Before you can know the truth, you have to look at the lies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9311_Toyota_vehicle_recalls
From 2007 to now Toyota manufactured vehicles with electronic ignition, electronic brakes, electronic starting, electronic steering and electronic acceleration. In other words, there was no physical, mechanical failsafe for the control of the vehicles.
Time and time again they tried to blame it on something mechanical going on. Floor mats? No. A metal pin missing under the dash? No.
Here's the truth: they turned to a completely electronic control system and the damned things would wig out, the computer would lock all input from the user, and then max out the acceleration (pedal to the floor).
Grandma would be in a ride to hell in 6 seconds flat.
You might think "Oh, I'll just use the brakes!" Nope... They are electronic too.
"I'll just use the emergency brakes!" Nope... Discontinued.
"Oh! I'll take the key out of the ignition! Can't run without the key" Nope... You wanted the push-to-start, it is all electronic. Key in hand, the car is still in a death spiral.
"Well, shit... Here comes a wall..."
And then began the long string of out-of-court settlements paying off families to keep quiet about their loved ones dying in crashes exceeding 120 mph.
Now, what if that was just the trial runs for a new technology? What if they DeepState were simply introducing a new way to cut whistleblower's lives short? It would be quite easy to explain away as an accident. No proof, either, because the computer would most certainly be wrecked beyond function.
More cars than ever are running all-electronic systems. It is cheaper and more corruptible. You want your AI controlled driver? Well, be prepared to go to work every day knowing someone can press your ticket at the push of a button.
Dig deep. People have died. They continue to do so. Nothing new here. Just another distraction from the real news.
From a design perspective, a Crown Vic is similar to an F150 with a car body rather than a truck body. Things will go a million miles if the cost of replacing the ignition modules doesn't drive you broke.
I agree.
They stopped making Crown Vics because they were basically an economy version of the Lincoln Town & Country. Lincoln T&C's were phased out probably because they lasted too long before falling apart.
It is such a travesty they both have been phased out. It was a near-perfect platform. They are so damn reliable and the only draw-back is that they don't have enough weight in the back for heavy snow conditions.
Lincoln T&C are some of the smoothest riding cars I've ever been in. Basically just a Crown Vic with a pneumatic suspension. You can go over a gravel road and hear a penny drop.
My dad has been through three of them already, and the only reason he traded them wasn't because they petered out, but because he saw another one that was slightly newer and wanted to sell his friends/family his older model because he knew it wouldn't fail them for the rest of their lives.
All of them were great. Cars today are designed like iPhones; with Planned Obsolescence. They plan the cars to start falling apart after the warranty wears off so that no one can afford to buy them used with all the things that need repairs on a warrantless contract. Very pathetic. Ford is rolling in his grave.
Weren't Crown Victorias what a lot of police departments used for their fleets?