I've been a busy beaver the past month or so.

My old 230,000 mile Sable got a starter 2 weeks ago. Thankfully it decided to have issues before it got cold, and was under warranty. The positive terminal on the battery decided it wanted some attention too, and fell apart after the starter was done.
And more recently the cooling fans are running when they usually don't, and the temp gauge on the dash reads low. Great... This car knows it going to be retired soon because:

The Crown Vic got a serp belt, drivers side downstream O2 sensor, pulled the instrument cluster to replace a burned out bulb (found the Tremco anti-theft device in the process), and pulled out the Class 1 wiring harness for the lighting, radios, etc. That involved pulling some interior trim on the passenger side and the rear seat.

Still have to get into the wiring and see why the dome lamp isn't coming on with the doors (big thanx to DaveyDave for some info!), and towards the end of winter will have to gut the interior enough to get the headliner out so I can have the 2 holes in the roof filled.

This is sounding more like a finaltimeout post. Gonna stop now...