It's a great car and going from a town car to a conti should be fine for you and give you more than enough performance especially if you do some modifications. The top end Revel systems are some of the best I have heard and I have been in a lot of vehicles.
Out of curiosity, in your previous audio upgrades have you also installed subs? I've noticed in even the best systems the low end was never enough. Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about shaking the car or being obnoxiously loud. My setups are put together in a way anyone outside of the car would not know I had subs installed. Essentially lower wattage set up as stereo instead of mono for each sub to operate independently of the other for better reproduction of the audio.
The revel Ultima was good enough sub wise I just upped the bass a little in the sound menu to my liking. I did replace the subs and speakers on the bmw as the HK was pitiful especially in the sub department.
Thanks for the insight. Would be great not to have to waste any trunk space on subs in the Conti.
Plus the cost of parts are cheaper to replace then the BMW.
Honestly, that is a huge reason why I'm drawn to the Conti, ownership plan is to hold onto it for about 15 years. Being able to affordably maintain and repair my next car will be important. Hoping that the Conti will fit that bill.
technically a new electric car will never pay for itself compared to an old used car or the car you have. Its more if you want something new or new to you. The conti should be fairly cheap to maintain compared to other luxury vehicles assuming you like it and want to spend money for a new to you car.
Very well put. You have hit the nail on the head.
Depending on year the soft close door handles can go which is about a 500-700$ fix. I would recommend making sure you replace the fuel filter every 30k, and id recommend doing transmission fluid/ptu every 50k. I would have liked to have the heads-up display but mine was right before they had it. Its great on the Aviator. Also of course do your regular oil changes at the recommended intervals. My BL was great overall and very reliable.
Is it the part that is the majority of the expense or is it pretty labor intensive to replace the handles?
The heads-up display is an option that I'm sure is only available on the reserve and BL. As for the door handles, the replacement was on all Continentals, 2017-2019.
I didn't know the heads-up display was only available on certain trims. Thanks for the info.
After they have done the recall if it fails for another reason you are stuck with the repair cost. Just FYI for me it was after the recall and it was the button on the outside stopped working. Its fairly labor intensive I believe as it fits into the molding.
I was a second owner and it was down after the warranty expired. It's a safety recall so its still covered. I'm waiting to get the rear camera replaced also under a safety recall. They just don't have the parts available yet.
That's good to hear. One less thing to worry about. Thanks.
Be sure to get one with HUD.
I take it the HUD is a very worthwhile add-on? Seems to be well liked.
To be honest, my mind was made up before I bought: I was not going to buy a car without and I am totally happy that was the correct approach.
I wish it was available on the 2017. I had a loaner with it once and loved it.
I am hearing that later 2017 models did have the HUD, but the early 2017 models didn't.
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