Q: Good day, checking to see if this is still an active forum prior to getting into details about my mom's 2003 Grand Marquis. T

asked by on June 15, 2017

Good day, I need to make sure this is an active up-to-date forum prior to providing lengthy details regarding my mom's engine driveability problem.

My car has 77000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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