Mercury Marauder - still the bastard stepchild of Ford!

I agree that the MM is not quick enough in stock trim. I had a 2001 GM with Handling Pkg that I traded for the MM just because I did not want to look like a geezer. The MM is faster,better looking and much more of a conversation piece,but not that much faster than the GM I traded in!
 
davidholland said:
I agree that the MM is not quick enough in stock trim. I had a 2001 GM with Handling Pkg that I traded for the MM just because I did not want to look like a geezer. The MM is faster,better looking and much more of a conversation piece,but not that much faster than the GM I traded in!
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..........but its faster.........and thats says enough + the looks-anyway---------I had the local dealership call me last week---------wanting to buy back my '03 GM-------------Was so pissssssssed--------you all know as owners---------you don't call our cars GM's............anyway---told the dumb axx to be there after work--would hand the keys over to him --buy a new car from him---if he could hand over $50K for my MM---he must have been reading from a script-----cause he didn't hear me---stopped by after work--showed him the Red Line Beauty----people were crowded around and looking and I left a pretty nice set of striped lines for him to follow me out the lot from----GM----My Rear marks Asssssssssss it is---------had to rant-sorry---
 
Grow up!...

Marauderman said:
..........but its faster.........and thats says enough + the looks-anyway---------I had the local dealership call me last week---------wanting to buy back my '03 GM-------------Was so pissssssssed--------you all know as owners---------you don't call our cars GM's............anyway---told the dumb axx to be there after work--would hand the keys over to him --buy a new car from him---if he could hand over $50K for my MM---he must have been reading from a script-----cause he didn't hear me---stopped by after work--showed him the Red Line Beauty----people were crowded around and looking and I left a pretty nice set of striped lines for him to follow me out the lot from----GM----My Rear marks Asssssssssss it is---------had to rant-sorry---
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Marauderman, you need to grow up and act your age!

Good God, man, you are 59 years old! Forget the MM and trade for a TownCar. And quit with the Grecian Formula, too.

Your reactions are slowing down, and that supercharger/burn out stuff is just going to get you in a whole bunch of trouble. ;)
 
MM vs CVPI

Greek God, I don't know where you get your info. We have a MM owner who is Chief Instuctor for the Fort Worth Police Dept. I have personally seen my Marauder beat the CVPI in full chase senarios numerous times. the handling and power make a major difference in real chase situations. Nobody has been able to catch the Marauder. By ther way, a Marauder will give the new Charger PI a real run for the money in a full chase --better handling gives the MM an edge. If you don't have accurate info, don't post it in large print, Maury.
PS I'm 78 years old and I'll take you on in a CVPI anytime you want.
 
cruzer said:
Greek God, I don't know where you get your info. We have a MM owner who is Chief Instuctor for the Fort Worth Police Dept. I have personally seen my Marauder beat the CVPI in full chase senarios numerous times. the handling and power make a major difference in real chase situations. Nobody has been able to catch the Marauder. By ther way, a Marauder will give the new Charger PI a real run for the money in a full chase --better handling gives the MM an edge. If you don't have accurate info, don't post it in large print, Maury.
PS I'm 78 years old and I'll take you on in a CVPI anytime you want.
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Here is a pdf of the Michigan State Police testing (I hope it posts):

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MSP_Eval_146823_7.pdf

The difference between the CVPI and the Hemi on the 2 mile Gratten Road course was less than 4 seconds (in 2 miles). To me, 4 seconds in 2 miles isn't much difference. But, in a 500 mile NASCAR event, it would be almost 17 minutes.

I usually drive scared, and would never even consider taking on a 78 year old man.

Kinda like when I was working around 60 year old Jimmy Rowan, a crazy ex-Golden Gloves boxer. It was St. Patricks day, and I told some co-workers I was going to "go to an Irish bar and kick some Irish a$$ tonight".

Well, Jimmy was of Irish extraction, about 35 years my senior, and everyone knew he had a short fuse. So, just to have some fun, word got back to Jimmy what I had said, and he came looking for me.

He was all red-faced and madder than hell. He wanted to fight me on the spot, with bare knuckles. He really would have done it, and we both would have been fired.

There was no way I could have won a fight with him. If I beat-up an old man, it would make me look bad. If he won, it would make me look bad. A man has to know his limits.

The MSP report evaluates handling, power, comfort, and many other factors.
 
Motor trend lists the Marauder at 7.5 sec 0-60

Michagan state Police list for 2006
the cvpi for 2006 is 8.93 sec for the 3.27 axle and 8.63 for the 3.55

Charger 5.7 is 6.52 0-60
 
My 2002 LSE hit 0-100 in about 22 seconds when it was bone stock...Wow, thoes PI's are slow... Either that or they have an agenda to promote the HEMI's
 
GreekGod said:
Even though a CVPI (or taxi, for that matter) is basically a stripped down model of the Panther chassis, an MM should be head and shoulders above them, when considering the $5,000+ extra suggested retail they had. I can't see where the TownCar has $10,000+ extra value over an MM.

I would like to see Ford's actual cost to manufacture all their models. It wasn't too long ago, Ford's SUV's were said to profit them $10,000 per unit.
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I have it on GOOD authority that every truck that comes out of KTP is a 10K profit
 
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