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I did it! After a year of looking all over florida on craigslist for the rm that met my criteria, I found it. Last May I posted another thread about a rm that I found but wasn't sure if I should entertain it. Glad I didn't.
I got a '96 roadmaster collectors edition with a white exterior and velour interior. 58k original. 2 owners. Mint condition. White was the color I wanted most. I wanted leather, but couldn't pass up on the offer. I took a 5 1/2 hour bus ride to meet up with the seller. He wanted to find a good home for it, because it was his fathers in laws and didn't want to see it customized with those really big or really small rims they put on them here in florida. That's where I come in because i too was looking for one that is original and not chopped up which is hard to find.
I had to drive the car from orlando to miami, so before I purchased it I took it to jiffy lube for them to inspect it to not have any surprises on the way back . They were terrible. I did that because I noticed what seemed like the engine to be running hotter than normal but the thermostat showed it in the normal range. The coolant was bubbling but was filled past the max range. Jiffy lube says its like that because most likely it was filled past the max. Also, the car would vibrate/jump every so often while on idle, accelerating, and cruising. I believe it's a cylinder misfire because that's the same thing that happened to my town car and it was a cylinder misfire (had to replace the ignition coil). I had the jiffy lube mechanic drive it so he could feel what I was talking about but when he came back he said he didn't feel anything. Either he's a really bad mechanic or didn't want to look into it. On the way home from purchasing it is when the check engine light came on. That's what also eventually happened on the town car with the cylinder misfire. Haven't been able to run the obd scanner on it but I will within the next few days. For now it'll sit as I don't want to drive it with the check engine light. Hopefully that is all it is. Anyways, below are a couple of pics. Actually wasn't able to. It says the files exceed the number of bytes.
I got a '96 roadmaster collectors edition with a white exterior and velour interior. 58k original. 2 owners. Mint condition. White was the color I wanted most. I wanted leather, but couldn't pass up on the offer. I took a 5 1/2 hour bus ride to meet up with the seller. He wanted to find a good home for it, because it was his fathers in laws and didn't want to see it customized with those really big or really small rims they put on them here in florida. That's where I come in because i too was looking for one that is original and not chopped up which is hard to find.
I had to drive the car from orlando to miami, so before I purchased it I took it to jiffy lube for them to inspect it to not have any surprises on the way back . They were terrible. I did that because I noticed what seemed like the engine to be running hotter than normal but the thermostat showed it in the normal range. The coolant was bubbling but was filled past the max range. Jiffy lube says its like that because most likely it was filled past the max. Also, the car would vibrate/jump every so often while on idle, accelerating, and cruising. I believe it's a cylinder misfire because that's the same thing that happened to my town car and it was a cylinder misfire (had to replace the ignition coil). I had the jiffy lube mechanic drive it so he could feel what I was talking about but when he came back he said he didn't feel anything. Either he's a really bad mechanic or didn't want to look into it. On the way home from purchasing it is when the check engine light came on. That's what also eventually happened on the town car with the cylinder misfire. Haven't been able to run the obd scanner on it but I will within the next few days. For now it'll sit as I don't want to drive it with the check engine light. Hopefully that is all it is. Anyways, below are a couple of pics. Actually wasn't able to. It says the files exceed the number of bytes.