It was real...

[Silver_04]

Mercman and I just swung by the local F/L/M dealer and apparently Mercury gave them the official word today that the Marauder will be no more after '04. model year. I knew it was coming but hearing the words in person was so very painful. :bigcry:

[Silver_04]

Oops I corrected my first post.

[Petrograde]

oops! corrected mine too!
Tom

[TAF]

Drinks are on me for anyone who's shocked....:beer:

Anyone?



Yoo-hoo?



Anyone?

Guess I just saved some more :beer: $s for ME!!!

[dailydriver]

How accurate do you think this info is? Must dealers don't even know what the MM is to begin with.

[Silver_04]

Hello people-I said I knew it was coming-read my first post again. But hearing the words from the Mercury dealer was just tough.

[TAF]

Hello people-I said I knew it was coming-read my first post again. But hearing the words from the Mercury dealer was just tough.
I'm not comin' atchya Silver...

I'm GLAD that '04 is it...

[Bigdogjim]

Sliver'04 I understand your feelings.

Everygthing I read from Mercury said from day one was only a 2 year run.

So why all the fuss?????

[Petrograde]

Drinks are on me for anyone who's shocked....:beer:

Anyone?



Yoo-hoo?



Anyone?

Guess I just saved some more :beer: $s for ME!!!

<gasp!> the MM isn't gonna be around after '04?! :cry:

I'll take a Guinness Todd.... :D

[TAF]

ANYTHING for a free Guinness...eh Tom?:beer:

[MarauderMark]

What no 05???What about the svt version:shot: ??

[Silver_04]

Oh, I'm better now. I'm glad we were fortunate enough to be lucky owners. No more fuss-just emotionally fragile and I get sensitive for work has made me a broken man. Dang-now I'm all upset again. Whhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyy!

[Redster]

That's why I bought an 04. Just wait and see what it does to resale value. The market isn't great for discontinued models. But I am glad I got mine!!

[Petrograde]

What no 05???What about the svt version:shot: ??

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believe it when ya see it

[woaface]

Drinks are on me for anyone who's shocked....:beer:

Anyone?



Yoo-hoo?



Anyone?

Guess I just saved some more :beer: $s for ME!!!
No no wait Todd! I'm really depressed and shocked and stunned here.

I just can't take the pain!

So a couple mixes and a beer or three would be nice...eases the feelings.

[Petrograde]

No no wait Todd! I'm really depressed and shocked and stunned here.

I just can't take the pain!

So a couple mixes and a beer or three would be nice...eases the feelings.

Not for another 5 years Mister!!!! :D :lol:

[woaface]

That's such a lie! Delete it now!:lol:

[Marauderman]

Ok folks--be patience--- wait till the end of the '04 year--there will be some left-overs--who knows--maybe even some '03's--anyway--point being--end of year --when '05's Merc's are coming out--look for those left-over '04's MM 's and that's the time to start talking ......" what will you take for it now cause I have cash".......those dealers will be in your hands ....( I hope) ..cause I may be there ---I still am dreaming of two...... :banana:

[jgc61sr2002]

Not for another 5 years Mister!!!! :D :lol:



I concur. :nono:

[woaface]

Ok, no drinks, but at least I'll get an 03' (gonna try for a blue one first) cheap!! You know...come a year or two and I'll be lookin hard...

[Bigdogjim]

Ok, no drinks, but at least I'll get an 03' (gonna try for a blue one first) cheap!! You know...come a year or two and I'll be lookin hard...I know of a blue '03 with 9100 miles on it clean car!!

I have test driven it!

PM or e-mail and I'll hook up you!

[CRUZTAKER]

How accurate do you think this info is?
As an M-16 at 200 meters. Not quite as deadly though.:P

[EbonyMarauder03]

The Thunderbird isn't long for this world either. Ford only scheduled it for a 17 month run. It may come back later, but that's up to the powers that be. So the short run for the Marauder isn't a suprise. Their poor marketing of the car and high price did it in just like the Lincoln Blackwood. However the Marauder did get on Speed Channel unlike the Blackwood. Come to think about it, I never did see the Blackwood in a commercial. :flamer:

[jgc61sr2002]

I know of a blue '03 with 9100 miles on it clean car!!

I have test driven it!

PM or e-mail and I'll hook up you!



Jim - I believe I saw that Marauder on Saturday at Atlantic City, NJ. I was displayed for sale by a Cherry Hill Buick/Hummer dealer. They were asking $25,700. I think they were ready to deal. It was in excellent condition.

[SergntMac]

Okay Todd, (sniff) I'm really really hurtin' now, shots of Glenlivet please, and(sniff-blow nose) keep 'em comin' K? I'm (sniff) shocked, awed, dismayed, and I need real com(weep)fort...

[teamrope]

The Thunderbird isn't long for this world either. Ford only scheduled it for a 17 month run. It may come back later, but that's up to the powers that be. So the short run for the Marauder isn't a suprise. Their poor marketing of the car and high price did it in just like the Lincoln Blackwood. However the Marauder did get on Speed Channel unlike the Blackwood. Come to think about it, I never did see the Blackwood in a commercial. :flamer:
What is that? I've never herd of one of those Lincoln Blackwood.

I wonder what the final production run for the 04 MM will be. I think we are gonna be a lot rare-er than the 94-96 SS :D

[Petrograde]

As an M-16 at 200 meters. Not quite as deadly though.:P

Depends on who's holding that M-16 Barry. :up: :uzi: :D

Tom

[jgc61sr2002]

What is that? I've never herd of one of those Lincoln Blackwood.

I wonder what the final production run for the 04 MM will be. I think we are gonna be a lot rare-er than the 94-96 SS :D

It was similiar to the Chev Avalanche. An SUV with a short pick up bed.

[Merc-O-matic]

Shucks......there goes my Dark Green
05 Marauder with Blower out the door!

Gotta Love It! :pimp:

[Brutus]

Cant say that Im all that sad. Just makes it that much more exclusive. I hardly ever see another one on the road. I like having something different.

[woaface]

I know of a blue '03 with 9100 miles on it clean car!!

I have test driven it!

PM or e-mail and I'll hook up you!:lol: No really, I need to wait a year or two or as long as it takes to get a blue one under $15k. Thank you very much though.

[RCSignals]

Drinks are on me for anyone who's shocked....:beer:

Anyone?



Yoo-hoo?



Anyone?

Guess I just saved some more :beer: $s for ME!!!


Not so fast there!

I'm shocked!!!! (I'm guessing Mac's pretty shocked too, otherwise he'd have said so by now)

See you in Indy



*** see how upset I am? I completely missed Mac's post on page 2. This is just too much :depress:

[RCSignals]

How accurate do you think this info is? Must dealers don't even know what the MM is to begin with.

Well last year there were dealers who claimed they had info from Mercury that stated the Marauder was done for the '03 model year. Then there was an '04.

But then as BDJ says, it was only planned to be around until 2005, which would be the end of the '04 run.

[GarageMahal]

Shucks......there goes my Dark Green
05 Marauder with Blower out the door!

Gotta Love It! :pimp:
Hey! Get your own dream car :coolman:

Well, I guess I can share it. After all it is only a dream.

jta

[SHERIFF]

How accurate do you think this info is? Must dealers don't even know what the MM is to begin with.

Ain't that the truth!

My first discussion ever about buying a Marauder was in early 2003 with a young girl in a steak house. She stopped at my table and said HI. I told her I would give her $30,000 cash for the first Marauder they got in. She explained they had several in stock right now.... come to find out she thought I was talking about some sort of 4X4 SUV. I had to tell her what a Marauder was. She said she had never heard of such a thing and that I was probably speaking of a black Grand Marquis with the bucket seat package.

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[LNYTUNS]

Well this is exactly why I bought the Marauder. I am planning on keeping this car for the rest of my life to be a collector along with my 88 Grand Marquis. The two year run just makes our cars that much more valuable in the future. I got a great deal on the MM as it was a leftover from 03 that I bought in Jan. of 04. The dealers around Wisconsin are not stocking the 04 MM because sales were so poor in 03. So I think finding a leftover 04 in the spring of 05 may be hard to come by. :cry:

[MERCMAN]

[QUOTE=SHERIFF]Ain't that the truth!

My first discussion ever about buying a Marauder was in early 2003 with a young girl in a steak house. She stopped at my table and said HI. I told her I would give her $30,000 cash for the first Marauder they got in


Do they sell cars in steak houses there?

:lol: :lol:

[gonzo50]

Cant say that Im all that sad. Just makes it that much more exclusive. I hardly ever see another one on the road. I like having something different.
The more Limited, the more special, I concur with Brutus. :bounce:

[MARAUDERCHICK]

The more Limited, the more special, I concur with Brutus. :bounce:

Me too.....Me too!!!!
:banana2: :bounce: :banana: :bounce: :banana2:

[Go Mifuni]

Me too.....Me too!!!!
:banana2: :bounce: :banana: :bounce: :banana2:
I concur as well. BTW, :eek: SHOCKED :eek: SHOCKED :eek: SHOCKED :eek:

[Paul T. Casey]

Well if we look back through the history of the Marauder nameplate, it's never been around very long. Bottom line for me is I GOT MINE!! (if they ever fix the thing).

[teamrope]

Hey TAF, I got an alabie round here, I'm Shocked too. :eek:
Make mine a Bud (Gotta help out Brandon and Little E) :D

[Bigdogjim]

Jim - I believe I saw that Marauder on Saturday at Atlantic City, NJ. I was displayed for sale by a Cherry Hill Buick/Hummer dealer. They were asking $25,700. I think they were ready to deal. It was in excellent condition.
Yes John that is the same car:banana2:

Guy traded it ona a hunmmer:argue:

To each his own:up:

This is one clean Marauder:banana: :banana: :banana:

[Marauderman]

I concur. :nono:
You abviously didn't get my drift--I meant -that with what happen with the '03's -( some -any maybe some still) left in the back lots of dealers ..with the 04"s-===there could maybe the same thing--some left over and --Boom!! You have a steal of a deal!! Get it...!! ..........Tom

[jgc61sr2002]

You abviously didn't get my drift--I meant -that with what happen with the '03's -( some -any maybe some still) left in the back lots of dealers ..with the 04"s-===there could maybe the same thing--some left over and --Boom!! You have a steal of a deal!! Get it...!! ..........Tom


Tom - I was referring to petrograde's post.