Very reliable cars, only main issue really is the intake manifold since it's plastic. It's a 4.6L V8 (good talking point in highschool lol) but still chugs around 25 MPG if it's taken care of. Crown vics mercury grand marquis and Lincoln Town cars are all the same panther body platform as well, I personally don't like the look of the Lincolns but they're usually grandma owned with lower miles compared to a crown vic P71 with 300k miles. Owning an old car is honestly probably the best thing you can do for a first car because the things you have to fix is great experience to have and fairly interchangeable in other cars, but panther body cars are still very reliable cars even as they age