My first experience with buying a used luxury car with 80k miles. Lots of expensive problems with brakes, faulty engine head bolts but I really liked the way it rode and drove. Finally sold it at 125k miles when it needed new air shocks, at that time only available from mfg. at more than what the car was worth! Even then, probably would have done it but transmission had a weird …

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lvnv7777, 09/25/2002

1990 Lincoln Continental 4dr Sedan

Everything has been replaced somethings 2 times! NO confidence in Lincoln Motor Co.

I love my hunk of junk......

Isoview, 05/27/2002

1990 Lincoln Continental Signature 4dr Sedan

My opinion of the 1990 Lincoln Continental, based on my own sordid experience, would be: It has been one of the worst cars ever from a reliability/maintainability/mechanical standpoint. I have had to replaced almost every major system. The only major component that has not failed is the forward portion of the transmission. The plastic interior molding flakes silver …

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marycab82, 05/14/2002

1990 Lincoln Continental Signature 4dr Sedan

Fun to own and drive, replacement parts for it are "cheaply" available very good road car!!

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Engine Type	Gas
Combined MPG	19 MPG
Cost to Drive	$264/month
Cargo Capacity All Seats In Place	19.0 cu.ft.
Drivetrain	front wheel drive

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Driver3 / 5
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Side Crash Rating
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Side Barrier Rating
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DriverNot Rated
PassengerNot Rated
Combined Side Barrier & Pole Ratings
Front SeatNot Rated
Back SeatNot Rated
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RolloverNot Rated
Dynamic Test ResultNo Tip
Risk Of RolloverNot Rated

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Small Overlap Front Driver-Side Test
Not Tested
Small Overlap Front Passenger-Side Test
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Moderate Overlap Front Test – Original
0
Moderate Overlap Front Test – Updated
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Side Impact Test – Original
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Side Impact Test – Updated
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Roof Strength Test
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Rear Crash Protection / Head Restraint
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