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Thread: New '03 DBP Marauder owner in Minnesota!

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    New '03 DBP Marauder owner in Minnesota!

    Hello everyone!

    My name is Chad and for my 25th birthday (4/15/12), I treated myself to a favorite car of mine....an '03 Marauder in Dark Blue Pearl. I've liked Marauders since they were new (I remember seeing them at the Minneapolis Auto Show in '03 or '04 and thinking how awesome they were) and I started looking around this spring for one. I knew they made a LOT of them in black, but I knew there were other colors as well. I was searching the local auto trader for Marauders on Easter Sunday, and I found one was recently traded in at a local Honda dealer, so I emailed on it, and I was VERY surprised/happy to hear it was DARK BLUE (not even knowing yet how rare Dark Blue Pearl is) as opposed to the very common Black....AND it had the lighter leather interior AND heated seats! I was sold!

    So I went out there on Monday, drove it (never drove a Marauder before), fell in love and agreed to trade my '00 Regal GS in on it. Completed the deal on Friday the 13th and had myself an awesome birthday present!

    (It didn't occur to me until after I agreed to buy it that ONLY 328 DARK BLUE PEARL MARAUDERS WERE EVER MADE!!)


    I LOVE this car, probably the favorite one I've ever owned (right up there with the '99 Mercedes Benz S320 I had for a couple of years) and am looking forward to putting many miles on it!!


    Here's some pics!

    Shining in the morning sun....


    Goodbye Regal...


    Out on a beer run yesterday...



    Light Flint Interior!

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    Nice excellent choice in the DBP!
    2003 Mercury Marauder 300A
    FRPP BOSS50 Block w/MMR 900S Stroker 5.3L DOHC 324ci 10:1cr - (321rwhp/360.5rwtq) - Tuned by AED

    2006 Ford Mustang GT
    FRPP FR3 Handling Pack|FRPP X Pipe w/GTA Exhaust|Steeda CAI|Hurst Shifter
    (289rwhp/307rwtq)

    2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 LQ4 6.0L LT 4WD
    Cognito leveling Kit, Fox 2.0, BFG KOA2 Radial All Terrains, Magnaflow, K&N and 4.10 gears

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    Welcome to the blues bros!!!
    2003 Black - sold, back again, and sold
    2003 DBP/DC - #153 Whipple 3.4 (permanent garage art)
    2003 DBP/LF - # 36 (Sold)
    2003 DBP/LF - # 205 (Sold)
    2004 Black - Trilogy #43
    2003 Black - shitbox

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    to the site!

    on the marauder!

    How many miles on her?

    The KING of BLING!


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    Congrats on you MARAUDER, and welcome to the site/madness!
    04 MERCURY MARAUDER build date:02/11/04
    ITS ALIVE !!!!!!!!

    STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!!

    **WHIPPLE 4.0L CRUSHER!**0000 (FOR NOW) RWHP

    VISIT MY GARAGE FOR A FULL LIST OF MODS

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    88k miles, got a solid loan on it, and my payments ended up being LESS than they were on my '00 Regal GS.

    Being that it's 1/328, I will be buying myself a winter car, as this one has shown no evidence of being winter driven with either of the two prior owners. It was sold in Burnsville MN at Thane Hawkins Burnsville Lincoln Mercury. Build date is 1/03. Not sure on the exact date.....how do I get one of those certificates from FoMoCo? I'd REALLY like to get one of those and get it framed!

    The car overall is very, very clean. No dings or dents on the body anywhere, no rust or anything. The carfax is clean and I'm the 3rd owner. The only physical mar on the exterior is the right rear wheel is coming delaminated or is corroded, but the other 3 are perfect. Doesn't make any sense to me.

    Very pleased with the power the Marauder puts out. I timed it's 0-60 yesterday and got 6.8 seconds, which is on the low side of the Marauder's times (everyone says from 6.5 up to 7.5), and it's acceleration only improves as the speeds rise. Compared to the Supercharged 3800 in my Regal, the Marauder lacks (a bit) out of the hole, but at wide open throttle on the highway, especially over 70MPH, the Marauder shines, especially considering how big & heavy it is. It really reminds me of the FWD Northstar Cadillac STS's.

    It gets great mileage as well....17-18MPG is normal around town, whereas my V6 Regal would get 19-20 in that same area. The LT1 Roadmaster I had averaged 13 and my 4.9 deVille averaged 14-15.

    How do I find Marauder apparel? Hats, keychains, t-shirts and the like...

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    04 MERCURY MARAUDER build date:02/11/04
    ITS ALIVE !!!!!!!!

    STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!!

    **WHIPPLE 4.0L CRUSHER!**0000 (FOR NOW) RWHP

    VISIT MY GARAGE FOR A FULL LIST OF MODS

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    Congrats on the blue, be prepared for lots of looks and compliments. They do look nice in the sun but my fave is just before dusk, in the right light, they seem to come alive like no other!

    2003 300B DBP Marauder "beauty"
    Born 2/4/2003
    Adopted 8/17/2010

    2003 300A black Marauder "beast"
    Adopted 7/15/2015

    2013 Hyundia Elantra "eeew"

    2013 Ford Explorer, loaded, nice truck!
    Adopted 12/6/2017

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    From one blue to another, welcome!
    Previous
    2003 DPB 232 fo 328.

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    Welcome!

    you got a DPB MM and a LF (Light Flint) interior? that's crazy! congratulations on that! IIRC there were only like 117 DPB MMs with LF interior.

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    Nice going.
    I am a big fan of the DBP, My favorite color and I think the fastest.
    Best of Luck with your new ride.
    Russell

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    Congtats to you. Great color and a very nice Marauder. 113/328 Welcome to the Blues Brotherhood.

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    Welcome bubs!! Welcome to the madness!! Yes. A winter car for the WIN!! Keep the DPB in minty condition.

    But................ I think DTR is the fastest!!




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    Welcome to....the madness....


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    Hope we get a chance to meet up one day.

    Hey, check out the threads for MV10, coming up in September; a bunch of the Blues Brothers will be there, you oughta join in on the fun.

    2003 300B DBP
    Build date: 6/19/03
    Number 7,792 of 7,838 - 326 of 328
    Proud member of the MM "BLUES" Bros.
    Purchased: 11/10/05
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    Semper et in Aeternum, Mercurius.

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    2004 DTR
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