How many original owners are still here?

Are you a 1st generation owner?

  • Yes, bought new

    Votes: 129 61.7%

  • No, 2nd generation

    Votes: 68 32.5%

  • No, 3rd generation

    Votes: 8 3.8%

  • Uh, what was the question?

    Votes: 3 1.4%

  • No, 4th generation

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • No, 5th generation

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    209
I'm 2nd generation here. The 1st owner put 7500 hard, Woodward Blvd cruising, two foot brakin' miles on her before driving through wet paint and possibly sliding through a chain link fence driver's side first (see pics in my gallery). After all that, it was a lease that got repossessed. I got her with most of the body work repaired but with other issues like replacing front brakes @14k and rear pads and rotors @ 9k. I also replaced the 3rd brake light bulbs and flushed the brake system.
 
I am the third owner of a near pristine Marauder.

Both prior owners, especially HwyCruiser, took immaculate care of my Marauder. It rarely saw any wet weather and has no dings. It also received frequent Zaino treatments.

God willing, there will not be a fourth owner.
 
I too had to poll as a second owner BUT I did purchase the car with less than 1000 miles on it... I truly consider myself the First Gen owner although the records state otherwise. :cool:
 
Original owner here...bought mine in December '02. (right after Mercury offered a $3500 rebate on the Marauder.:D)

It was a GREAT Christmas present to myself.....:banana2:

Almost 6 years later, I STILL get people asking me about the car.
 
First and Third generation here. Loved the Blackbird so much, I needed to get her a sister, Phoebe, so I could drive a Marauder yearround!! :cheer:

I added a 4th and 5th to the poll.

:bunny:
 
First owner checking in: Purchaced 11/24/2004 with 7 Miles on her!! Now just returning from MV6 I hit 77,000
 
2nd Gen

Breadfan said:
I'm 2nd gen, but close to 1st! I bought my car with low miles and it wasn't very old age-wise. Owner for over 3 years now.
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2nd gen Bought it used in 2003 with 56 miles had it ever since, plan on keeping it FOR MUCH longer

Joe Clancy:beer::beer:
 
Bought her April 4, 2005 as the second owner with 22k on the clock. she was all original including the tires (they didnt last as long with me) I went back to the same dealer to look at fusions for the wife and the dealer tried everything to get me to trade it back in, yeah ok This car was the best decision i ever made
 
Brand spanking new.

Original owner, bought new in OCT. 2002, still enjoying the ride six years later.:banana2:
 
rayjay said:
Sorry, I didn't think we went out that far yet. So did the previous owners treat the car special so you'd have a legacy?
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heh, it was with the first owner for the most amount of time till around 12k I think then was sold then the last owner had to sell it as he needed the money to move into a bigger house for his growing family, at least that's what they told me.at the father son dealership in Penn.

Also the car is on its 4th owner legally, as its in my dads name to save me the high insurance rate, although I did pay for most of it, and pay for upkeep and gas, so as soon as I'm 25 the car'll be signed over legally even though I'm the ONLY one who drives it, and hopefully by then I can retire it from DD life.

It may have changed hands a few times, it only had 27K on it when I bought it last year, and I have put on 6k since then, and all the great stuff still came with the car. Including the jacketed manual, the door pad code card, the mercury guarantee card with the original owner's name on it, the original window stick a portfolio half filled with articles on the marauder, the big advertising poster, a clock like on ebay and one of the novelty parking signs that say MM parking, all others towed. :D

And I can happily say I've build an even greater pile of swag, among the top items are the key chain Mercury gave away, an issue of the dealer magazine Front line introducing the MM, the original mini-cd with the MM screensaver, the dealer VHS that showed the sales people how to sell the MM, many more articles on the MM, and other stuff that I can't remember at the moment. I can say if I ever have to sell my baby, the guy who get's her will get a gold mine of swag, although I will offer to sell any of the rare swag here first.

PS I wish I knew that polls could be changed without closing them, I would have waited to vote instead of just voing 3rd owner.
 
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