What made you want a marauder??

In the summer of 2004 I spotted a young Hispanic kid driving down Main Street here with one. I followed him for 5 miles then asked him about it. (He probably thought I was a nut.) He was a nice kid but had no idea about it really, just told me it was a “limited edition.” I think he got it from an older relative, but to him it was basically a Crown Vic.

He’d had it nearly a year at that point, and it was already a bit worn, but it just looked cool to me.

I called around and found one, and wasn’t going to buy it because I was going to get an ‘04, but the ‘03 on the lot was pre-decontented, and had TC, plus I got it for nearly 11K off of retail.

FYI, last year I saw that same black ‘03 in the Walmart parking lot, and it made me sick. Looks like several kids over the years have destroyed the interior, and the headliner was ripped. One rear panel and taillight lens, along with part of the trunk lid and rear valence were crumpled from an accident, which also had gouged up the left rear rim. The front dot matrix windshield was cracked, along with a side mirror, bald tires, scratched paint, etc.

If he knew what he had he’d get more parting it out at this point.


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Curless said:
My dad bought a 96 Impala new, I bought it from him...mother inlaw wanted a new car so I talked her into a Marauder knowing that I could add it to our collection... her car got stolen, but I swung a deal on the one I currently have. I wanted a Chevy and a Ford muscle sedan!
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My family always had Fords growing up, but man those ‘94 - ‘96 RWD Impalas were bad ass! I loved how they looked and how low they rode.

When they set the top speed limiter on our cars they knew exactly what they were doing; I’ve had mine on a “private” track and at exactly 127 the front end gets super light and you can’t feel the road any more. Scary, and also BS because I have a bunch more pedal I can’t use.

The Impalas didn’t have that problem I don’t think, and no speed limiter in any case. I always requested the limiter off in my tunes, but unless the front end is lowered or the car otherwise modified to keep it down at speed, I don’t think it matters.


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Purchased a new 2000 Grand Marquis with the handling package.(black)

Saw the Marauder in 2002 and had to have one.
Purchased one in Jan. 2003. (black.

Sold the 2003 in 2008 and purchased a Corvette. (still have)

Had to have another and bought the present 2003A in June of this year.
 
My 2000 Grand Marquis got "T" boned so needed a new one. The dealer had noting like what I wanted but said "we have a Marauder on the lot." A little history... when I was in the Marines at Camp Pendleton in '64 a good buddy of mine had a '64 Marauder and it was HOT. Now being 58 at the time I didn't need a hot rod at that stage of my life but the salesman said "just take it for a ride!" When I got back to the lot I said "where do I sign?"
And that's what you missed, on Glee!
 
I owned a Thunder Bird S/C, 3 SHOs and a Grand Marquis.

I wanted a car that was bigger than the SHO and had more performance than the GM.

I drove a few different cars and the MM won.

I cut my test drive of the Impala SS short because the owner of the dealer left a roach in the ash tray.
 
Sat in one at the 2003 New York Auto Show, fell in love. Found out they were not making any more after 2004, purchased a 2004 Silver Birch. Lived happily ever after.
 
My dad always had Oldmobile Cutlass from 78 to 88 g body. I got older all I drove were Cutlasses and Caprices. I always drove big body V8s because they were safe, in The late 90s and early 2000s that was always in as far as I can remember. I always wanted a 96 SS but never got around to owning one. I remember when the MM came out I was like that looks like the Feds lol. Fast forward to a couple years ago I owned an 08 DTR MGM LS with all the fixings. I put some 22z and nice system and to me it was classy, but everyone had one and the police always profiled that 08 MGM. I didn't want that attention anymore as well I wanted to own the most modern classic that you don't see anymore,thus the MM came back in my head. I sold the MGM and found my MM on a lot in a hole in the wall dealer in Jacksonville Beach, FL. She looked rough, had all the hallmark problems that we all talk about from clear coat paint, to the oil filter leak and etc.... I bought her and changed the serpentine belt as well as changed the oil and filter. I drove her from Jacksonville Beach, FL to Cape Coral, FL the first day I had her. I said to the wife, if this car has a problem it will tell me on the way back home. That was 300 miles, that was my first drive and had a great time driving back. I've put her back to her glory days and don't mistreat her. She not going anywhere. The pics was my MGM to the MM :burnout:
 

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went froma box 9c1 impala to a cv to 9c1 box caprice to cvpi to cv sport to marauder first one then to marauder i presently have with another box caprice as a daily for a few years. This all in the last 17 years.
 
It was back in 2002... hard to believe how long ago it was, but my reason was really simple I am a Ford guy, I wanted a V-8, RWD, 4 doors and the rake made the car look menacing in black.

Buying the car I still own was a great decision, finding this club online by pure chance back in September of '02... I cannot describe with mere words the blessing it was to share my life with some of the finest people I have ever known that I met right here online first and then face to face over the years.

I am retired now with 7 grandchildren and my wife is not in good health so I have drifted away... but I have not forgotten how truly great it was and how truly lucky I was to be a small part of it.
 
Hate to say it but Hollywood did it, these cars never came across the pond so I've only seen the Crown Victorias in the movies and always thought it would be cool to own one over here. Back in 2006 my parents took me on a vacation to New York, this was my first time visiting the USA and I also saw my first Marauder there. It was actually in terrible condition but it still looked cool, I was hooked! After I did my research and seen the price tags on these cars plus the costs of importing one I knew I would have to settle for a Crown Victoria if anything so I didn't think I could ever own one.

Fast forward to 2012 when I was finally old enough to get my drivers license and shopping for my first car I actually came across a Marauder that was for sale here in Berlin, Germany! It had a €13.500 Euro price tag on it which would have converted to $16.000 Dollars so there was no chance for me to afford it and I had to let it go. Ended up buying my fathers 2003 Audi A6 and drove that for two years.

At the beginning of 2014 I started looking for cars again, the Audi was a great car but just not what I wanted. Test drove a couple Crown Victorias and was shocked at how slow they were, not at all what I had expected so I was disappointed and turned my back on them for a while. Shortly after that I moved to England to work abroad for a year and I ended up buying a 99 Ford Fairlane that was imported from Australia, it's their version of the Lincoln Town Car but it still had the 5.0 Windsor in it which made it much faster and better than the Crown Victoria in any way. The styling was a bit odd so we ended up nicknaming it the Ugly Koala but I still loved it.

A year later at the beginning of 2015 I moved back to Germany after completing my foreign work experience and took the Fairlane with me only to realize that it could not be registered in Germany due to some complicated law that bans Australian cars from being imported. I had no idea and was now stuck with a car that I couldn't drive so I needed another one. What I found was another Marauder! It turned out to be the exact same car that I was looking at 3 years before just with a much lower price tag, it was just meant to be! Drove up to Berlin the next day for a test drive and there it was, the Crown Victoria I always wanted!

Here I am today, still driving my dream car another 3 years and about 30.000 smiles per mile later. In fact I'm loving it so much that I'm currently in the process of buying another one but that's a story for later.
 
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Hate to say it but Hollywood did it, these cars never came across the pond so I've only seen the Crown Victorias in the movies and always thought it would be cool to own one over here. Back in 2006 my parents took me on a vacation to New York, this was my first time visiting the USA and I also saw my first Marauder there. It was actually in terrible condition but it still looked cool, I was hooked! After I did my research and seen the price tags on these cars plus the costs of importing one I knew I would have to settle for a Crown Victoria if anything so I didn't think I could ever own one.

Fast forward to 2012 when I was finally old enough to get my drivers license and shopping for my first car I actually came across a Marauder that was for sale here in Berlin, Germany! It had a €13.500 Euro price tag on it which would have converted to $16.000 Dollars so there was no chance for me to afford it and I had to let it go. Ended up buying my fathers 2003 Audi A6 and drove that for two years.

At the beginning of 2014 I started looking for cars again, the Audi was a great car but just not what I wanted. Test drove a couple Crown Victorias and was shocked at how slow they were, not at all what I had expected so I was disappointed and turned my back on them for a while. Shortly after that I moved to England to work abroad for a year and I ended up buying a 99 Ford Fairlane that was imported from Australia, it's their version of the Lincoln Town Car but it still had the 5.0 Windsor in it which made it much faster and better than the Crown Victoria in any way. The styling was a bit odd so we ended up nicknaming it the Ugly Koala but I still loved it.

A year later at the beginning of 2015 I moved back to Germany after completing my foreign work experience and took the Fairlane with me only to realize that it could not be registered in Germany due to some complicated law that bans Australian cars from being imported. I had no idea and was now stuck with a car that I couldn't drive so I needed another one. What I found was another Marauder! It turned out to be the exact same car that I was looking at 3 years before just with a much lower price tag, it was just meant to be! Drove up to Berlin the next day for a test drive and there it was, the Crown Victoria I always wanted!

Here I am today, still driving my dream car another 3 years and about 30.000 smiles per mile later. In fact I'm loving it so much that I'm currently in the process of buying another one but that's a story for later.
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Great story, thanķ you for sharing It!

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They started making them in something other than BLACK and Silver was my choice in 2004 since Blue was not available DAMNIT!!:argue:
 
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