an 88 so it was bound to happen eventually. it's overheating and missfiring like crazy and I put a bunch of parts(about 10 or so new parts) in it and nothing seem to be doing the trick. Mechanic just couldnt seem to figure out what was causing these problems and I was tired of throwing money at it. 
Anyway so I needed a new car. I just didnt know what car was the right one for me. I seemed to have my heart set on either a Prius or a leaf (Rick was alot of help on the leaf research) but ultimately I just know that when the time cane to change the leaf battery I just wouldnt be able to afford it. With the Prius I just couldnt find a good enough deal for me to jump on it. 
So a guy at work told me he saw a crown vic for sale on craigslist a few days ago and said that it was a great deal. So I looked it up and I was shocked at how good it looked and was sure it had to be gone by now. So i messaged the guy and sure enough he still had it and I cane to look at it and I bought it. 
2004 crown Victoria 1 owner and only 44,000 miles on it. Sweet old man owned the car and used it only to drive his mom around. Sadly there has seemed to have been a bit of taking advantage of a nice man because there has been $18,000 worth of work done to this thing. Alot of small stuff like for example whenever he went in to get his oil change (every 4,000 miles) he also had an alignment, wheel rotation, and wheel balance done. 
With all that said I am very happy to have this beautiful car and dont know what i did to deserve this. I am going to take good care of it and hopefully it will last a good while. Sorry for a long one here but I am very excited about this one

That was an impressive attempt by Adam! 
The match before yesterday's, James didn't have a chance at any Daily Double. He survived both attempts. He's going to be very tough to take down.
As for the runner-ups keeping their money, I thought the same thing. Then I read about the reason why they only give $2,000 for second & $1,000 for third. If players were allowed to keep their money, they wouldn't wager as much. Contestants would end up playing it safe with guessing and bidding on Daily Doubles & Final Jeopardy. It would make for a boring game.
Why Does Only The Winner Keep The Cash?

Did yall catch it last night? I thought James was gonna loose! Be won by $18! That's a shame the other guy doesnt get to go home with that $54,000. He earned every penny of that. Put up a good fight

Is anyone else besides me swept up in James-mania?

In case you haven't heard, the current champ is obliterating the Jeopardy record books. After 9 games, he already owns the top 3 single day earnings records.
He's a machine.
Ken Jennings holds the total earnings record in 74 games. James is on pace to break that record somewhere in the 20 game range.
It's like Jordan, Tiger & Ruth in their primes, all rolled into one.
Here's the first time he broke it (he's done it two more times & I have a feeling he's not done yet):
 

I really want to like this. Sonic! Jim Carrey (90's style), Ben Schwartz, that awesome ring sound effect, etc. Plus, I generally tend to not look at things negatively.
And yet... 😬
 

I tried fortnite for a while because a friend of mine kept asking me to join (hes pit in over 1000 hours in the game) I just couldnt get into it really and I ahvent played another battle royal game. Well except tetris 99 (if that counts as a battle royal) and I freaking love me some tetris 99. 

RickR's Sanctum is on hiatus while floors are being redone.
 
 

Oh man I remember that show. Man it was not good. Hey great price though

50 cents for a Wii game!

We have been tested with snow here in Atl 3 times this year but hasn't happened yet

Found this one a few days ago on Facebook marketplace. I'm in ATL GA and this seller is in sweetwater TN. After talking the guy said he didnt really want to ship but if I wanted he would try. I said no I've seen too many horror stories with neon so I decided to drive up there. So was a total of 7 hours there and back and a couple game shops in between. Now it's home and safe. Very happy to have this thing!

So as im sure all of you have seen and read about the new arcade 1up arcade machines (trying to avoid using the words full size arcades) and just wanted get yalls opinions on them. So far im seeing that they are starting to pop up at walmarts. Have you gotten one already? Are you planning to get one? Are you on the fence? Does one stand out more to you?
 
For me they are just too small. I am 6'3" and these things with the 13" riser are 4'3". My pole position arcade is a solid 6 feet tall and if it was any shorter my back couldnt take it.
 
Now for the price. At first i thought $299 wasnt so bad for a full size arcade at home with multiple games built in and supposedly arcade roms this time. But for the size of it. Im not sold on the price at all.
 
Now i might actually be interested in one of someone finds a way to hack it and add more games to it, but from what ive read so far it doesnt look to be possible. Looks like the best you could do is get one and throw a pi in there
 
Anyway what are yall thoughts? Do you already own one? If so im sure we would all love to know your thoughts and review on it. Thanks!

This item is pretty old, but I've been looking for one for a long time with no luck.  It's the Ms. Pac Man plug and play and it has the twisty knob for Pole Position control.  It also has the little game key slot, but no cartridge (dang it). 

It had really old and dead batteries within, but I wasn't able to open it at Goodwill.  I took a chance (only $5), and when I got home, the batteries were ancient.  One had leaked, but not bad.  I got it cleaned up pretty easily and it works fine.