Welcome to the Crown Vics ETC blog!

On April 6, 2000, I purchased a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria LX HPP with 23,490 miles. I decided to start a little website for it featuring a running log of my experiences with the car. Vic 1.0 was retired in 2015 due to rust and electrical issues. Vic 2.0 was a 2006 P71 in Blue Pearl that belonged to my boyfriend. It was a Ford demo and never saw actual police use. It was damaged in September of 2018 with well over 186,000 miles. It was replaced by Vic 3.0 in October 2018, a 2008 P71 in Silver Birch with 120,971 miles. To read posts prior to 2010, click a link at right, or go to Crown Vics, ETC.

Thursday, January 1, 2026

UPDATE: Almost 200k!

For a car that was never intended to still be on the road, Vic 3.0 is almost at 200,000 miles!  The odometer doesn't display properly, but the last time I could read it (12/21/25), it said 199,124 miles.  I've always wanted to watch an odometer hit 200K, but since it is broken, I probably will miss it (or already did).


This is also the first year in around 27 years I am NOT running snow tires.  Long story short, I never took them off so worse them out.  So Vic has RS-A's on.  SO FAR, so good.  I've only had to drive through light snow, so time will tell how the season ends up.

Of note, December 2025 was the first Christmas season that was white in recent memory.  Hopefully this isn't a trend...


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