Marauder no more

Acura is certainly not above the law though. I owned one of the MANY 2000-2003 TL type S's that ate transmissions like it was its job (The TL and Honda Accord have the same problem in that year range). I was on trans #4 at 46k miles and I called it quits and sold the car. It was faster than the Marauder stock, outhandled it so bad it wasn't even funny, and had much much better seats (and build quality, by a long shot). Plus got about 5 mpg better. But Honda/Acura can't fix the 2000-2003 transmissions because of an undersized 3rd gear clutch pack, so they keep rebuilding them and having them fail every zero to 50k miles (or every couple thousand if you get them from the same reman house my dealer was getting them from) so I had to can it. The Marauder is a big huge tank that is sooo 30 year old Detroit in every way except the quad cam engine. I figure the major components should last until the end of time though.
 
Marauder2005 said:
Sorry bro, yea I loved that car more then most people loved there family. But I owned the biggest lemon ever created. Sorry but I was towed to the dealer stranded on the highway more times then Pintos caught fire. Ticking
valves, 3 thermostats, 2 altinators, cooling fan, struts, lots and lots of blue
smoke, the list goes on. All this between 6K and 20K miles. Why should I
drive a lesser car? what am I paying for every month? And Ford wonders
why there buisness is going down the toobs. I love Marauders, and wish
you the best with all of yours.
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Sorry to hear that your Marauder was such a P.O.S....:o

I guess if I had that many problems with mine, I'd be disheartened as well.

I've had "0" problems with my Marauder, and I've NEVER had it back to the Dealer....
Of course I started to 'mod' mine almost immediately and probably would have been denied any warranty claims if I had encountered any.
 
Tell him Stryker

Acura's are very nice cars dont get me wrong. They just dont at all even come close to having the road presence that the Marauder has to offer. Enjoy it I guess :loco:
 
Rob1559 said:
I guess you told me. One last question though. Do you have clear plastic seat covers and floor mats in your GM? Continental kit? Curb feelers? Strawberry airfreshener hanging from the mirror? Furry steering wheel cover?


P.S. After driving the stock RL for a week I would be more than happy to run a stock GM or MM. The RL is deceptively quick. It would be fun.
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Good God people, Rob has been a member here longer than most of the Nube's have even KNOWN what a Marauder is. No one keeps a daily driver for ever. He purchased the car NEW and I doubt very seriously he would replace it with a used car. It isn't like Mercury came out with an AWD Marauder for 07 so chill the he!! out.

Best of luck to you Chief! I hope you get at least 3 trouble free years out of the RL. :beer:
 
I really liked the MM. It was trouble free, just 4 hours in the shop for a new rear end seal. I had it since may 2003 and it was pampered. Unfortunately it was not adequate for where I now live.
 
I think the Acura RL is a brilliant decision.

It will keep your wife happy. Everything else is a detail.

Although... my SHO Tauri lacked "road presences"... and that let me nearly fly under the radar while living in Pittsburgh and dating my girlfriend/fiance in Indy for 2 years.

I'm sure my guards red Porsche 911 has more presence, but the Tauri would make the trip just as fast with far fewer speeding tickets. Not to sound like a d1ck, but times change & needs change... and this man needs something other than a Marauder now. That's okay.

This guy thought enough of his MM to hang out here, and he's being grilled for leaving? That only makes the Acura seem smarter since, as was said above, the 2007 AWD MM is so hard to find.

Enjoy an exquisite piece of engineering in that RL.
 
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