CONTEST..Exactly 3 years ago today........

[Slowpoke]

Yep - exactly 3 years ago today I took delivery of my new '03 Marauder.

The most fun 3 years I have ever had, for sure!

In honor of three years of ownership I am giving away 6 Marauder Pens.

All you have to do is guess my mileage as of my fill up [this afternoon]. The person who comes the closest [over or under] is the winner! Winner announced 5:00 pm tomorrow [central time] unless someone guesses the exact mileage, in which case the contest will end as soon as I see the post.

To qualify, please post your guess on this thread and be considerate by guessing at least 25 miles away from other peoples' guesses.

good luck to all!

[Bluerauder]

All you have to do is guess my mileage as of my fill up [this afternoon].
Congrats :congrats: Poke on your 3 years. How's 42,617 sound? :D

[Rider90]

I'm guessing 51,400

[DEFYANT]

I go with 45,604

[jgc61sr2002]

18,000 miles?

[DL04]

How Bout 38666???

[Slowpoke]

gentleman and ladies..... if you are bright and resourceful and have a good memory, you may be able to find some hints on this website....

[Marauder2005]

100,000 :lol:

[bugsys03]

14263 miles

[oldekid]

I may be way too low, but I say 16,000. :beer:

[mpearce]

26,500........

[MM03MOK]

:thinker: 15,327

[the_pack_rat]

13,275

:cool:

[jdando]

20,872

Congratulations of three super years!
jeremy

[hitchhiker]

23,456.78 miles!

Best Regards,

Dave

:beer:

[CRUZTAKER]

15,385.

Which reminds me...you have a birthday just around the corner.;)

[Merc-O-matic]

17,208 Miles

Gotta Love It! :rasta:


Wife said that number is to low...she calls 37,451

[Mad1]

I'm going to guess without any research ...


78,065.

[Rider90]

I'm changing my guess to:

"I won't get to 14,000 until some time in 2005."
:D

[fastblackmerc]

36,982 miles

[SergntMac]

9800 miles...No research on the history.

[MarauderMarc]

16,988 miles

[sundaydog]

33,490 miles

[Bradley G]

You are still waiting to do your first years worth.

Send my winnings to Mac.

[seans]

27,355 miles

[MainEngDwarf]

I'm guessin 31772

[Slowpoke]

remember.... you have until 5:00 pm today to get your guesses posted to this thread.

[martyo]

remember.... you have until 5:00 pm today to get your guesses posted to this thread.

6,783

What did I win?

[Hotrauder]

I really need the pens so I will guess right on the money! 13,376. Dennis:cool:

[03marauder]

I'm going to guess 11,950 miles.

[Slowpoke]

he is another hint.....

oddly enough [pun intended].

The number I am looking for, the exact mileage of my car at it's fill-up yesterday, is a PRIME NUMBER !!

[94_302]

My guess is 19,717

[CRUZTAKER]

4:45 EST

I shudder with anticipation. :baaa:

[BruteForce]

28,949 that's a nice prime yes it is.

[Petrograde]

.........18,327?

[woaface]

You mean, if we're dorky and spend too much time here?


gentleman and ladies..... if you are bright and resourceful and have a good memory, you may be able to find some hints on this website....

[hitchhiker]

You mean, if we're dorky and spend too much time here?
Dorky!

What about wearing pink and playing cheerleader with the girls?

:D

[Slowpoke]

sorry - got caught up with lots of trick or treaters here!!

in exactly three years my total mileage is..........


14,591 miles

the winner appears to be bugsys03 with a guess of 14,263. !!!

please emaill me your complete mailing address -thanks to all for participating in my contest!!!

[glassman99]

1,000,000+

[glassman99]

Three years and 14,000 miles?? I put more miles on my lawn tractor. Ya gotta drive it to have FUN boy.

[Slowpoke]

I have PLENTY of fun with it. I just dont drive it during the week.

[watts428]

30,600 wonderful miles

[the_pack_rat]

sorry - got caught up with lots of trick or treaters here!!

in exactly three years my total mileage is..........


14,591 miles

the winner appears to be bugsys03 with a guess of 14,263. !!!

please emaill me your complete mailing address -thanks to all for participating in my contest!!!


DOH !!!.


13,275

:cool:

Just for gits & shiggles ..... I'll tell you how I came up with that number.

I searched & found this thread dated 6-8-05 :

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18845

You had 11,800 miles on it.

6-8-05 was right @ 4 months ago.

So .......

11,800(miles) / 32(months) = 368.75 miles per month average.

368.75 (miles) x 4 (months) later = 1475 miles.

11,800 + 1475 = 13,275 miles.

Course' shortly after I posted that, I realized that I failed to take into account whether or not you had driven your car to MV-III or not ..... but it didn't seem right for me to go back & "edit" my original guess.

If in fact you did drive your car to MV-III ..... the trek from Chicago just in itself, should have racked up another 600 miles minimum ..... not including any driving you might have done during MV-III.

With that said ... I would have added another 1000 miles minimum to be safe.

My initial 13,275 figure + an extra 1000 = 14,275 miles.

I'm glad the "stakes" were pretty light here ... or I might really be kickin myself in the ass right about now.

:P

[Slowpoke]

I also took a trip to Rockford a few months ago and a trip to Appleton, WI three weeks ago. Had you figured these in, perhaps you would have nailed it!

Trip to MV3 = 727 total miles
Rockford = 420 miles [did lots of extra driving while there]
Add a couple extra trips to IKEA @ 48 or so miles
1 Chicken Run about 40 miles
lpus some extra summertime fun driving

= 14,591 miles
and it's a prime number!






DOH !!!.



Just for gits & shiggles ..... I'll tell you how I came up with that number.

I searched & found this thread dated 6-8-05 :

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18845

You had 11,800 miles on it.

6-8-05 was right @ 4 months ago.

So .......

11,800(miles) / 32(months) = 368.75 miles per month average.

368.75 (miles) x 4 (months) later = 1475 miles.

11,800 + 1475 = 13,275 miles.

Course' shortly after I posted that, I realized that I failed to take into account whether or not you had driven your car to MV-III or not ..... but it didn't seem right for me to go back & "edit" my original guess.

If in fact you did drive your car to MV-III ..... the trek from Chicago just in itself, should have racked up another 600 miles minimum ..... not including any driving you might have done during MV-III.

With that said ... I would have added another 1000 miles minimum to be safe.

My initial 13,275 figure + an extra 1000 = 14,275 miles.

I'm glad the "stakes" were pretty light here ... or I might really be kickin myself in the ass right about now.

:P

[Marauderman]

Well, its my turn--today marks my 3 year run of events with my MM---Its been and still is an event every time we hit the road----but being it's S/C'ed, I must tell ya--if I don't hit 100 at least once when out and about--it's not considered an outing--:lol:-........then of course the Friends met and made ....well ...thanks of course goes to Logan for creating this board for that...........

.and finally...I have to Thanks to my first MM friend who got me started on all this up to the S/C'ing----TAF--- We use to do one upgrade and be up'ed by the other doing an upgrade , then one of us would upgrade again-an unwritten rule of fun and attainment............

Thanks to all I have met and the fun we have had the past three years.......

.and it continues this Saturday===at SSHS5 in Commerce,GA....where alot of us will meet for some more MM rubber burning fun.....carry on yall ...looking forward to many more fun years....Tom