What made you want a marauder??

I started with a 2003 Crown Vic LX Sport and liked it so much figured I might as well go all the way to a Marauder. Right choice.
 
In 02 or 01 I think I seen the marauder concept on tv at a autoshow just had ford bages on it well then my hart fell in my butt and knew more then any car in the world this is what I needed. 12 years later got a black a with 100k miles had that for 3 years sold it with 117k miles to buy another black a cobra block eaton with 50k. And don't care how bad life gets I will never be without one. I even have 2 medium jackets so hopefully my son would want a mm one day
 
Hooptie said:
This made me want one
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Yep that's what I saw on tv in 01 at age 16 my jaw fell on the floor
 
Wanted to take up dealing drugs as a hobby so i bought one. Still working on the selling of the drugs part.
 
8UWITH6 said:
But seriously. Have always had G-body's and loved them. Family came along and needed 4 doors. Bought a 99 Supercharged Regal GS hated the front wheel drive. .
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always had g-bodys too and had a 95 park ave and 97 lesabre for daily drivers prior to my Marauder. i was over FWD cars.
 
Was Nov of 04 was shopping for new house and new car . Was going to buy crown Vic . Came along side a car on 595. wasn't sure what it was . I grew up in a vacuum of a town called Marathon . What I saw was an FHP marauder. Was telling a trooper I knew about it. He told me they even had special driviing school to be able to drive one. At home that night looked it up on line . Wanted it! Figured ill get an 05(lol) . Found out only 2 year run now want even more ! Would never own a black car so looked for SB. Only 2 left in fla new . Want even worse now! Bought it dec 12th up to 57k mi . Funny part now I own a black 03 300A also for D D. :)
 
I always liked the way they looked. Every time one drove past or I saw one in a parking lot, I had to stop and stare. One day in 2007 I just upped and bought one. Didn't plan it....just happened on an impulse. Stayed stock for 2 years until I joined this forum. My bank account has never been the same since. :depress:
 
I loved them ever since I saw it at the Chicago auto show and shortly after saw an old man I knew driving one he just bought. Fast forward to 2012? or so (time flies the older you get), I sold cars at a dealership. I was currently looking to buy any Panther that struck my eye at the time when a man comes in and says he had too many cars at home and just wanted to sell a couple. The dealer bought the Marauder but said sorry we don't want your Cadillac Allante. It had a layer of dust inside and out from sitting in his garage, no gas, barely any air in the tires. I immediately swipe the keys for a drive. No sooner do I get to the gas station down the road for gas and air, one of the managers calls me on my cell to yell at me for taking it for a joy ride when a couple separate groups of people were already there to buy it. I said it's not a joy ride it's a test drive and tell them sorry because it is mine.
It just had a birthday. Built July of 2002 in black.
 
I remember wanting one when they were new but couldn't swing it with a toddler and one on the way. Fast forward to 2013, started looking for one and was fortunate enough to find a Blue with very low miles. Owned by a collector and after he passed his son was selling off all his cars. The best vehicle I've ever owned and a pleasure to drive.
 
Actually me and a car guy friend were talking about the Impala and was throwing out ideas Ford could do. He threw out a "500" package for the CV and I said Mercury Marauder would sound better...then heard about the Marauder at about the time I was loking for either a HHP CV or TA ram air...passed on both because I liked my 92 LSC too much to trade in...Then the Marauder came out, read the Car n Driver report and was expecting a beast since the said it would lay down 2 2 foot wide strips, "first time, every time' is what the article said...First test drive was difficult since there weren't many on any lot...got in and shifted into 2nd, salesman looked at me and said, "It won't squeal the tires." very flatly...it didn't and was ofcourse a pig from start...at that point with the severve lack of performance, compared to the TA or Mark VIII that I had also test drove, and the nearly non-negotiable stratospheric price I passed...fast forward nearly 10 years and I'm looking to replace my 95 Fleetwood Brougham with a GMQ or TownCar when I remember, oh hell I'll look for a Marauder...none to be had within 1000 miles, then a DTR popped a state up, debated for @ 2 weeks and went and looked...after getting through the pigness which I expected now and quickly getting to @90 on side streets she came home with me...Always been a Mercury fan since I grew up with my Dads 68 Cougar as a DD along with a 74 Torino...I had no chance...
 
I wasn't looking for a Marauder when I found and bought mine in 2007 with 6400 miles. What I was looking for was a low mileage 92/93 notchback foxbody in either dark green or calypso green. I was a bit shocked to find these cars were bringing high teens to low twenties for price.

I don't quite remember how the marauder came up, but I found it at Cape Cod lincoln mercury, it was mid november, they were asking $23,000. I knew they would be sitting on it for the winter, and I went down and offered them $20,000 and the took my offer, and I even got them to throw in an extended powertrain warranty.

Drove it home that night, put it away for the winter, and drove it from 2008 to June of last summer when i sold it at Carlisle with 33,000 miles for $14,000.

I was putting only 3500-4000 miles per year on it, and hated to see it sitting so much.

I should add I've grown up in a Ford family, and three of my previous cars were a CV, and 2 Town Cars, so I was quite familiar with the body style and size, but didn't think back in 2003 that the Marauder was affordable.
 
I never heard of it till my boss's girlfriend mentioned wanting one. Meanwhile I had been looking for a couple of months at new Mustangs luckily not in a rush because my wife informed me of a third kid in the oven... So armed with info on a I never heard of and the need for a five seater now the Marauder was the obvious choice.

I couldn't afford new but picked up mine a year old and low miles for a steal and never looked back. Over the last eleven years I made it into a truly unique one to even further it's rarity. Not a drive goes by without receiving thumbs up or stop light chat. The Mustang I wanted would never have been the attention getter this old girl gets.


Builder Of Badassery
 
On the 10th of May 2009 my son Guy had a car accident. While on recovery he bought a 2003 black MARAUDER. As a snowbird, I borrowed the MARAUDER to drive to Florida for the winter. Same thing for 2010 & 2011. In 2012 I bought it. Since that, I'm the proud owner of the MARAUDER and I enjoy driving that car in Florida and meets my American's friends at the Friday night MARAUDER's meeting.
 
I needed something with four doors and could hold two kids car seats. I had a few friends years ago that had marauders and figured with me being a ford guy it was the perfect fit. The best is my kids love it especially with I slip the tires as they say
 
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My first car was a "68 Ford Custom 4 door. 302, 3 0n the tree.

Metallic Gold, limo tint.
Shelby Turbine rims
30 speakers amp and a Craig Powerplay baby!!!

Read about the Marauder in '02 in Motor Trend or Autogeek and ordered the Promo DVD form Mercury as soon as it was available. Test drove the 1st one I saw but got insulted on my year old BMW V8 wagon trade off and bailed.
Waited for a few years and bought Trilogy #36.
Then put enough $$ in it to have bought 3 new at dealer markup.
 
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