06 observations so far

[hilmar]

driving for about a week now to work......following thought/comments on 06 navi vs 03 and previous owned.

- 06 has smaller gas tank? i go down to 30 miles left on info center, and 22 gallons to fill ? cruising range of 390 miles , thought the navi had a 30 plus gallon tank?

- suspension is tuned more like my 01 was, seems stiffer, steering much more senstive than 03.

- seats, like the highback buckets waymore than the 03 s lowback buckets.

- tranny shifting little better now, guess learning my habits.

- mpg seems to have dropped a bit , perhaps due to frigid temps here in jersey the last 5 days....been running premium.

- got the 07 20 inch lincoln rims in, going to change this weekend if weather warms a bit.

[v8_dave]

Cool, hope it keeps shifting better and better and that you still like the ride with big big wheels. :)

[pro-five-oh]

Pics of the 20s, please!

Still have no complaints about our 05, its a nice ride.

[hilmar]

finally got the 20 s on.........working on pics , got dark quick tonight..

changed the oil, 5w20, real thin, heavy oder of gas in oil....... found that a bit odd....

book says to use syntheic, but in other area says not required. wonder what it left the factory with ?

[v8_dave]

All engines should do the break-in with convention oil, so that is probably what it left with, maybe not. The Mobil 1 commercial says the Vette's leave the M1 oil which goes contrary to what I know about break-in.

Do you do alot of short trips? That will keep the gas from burning out of the oil. I wouldn't expect a new car to have the gas-in-oil problem though.

How do the 20's ride, I am sure they look nice, but how much did you sacrifice in ride quality?

[pro-five-oh]

book says to use syntheic, but in other area says not required. wonder what it left the factory with ?

Recommended is Motorcraft 5w20 synthetic blend, its about halfway between dino and synthetic in price. After about 10k on the odometer, I'd switch to full synthetic.

[hilmar]

regarding the oil, vehicle sat at dealer lot by estimate 16 months. build date of 7/05. had only 50 miles on odo from pics on ebay listing. then driven to NJ, approx 600 miles.

i now have 2200 miles, all highway. nothing really short of a 50 mile one way trip....except maybe for a local beer run or 2 or 3 !

20 s and pirelli tires, better ride imo then the 18 michelins. tried different pressure s on michs...35, 33 and 30....harder tire. 98, 01 and 03 all had continentals.....real smooth imo compared to others.

funny, spare tire is a continental but all 4 corners had michelins.

pirelli s are smoother imo. even a tad more quite. got alittle wobble at 72 mph.

stopped at local lincoln dealer for balance, service said they wont balance under warranty since they re off a 2007... not original ..
so i m stopping at tire shop near work , they do alot of big rim/tire work.

next ?

where to get factory sirrus radio extra......radio has button for sat but not equipped....dealer i stopped at said 600 bucks for factory add on....like the oem idea for easy use.....