My Marauder for sale

[Mike]

I am putting BLUE up for sale :( My son will be graduating HS at the end of May and he'll be needing financial help to get him started at college. To me, this is a TOP PRIORITIES of mine. I'm asking $16,000.00 and I have the title in hand. Check the attached link for a few pictures. If anyone is interested, please email me at.... triplem399@hotmail.com and I can send more pictures as well as the complete history (all that I'm aware of) of the car. It's a sad, but again....... PRIORITIES! The car has been meticulously maintained (I keep records) as well as interior/exterior. As the car sits now, there are 47,509 miles on her. The car has a clean CarFax and if needed, I can provide a copy of the report.

Pictures..... http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=67101&highlight=ready+for+winter

I have nothing to hide, so please ask as many questions about the car and I'll be happy to answer all :D

Mike

[DOOM]

WOW Mike!!! :eek:

I understand what you have to do!

Best of luck with the sale my friend! :beer:

FYI guys this car is immaculate! :coolman:

[Mike]

WOW Mike!!! :eek:

I understand what you have to do!

Best of luck with the sale my friend! :beer:

FYI guys this car is immaculate! :coolman:

I agree with the "WOW" because that's kind off how I feel. Thanks for the props :D One thing I do know is that I'll still be a member of MM.net :banana:

[MMBLUE]

When you told me about this some time back, I was hoping that other things could some how work out for you. Anyway, I absolutly love your car, and want it bad. GLWS. Wish I had the cha-ching.:alone:

[-Matt-]

April fools? Couldn't you just work the street corner for a little bit?

[SC Cheesehead]

Dang, one of the charter members of the MM Blues Brothers...:bigcry:

[gdsqdcr]

Nice looking car! Wish I had your grille, one of the very few external mods I want to do to my Blue. GLWS.

Anthony

[breeze]

shes a beauty!

[SC Cheesehead]

Nice looking car! Wish I had your grille, one of the very few external mods I want to do to my Blue. GLWS.

Anthony


Good point.

Hey Mike, you wanna swap grilles before you peddle the car? Dibs...;)

[Motorhead350]

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

You're a good father Mike. I don't think I needed to tell ya. ;)

[DOOM]

One thing I do know is that I'll still be a member of MM.net :banana:

That's all that matters! :beer:

[Trevor M]

Was blue ever a factory color or was it always custom? It seems like alot of Blue Marauders ive looked at were clones and they tryed to use the Marauder name to make some more cash. Im just trying to learn some more about them.



I am putting BLUE up for sale :( My son will be graduating HS at the end of May and he'll be needing financial help to get him started at college. To me, this is a TOP PRIORITIES of mine. I'm asking $16,000.00 and I have the title in hand. Check the attached link for a few pictures. If anyone is interested, please email me at.... triplem399@hotmail.com and I can send more pictures as well as the complete history (all that I'm aware of) of the car. It's a sad, but again....... PRIORITIES! The car has been meticulously maintained (I keep records) as well as interior/exterior. As the car sits now, there are 47,509 miles on her. The car has a clean CarFax and if needed, I can provide a copy of the report.

Pictures..... http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=67101&highlight=ready+for+winter

I have nothing to hide, so please ask as many questions about the car and I'll be happy to answer all :D

Mike

[justbob]

They made what guys, 328 blues?

Mike, seems like just a short time ago you let the black one escape the garage, now the blue. That sucks man, but as a father, I definitely understand. Stick around Buddy, we have many BBQ's to in our future.

Anyone not in the know, words can not describe the condition of this car, or explain his OCD like passion for care and upkeep.

[Mike]

Was blue ever a factory color or was it always custom? It seems like alot of Blue Marauders ive looked at were clones and they tryed to use the Marauder name to make some more cash. Im just trying to learn some more about them.

Yes, BLUE was a factory color. There were 328 of them produced with mine being #113 :D

[knine]

I'm utterly speechless :bigcry:

[Mercguy04]

This is one of the finest DBP, I've seen. Has all the options one could want.
I will send an email for more information.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you

[Bluerauder]

I am putting BLUE up for sale :( My son will be graduating HS at the end of May and he'll be needing financial help to get him started at college.

Sorry to hear this Mike. :( But understand that you gotta do ... what you gotta do. College is getting awfully expensive with tuition, R&B and fees. Hope you get your full asking price ... it is definitely worth every penny. :up:

[PonyUP]

Very sad news Mike, but a very commendable thing you are doing. A father that wants the best for their children and is willing to make sacrifices to that is tops in my book.

And +1,000,000 pn the quality of this fine ride. If I hadn't just paid mine off I would be all over this.

Good luck Mike

[Pat]

Mike; I learned a couple of lessons with my four. Three completed college, the fourth wasn't interested.

The first one. I did what you are attempting, paid the bill till the fourth year and he dropped out. However, after his Army tour he saw the light reinstated himself and got his degree at his expense. Makes a six figure income. Big financial investment but all in all not a loss.

The second one. Went to a state school that was very reasonable (at the time) and signed an agreement with dear olde dad that there would be no drops, no grades below a C and all courses on target or I withdraw my support.

She did great until the senior year where she made a D on a course. She retook the course at her expense and graduated.

The last one went on a 75% scholarship. Partied for two years and lost daddy's help and the scholarship. However, he also saw the light, obtained student loans, buckled down and graduated. He went on to get his Masters at his expense. Didn't cost me too much.

What's the lesson? Let them get scholarships, loans, work part time and they do better, even if you could afford to pay their way. A large percentage of kids flunk out of college in their first year, so it's a crap shoot.

If your son is serious about college, has the mental discipline to preserver and is intelligent enough to qualify then he's able to paddle his own canoe.

All you really need to do is buy a few clothes and a pizza now and then.

Now I'm assuming a lot, this is just based on a reading of your post.

So don't sell "Blue" until you see how the first year pans out.

Regards,

[guspech750]

WOW!! Just WOW!! Just 4 weeks ago I saw you wiping that blue turd down one fine Kentucky morning. I asked you, "Mike. Why are you wiping your car this morning before we all go home?" You told me, "Joe. I am trying to wipe off this blue crap to let the DTR shine!!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

^^^^^True story^^^^^
He'll deny it.

Well my friend good luck with selling it. Though I agree with Pat above. Keep it. Theres so many financial options and plus working. But I hope it all works out in that you may keep it or buy another DTR!!!:)

See how he pans out the 1st and 2nd year of school. Then maybe sell it.
I hope he achieves good grades and such so as to justify your sacrifice.
See ya around buddy.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

Sorry to hear Mike. But why not send to local community college for gen eds then transfer to school of his choice? It saves a ton of money up front and it's easier in my opinion.

I literally bought my MM (nearly new) when I was at moraine valley, I paid for school myself, and pay for my car myself. I transferred to UIC for electrical engineering and am doing school loans for the rest of it, all in all I'll probably be in debt no more than 15-20k when I'm done soon.
Employers don't care if you went to a 2yr college and transferred, as long as you're good at what you do you'll be fine.

[JoeBoomz]

Mike; I learned a couple of lessons with my four. Three completed college, the fourth wasn't interested.


I agree 100% - my own experiences after high school taught me that when my kids go, daddy's only paying for A's and they'll have to pay for everything else. You just don't try as hard when mommy and daddy are paying.

This car looks beautiful and if I didn't already own mine I would definately chase after it. Good luck with the sale if you decide to keep on with it!

[Mike]

WOW!! Just WOW!! Just 4 weeks ago I saw you wiping that blue turd down one fine Kentucky morning. I asked you, "Mike. Why are you wiping your car this morning before we all go home?" You told me, "Joe. I am trying to wipe off this blue crap to let the DTR shine!!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

^^^^^True story^^^^^
He'll deny it.

Well my friend good luck with selling it. Though I agree with Pat above. Keep it. Theres so many financial options and plus working. But I hope it all works out in that you may keep it or buy another DTR!!!:)

See how he pans out the 1st and 2nd year of school. Then maybe sell it.
I hope he achieves good grades and such so as to justify your sacrifice.
See ya around buddy.

Joe, I thought you and I had an agreement that you wouldn't say how much I really want/need a dtr..............NOT :flamer: :puke: nice imagination you have there though :D

[Mike]

Mike; I learned a couple of lessons with my four. Three completed college, the fourth wasn't interested.

The first one. I did what you are attempting, paid the bill till the fourth year and he dropped out. However, after his Army tour he saw the light reinstated himself and got his degree at his expense. Makes a six figure income. Big financial investment but all in all not a loss.

The second one. Went to a state school that was very reasonable (at the time) and signed an agreement with dear olde dad that there would be no drops, no grades below a C and all courses on target or I withdraw my support.

She did great until the senior year where she made a D on a course. She retook the course at her expense and graduated.

The last one went on a 75% scholarship. Partied for two years and lost daddy's help and the scholarship. However, he also saw the light, obtained student loans, buckled down and graduated. He went on to get his Masters at his expense. Didn't cost me too much.

What's the lesson? Let them get scholarships, loans, work part time and they do better, even if you could afford to pay their way. A large percentage of kids flunk out of college in their first year, so it's a crap shoot.

If your son is serious about college, has the mental discipline to preserver and is intelligent enough to qualify then he's able to paddle his own canoe.

All you really need to do is buy a few clothes and a pizza now and then.

Now I'm assuming a lot, this is just based on a reading of your post.

So don't sell "Blue" until you see how the first year pans out.

Regards,


Sorry to hear Mike. But why not send to local community college for gen eds then transfer to school of his choice? It saves a ton of money up front and it's easier in my opinion.

I literally bought my MM (nearly new) when I was at moraine valley, I paid for school myself, and pay for my car myself. I transferred to UIC for electrical engineering and am doing school loans for the rest of it, all in all I'll probably be in debt no more than 15-20k when I'm done soon.
Employers don't care if you went to a 2yr college and transferred, as long as you're good at what you do you'll be fine.


I agree 100% - my own experiences after high school taught me that when my kids go, daddy's only paying for A's and they'll have to pay for everything else. You just don't try as hard when mommy and daddy are paying.

This car looks beautiful and if I didn't already own mine I would definately chase after it. Good luck with the sale if you decide to keep on with it!

I can agree with the 3 of you, but right now, I can't tell you how hard he has looked and hasn't found a job (good thing he still lives at home with his Mother). It's sad to hear him say that he went to a UPS store and old (no offense to anyone) people work there as well as many other job opportunities. As everybody knows, the job market sucks!! and that's not helping him much. If I didn't have the financial obligations that I have right now, I wouldn't be selling BLUE but this will be best for him in the long run.

Pat, I do like you idea for the "agreement" :D

[6d8muscle]

Hey Mike, man I sure wish I could buy your car. I get it though. We are still paying for my wife's student loans. She decided to go back and get her degree after being out for twenty years. Now she will be staying home with our new baby. Cars are just things. Granted sometimes they only produced so many. But they are still just nuts and bolts with pretty color. This coming from a true car nut is hard to say, but true. GLWS and a bump for a sweet ride!!

[knine]

Cars are just things.
:bop:


'nuf said.

[Mike]

:bop:


'nuf said.

You OK :confused:

[SC Cheesehead]

You OK :confused:

He's disgruntled, I don't think he wants you to sell your car...

[Mike]

He's disgruntled, I don't think he wants you to sell your car...

Yea, I get the feeling that he is :(

[SC Cheesehead]

Yea, I get the feeling that he is :(

Yeah,

He'll prolly start calling you in the middle of the night to bi*ch you out, and then after that, never speak to you again.

That's a lot to weigh on a man's mind, I'd think twice about selling the car... ;)

[knine]

You OK :confused:
I'm good, thanks :(


He's disgruntled, I don't think he wants you to sell your car...
Yup. Hate to see it go, first was the Black, then the :shake::shake: then BLUE ?


Yea, I get the feeling that he is :(
Yup,


Yeah,

He'll prolly start calling you in the middle of the night to bi*ch you out, and then after that, never speak to you again.

That's a lot to weigh on a man's mind, I'd think twice about selling the car... ;)

Fortunately for you, the middle of the night for me is 11am, so you're good. I'll speak to you :bigcry:
Definitely think again about the car, education is overrated ;)

[SC Cheesehead]

I'm good, thanks :(


Yup. Hate to see it go, first was the Black, then the :shake::shake: then BLUE ?


Yup,



Fortunately for you, the middle of the night for me is 11am, so you're good. I'll speak to you :bigcry:
Definitely think again about the car, education is overrated ;)


Yeah, tell the kid t start hanging out here and checking out some of Casey's and Joe's posts; he'll get an education for sure...

[Haggis]

Mike, let him join the military and when he gets out he can get a GI loan and pay for college that way. You never know he might stay in and become a Lifer. But, keep him out of the Navy or he might turn out like Casey.

[MMBLUE]

Mike, let him join the military and when he gets out he can get a GI loan and pay for college that way. You never know he might stay in and become a Lifer. But, keep him out of the Navy or he might turn out like Casey.

I 2nd that. Military is a great option especially with the" Post 911 GI bill" If he is able, the Airforce is probably the best option.

I know, I know, here starts the fights of whos better. I've been in the Army for 26 years and wished I'd taken the Airforce route.

[Mike]

Mike, let him join the military and when he gets out he can get a GI loan and pay for college that way. You never know he might stay in and become a Lifer. But, keep him out of the Navy or he might turn out like Casey.


I 2nd that. Military is a great option especially with the" Post 911 GI bill" If he is able, the Airforce is probably the best option.

I know, I know, here starts the fights of whos better. I've been in the Army for 26 years and wished I'd taken the Airforce route.

He can't go into the Military because he has a genetic heart condition that causes him to have an implanted defibrillator plus that's not his thing :D

[MMBLUE]

Mike, just so you know, every so often I have to come over and oogle over your car. If I could sell mine I'd buy yours. Anyhoo, how's the progress with the green back gathering going for your sons school?

[crouse]

Two words. Student loans.

[stryker]

:shake: Don't sell the Panther untill I hit the Lotto !

[Mercguy04]

Mike has a beautiful ride here.
Anyone who is able to get hold of this one is very lucky.
If I could sell my 08 STSV I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Buy the STSV and I will buy Mikes Blue.

[SC Cheesehead]

Mike has a beautiful ride here.
Anyone who is able to get hold of this one is very lucky.
If I could sell my 08 STSV I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Buy the STSV and I will buy Mikes Blue.

I have it on good authority that the car's going to a new home, but I'll leave the "official" announcement to the parties involved.

[Mercguy04]

Will that is good news for Mike. I thought the same. Some how I got the ideea it wasn't sold after all. (Maybe wishful thinking)
I love that car. I wish someone would buy this Cadillac STSV
It is fast and furious, Makes 425 at the rear wheel. All optioons
and has less than 9000 miles one it. Good Car. I just want a Merauder
Blue would suite me Fine. I mean no harm Mike. My hopes are up for you.
Russell

[Mike]

Sale pending........ :beer:

[Haggis]

Sale pending........ :beer:

Don't do it!!!

[SC Cheesehead]

Don't do it!!!

Too late!!!

[Mike]

Too late!!!

^^^^yep^^^^

[MMBLUE]

Man I'm jealous!! Mike knows the rest of the story.

[Mike]

Man I'm jealous!! Mike knows the rest of the story.

Yes I do :( It'll be going to a very good home :D

[guspech750]

Sale pending........ :beer:



Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Well atleast you have finally freed yourself of that "Blue" POS!! :) Now you can buy a DTR when the time is right!!! :)
Sent from my iPhone
Go White Sox!!!

[SC Cheesehead]

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Well atleast you have finally freed yourself of that "Blue" POS!! :) Now you can buy a DTR when the time is right!!! :)
Sent from my iPhone
Go White Sox!!!

Watch it, bub! Keep up that talk and you'll pay at Looseville next spring...

"Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?"

[guspech750]

Watch it, bub! Keep up that talk and you'll pay at Looseville next spring...

"Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?"



If the $14 dollars involves a jar of KY and knee pads. I'm gayme!! :-0

Sent from my iPhone
Go White Sox!!!

[Mike]

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Well atleast you have finally freed yourself of that "Blue" POS!! :) Now you can buy a DTR when the time is right!!! :)
Sent from my iPhone
Go White Sox!!!

I'd do that then put a sign on top that says Taxi and I'll make more that the $14 you'll be making :D

[stryker]

:( Sad you sell the M-Panther

:depress: Other missing chance to get a Marauder.

[PonyUP]

I'd do that then put a sign on top that says Taxi and I'll make more that the $14 you'll be making :D

Except even a taxi is more proud to be yellow, than DTR :D

[SC Cheesehead]

Except even a taxi is more proud to be yellow, than DTR :D

KA-POW!!!

http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/images/smilies/_smack_.gif

[Panther47]

Hey Mike, where is this car located? I have a client looking for one and I would say you have one fine example!!! Thankss, Dave AKA PANTHER47.

[SC Cheesehead]

Hey Mike, where is this car located? I have a client looking for one and I would say you have one fine example!!! Thankss, Dave AKA PANTHER47.

Long gone.

Currently en-route to it's new home....

[Haggis]

Long gone.

Currently en-route to it's new home....

Which is Greenville, SC.

[6d8muscle]

Hey Mike, glad to see you got it sold. Wish I could have bought it, I'm sure it's going to a good home.

[SC Cheesehead]

Which is Greenville, SC.

Nope, I wish; but I DO know where it's headed... ;)

[MMBLUE]

Long gone.

Currently en-route to it's new home....


For the record, I getting sick of the four play on where this cars heading. Only B/C I should have acted on it earlier. :mad2:

[SC Cheesehead]

For the record, I getting sick of the four play on where this cars heading. Only B/C I should have acted on it earlier. :mad2:

I promised I wouldn't spill the beans, Mike or the new owner have dibs.

[Mike]

Except even a taxi is more proud to be yellow, than DTR :D

WOW :D Nicely done :bows:

[Mike]

Long gone.

Currently en-route to it's new home....

Nope, not till tomorrow :D

[cpe6]

Blue was a factory color and its the rarest...

[Mike]

Blue was a factory color and its the rarest...

Yes it is :banana2:

[Mike]

BLUE has been sold and is on it's way to her new home :beer:

[Shaijack]

OK I can't take the pressure. The cat is about to be out of the bag. I bought Mike's Blue. Barry Boffone (Shaijack from New Orleans)

[SC Cheesehead]

Well folks, now you know the rest of the story.

Congrats, Barry; I know Mike misses the car, but it couldn't have gone to a better new home... :up: