Cobra guy goes Marauder-School me!

[ROADWARRIORSVT]

OK Guys,
Now I'm the newbie. I'll be selling either my SHM 97 Cobra or my QMP 03 Cobra, to make room for a more practical Marauder.

Can someone take a little time to school me on what to look for in a Marauder. Hoping to pick up a used 03 for finanial reasons. What is the difference inbetween a 300A and 300B, options? Is there a "top of the line" Marauder vs. a "bargain bin" one?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Tommy

[jgc61sr2002]

Tommy - Welcome aboard. You came to the right place good information nice folks. You can do a search there are several threads on the 300A and B.:D

[ROADWARRIORSVT]

Thanks. Will search now. 2173 post,...WOW:rock:

[Bigdogjim]

Quick answer: NO their is no top of the line.
B model have traction control and heated front seats (option). Small spare tire, clock in radio, no map pockets, no under hood light, no remote fuel door.
A's were made from June '02 till about early Nov. 02.
All a's are black....
Blue was first B color then silver.
'04 no blue but dark toreador red....
Like John said do a search fro more info:)

[Dr Caleb]

Ahhh, I'll make it easy for you.

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2614&highlight=300ac

Seeing as how you are in Hawaii, you could have had the one and only 'vert Marauder...

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4113&highlight=convertable

[ROADWARRIORSVT]

Thanks Dawg!:coolman:

Thanks Doc!

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by Bigdogjim
Quick answer: NO their is no top of the line.


Or, there is only a "top of the line" and NO "bargain bin" Marauder.

[ROADWARRIORSVT]

Originally posted by RCSignals
Or, there is only a "top of the line" and NO "bargain bin" Marauder. :rock:

[Logan]

For price, used 03's from about $21k through $23k.

New 03's about $26.5-28k is the norm.

New 04's about $28-29k is the norm.

There exceptions to everything but the above is typical.

[ROADWARRIORSVT]

Right on, thanks for the info Logan.

[kurly]

Had an engineering associate friend of mine at Bosch here, come by and say how good my Marauder looked today. (I always give her a shower ~3 x/wk, park in the boonies so nobody messes with her, and "everybody" knows it, 1,400 employees here!)

He has a BMW and a new Maxima (which looks really good) and said that he was as close as $500 to buying one of our babes last year.

His wife nixed it so he stops by to talk about Marauders, and actually gives me some good advice on "bird guano" fixes using Mothers Clay Bar, etc.

It won't be long until he trades his BMW in for one of our sweeties!