I'm a new member here and I just found out something pretty funny. See, I've only owned one previous Ford product and that was a 99 CVPI. It was slow, but a good solid reliable car. It was a former Renton Washington patrol car, dark blue. I cleaned it up, drove it for about 9 months and sold it and made about $1000. So that worked out well.
Fast forward to earlier this month. My dad wants to buy my '01 Tundra Limited 4x4 from me. So I started looking for another car and I didn't want anything too fancy because a big car payment isn't the way to go for me. So I located a very nice, low mile '03 CVPI, never used for police service on Ebay. I talked with the seller and everything seemed to be in order. Phone conversations, email, etc. I asked all the questions and got all the answers. So I'm the high bidder on this 10 day auction for about 5 days. 15 hours before it's due to close, I get an email to call him. The car is at 15,650 or so on Ebay and I had bid up to $16,500. I figured maybe he wanted to end the auction to get the ball rolling. However he tells me - Sorry David, but I'm going to sell the car to a guy who's closer on Ebay so that you don't have to worry about shipping the car. I'm like WTF? Mean while, he cancelled my bids off (I have 100% positive feedback) and now this other guy who was bidding against me is the high bidder.
I was pretty pi$$ed off and dissapointed because I wanted the car. I spent a lot of time doing shipping quotes, talking with the guy, etc. Then to be less than a day away from the auction ending to have it yanked out from under you really ticked me off. But hey - everything happens for a reason right? So the car sells for $15,450 the next morning.
Upset - I begin looking for another '03 but I can't find anything that looks good. My buddy at work says, why not try that 'Mercury' that seems a lot like you old Impala SS? I said - Oh yeah, the Marauder. I was really interested in the car when it came out - however the sticker was a bit high. But low and behold I found several on Auto Trader for 22-23k with under 15k miles and finally found the car I ended up buying here on the forums with 1975 miles on it for ~21k. To me, the $5-6k over what the CVPI would have cost me was worth it as I probably would have spent 2-3k just making the CVPI better.
So I buy the Maruader (well we're doing the paper work now) and I decided today to do a search on Ebay to see if any other CVPI's had popped up. You know - what if I didn't buy the Marauder what would I have found?
Low and behold the '03 CVPI I was going to win is back on Ebay! Turns out the guy who was 'closer' didn't have the funds because his wife said NO 2 hours after the auction. Long story short, deadbeat bidder. Here I am sitting with a check in my hand and this guy had nothing. So it's been relisted!
The really funny part is that at the time when I told my friends and work buddies what had happened with that CVPI, they all thought it was BS. They all knew I really wanted that CVPI - and when I told them the guy cancelled my bids they couldn't believe it. They all hoped and prayed the 'new' buyer wouldn't come through and I figured - yeah right. But it did happen and that is how I became an '03 Marauder owner. LOL
Long story short I'm glad I'm getting the Marauder. I think I'll have a lot more fun with it - but there is something to be said with a CVPI with dual spots clearing traffic on the freeway too. That '99 got me to work faster than anything else I've ever driven!
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You will enjoy your Marauder and you will learn more about it on this site than you might care to know. But it is fun!
..good luck ......Tom
Originally Posted by teamrope
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