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Bluerauder
03-01-2010, 02:13 PM
:DThe weather turned just nice enough on this past Saturday to give the Bluerauder a nice wash and wax. As I was giving the car the final touches with Turtle Wax ICE, a guy came walking up the street and commented that "That is one sharp looking Crown Vic". I think he was just in the area visiting relatives.

I immediately stated that "It's not a Crown Vic ... It's a Marauder". He said that he knew about Marauders; but that they were too expensive. I mentioned that they listed for around $35K when they were new; but that many folks got them for considerably less than that because they were just sitting on dealer lots. Got mine for $27,500 at the end of the '03 model year.

We talked about the car, specs, local clubs and the MM.Net. He got interested when I told him about Maraudervilles, Indianapolis back in October and the upcoming Louisville, Carlisle, New Hampshire and Charlotte events.

He may have spent the rest of the weekend looking for an MM of his own.

BTW -- the Bluerauder does look "very sharp" when it is all clean and shiney. He wasn't wrong about that part. :D
DOOM
03-01-2010, 03:10 PM
Goog job charlie. :up:

Im sure ol' blue was lookin good! :coolman:
CBT
03-01-2010, 03:43 PM
Good on you, another person educated!
ctrlraven
03-01-2010, 05:40 PM
Silver looks clean even when it's dirty! lol
-Matt-
03-01-2010, 05:57 PM
Did you tell him blues were the slow ones?
ladyblonde
03-01-2010, 07:14 PM
Did you tell him blues were the slow ones?

... and only the '03 black ones came with a supercharger from the factory... :D :lol:
TAKEDOWN
03-02-2010, 08:41 AM
.... and the pictures are where?
dakslim
03-02-2010, 08:54 AM
... and only the '03 black ones came with a supercharger from the factory... :D :lol:

What's that...mines got a supercharger?????:confused:
CBT
03-02-2010, 08:55 AM
... and only the '03 black ones came with a supercharger from the factory... :D :lol:
Badazz avatar you have there.
dakslim
03-02-2010, 08:56 AM
badazz avatar you have there.

+1^^^^^^^;)
Granite
03-02-2010, 09:37 AM
Silver looks clean even when it's dirty! lol

+1 :banana2:
rayjay
03-02-2010, 09:46 AM
Atta Boy for Sir Charles having the gitty up to wax his baby in the winter and teach a class on it at the same time. Way to go :beer:
Joe Walsh
03-02-2010, 09:51 AM
WTG Charlie!

Glad that the passerby met the right man for his Marauder tutorial!

BTW: Those blues just sparkle in the bright sunlight.....:beer:
dakslim
03-02-2010, 09:58 AM
WTG Charlie!

Glad that the passerby met the right man for his Marauder tutorial!

BTW: Those blues just sparkle in the bright sunlight.....:beer:

I hear they are pretty slow though. I'm just sayin'.:rolleyes:
DJCV
03-02-2010, 03:57 PM
The weather turned just nice enough on this past Saturday to give the Bluerauder a nice wash and wax....a guy came walking up the street and commented that "That is one sharp looking Crown Vic". ...

I hope you weren't offended...! :o

After all, Mercury really didn't market the MM effectively to the general public, so unless you happen to be one who already knew about MMs based on personal interest, the car looks to most people like a 'sharp looking Crown Vic'------and that's only because most people recognize the CV shape based on their familiarity with cars driven by LEOs. this means that some automatically think "Crown Vic" simply because it's an easy and familiar reference.

Everybody on this board knows the MM is quite different from a CV, but most out there in the world simply do not....
ladyblonde
03-09-2010, 01:16 PM
TY TY!! *laughing
breeze
03-09-2010, 03:24 PM
BTW -- the Bluerauder does look "very sharp" when it is all clean and shiney. :D

Black looks mean.lol