VIDEO: 97 Lincoln Mark VIII vs 95 Lincoln Continental

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The continental got a bad reaction (because my mom was driving)time but it happens when your racing. The Continental also had 1 extra person. 80 more then the mark VIII. The race was only up to about 70 MPH or so. I am pretty happy with my conti's performance but the mark Should have killed it, right?
Here is the video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3yIYqU8zjuw
 
The 97 Mark pulled away pretty good, about what I expected to happen. The Continental hang in there though...
 
I would actually expect the Conti to beat you off the line up to 60 and I would also expect you to stay in your lane at the very least. :(
 
LOL, I wish my mom was like that.


I have never had any problem walking contis, from a stop, or freeway roll.



Mike
 
94m5 said:
I have never had any problem walking contis, from a stop, or freeway roll.
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Stock for stock? My friend had a '95 and with the factory gearing they can stand up in the 0-60. After that, they run out of gear.
 
Well its kind of hard to control the car going on 70 MPH on a 35 MPH road with these worn out tires.
The conti is actually a dog off the line compared to the Mark VIII, Town car can even keep up with it off the line.
We did some on a roll but My mom didn't get the concept of the three honks, but she is still the Coolest mom.:D
 
mark0101 said:
Well its kind of hard to control the car going on 70 MPH on a 35 MPH road with these worn out tires.
The conti is actually a dog off the line compared to the Mark VIII, Town car can even keep up with it off the line.
We did some on a roll but My mom didn't get the concept of the three honks, but she is still the Coolest mom.:D
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lol. ur lucky, i have to deal with the crying wonder when i chirp second.
 
I have never heard of anyone racing their mother. Does your mom have tattoos?
 
I smell a Jeff Foxworthy joke in here somewhere.
 
seanklsc said:
I have never heard of anyone racing their mother. Does your mom have tattoos?
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And like a good mom, she let him win.:rolleyes:

Can you imagine if she would have stayed in it till the corner? Oui vei!
 
mark0101 said:
Well its kind of hard to control the car going on 70 MPH on a 35 MPH road with these worn out tires.
The conti is actually a dog off the line compared to the Mark VIII, Town car can even keep up with it off the line.
We did some on a roll but My mom didn't get the concept of the three honks, but she is still the Coolest mom.:D
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that does not sound too bright...actually sounds like a recipe for disaster. Why would you go 70 mph on a 35 mph curve with bald tires?
 
hitting brakes in a corner=bad move.


for the record i raced my mom before
 
98LSC32V said:
The 97 Mark pulled away pretty good, about what I expected to happen. The Continental hang in there though...
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I posted this on MarkVIII.org and they say that something is wrong with my Mark VIII. They are saying it should have left the conti way back.
 
mark0101 said:
I posted this on MarkVIII.org and they say that something is wrong with my Mark VIII. They are saying it should have left the conti way back.
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And they are way wrong. I've owned both. In fact, a member of my family is still tooling around in a Conti.
 
cool video...it rawks!
it went just as I expected..
the continental has about 20 hp less than the Mark VIII and has FWD...
I wasn't surprised...WooHoo for Mark VIIIs!
 
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