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    Just bought an '03 Marauder

    I'd been looking for a nice P71 Crown vic, but nice ones are difficult to find. Then I started looking at Marauders. I finally found an '03 that was owned by a retired couple with 53k miles. The price was reasonable, so I bought it. I've been driving it to work all week. It's a huge upgrade over the '90 Mustang 5.0 LX I had been driving. I hope to learn more here.

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    Welcome to the MODNESS! Tell us more about your new ride. The best color is DTR, then DBP. SB and Black are nice too. Seriously they are all great looking colors. Ask me how I know. The best first thing you can do is buy a tuner and have Marty from MO's Speed Shop put a tune on it. It really wakes the car up and improves the shifting. Enjoy your new ride!
    2004 DTR Marauder, #423 of 9806
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    Welcome to the club! You'll find a lot of great info here.

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    Welcome and congrats

    Going from Daily Driving the marauder and then you jump in that mustang you start to notice lots of cheap plastic and uncomfortable spots in the stang


    Glad you got a MM , now change all the fluids in it ASAP
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    Welcome and Congratulations! You love your new MM! There's nothing like it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gryphonzus View Post
    Welcome to the MODNESS! Tell us more about your new ride. The best color is DTR, then DBP. SB and Black are nice too. Seriously they are all great looking colors. Ask me how I know. The best first thing you can do is buy a tuner and have Marty from MO's Speed Shop put a tune on it. It really wakes the car up and improves the shifting. Enjoy your new ride!
    It's black and completely stock except for an aftermarket remote start. I still don't know all of the options that were available. It doesn't have heated seats or a full sized spare. I have other hotrods, so I'm not looking to mod this one. I'd consider a tuner though.
    Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

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    Welcome. I believe you will enjoy the Panther expertise here - like having design, engineering and tech support all in one place.

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    There were very few Options on these cars. They came pretty much loaded. In 2003 the options were heated seats and a 6 disc remote cd changer and a cargo net. I am not sure if there was another option or not in 03. I 2004 they added a sun roof.
    2004 DTR Marauder, #423 of 9806
    2004 SB Marauder, SOLD
    2003 Black Marauder, #3029 of 7093
    2003 Black Supercharged Marauder, #1940 of 7093
    2003 DBP Marauder, #225 of 328, SOLD
    2007 Black Shelby GT Terlingua
    2017 Grabber Blue Mustang GT 5.0
    2018 Platinum White King Ranch F150 FX4

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gryphonzus View Post
    There were very few Options on these cars. They came pretty much loaded. In 2003 the options were heated seats and a 6 disc remote cd changer and a cargo net. I am not sure if there was another option or not in 03. I 2004 they added a sun roof.
    I did get a trunk mounted 6 disc changer and a trunk organizer.

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    Sounds like you a 300B car. Is the Clock in the radio or center of the dash?
    2003 Mercury Marauder- Stock with 223k miles.

    2000 Crown Victoria P73. Deep Wedge Wood Blue.
    SW longtube headers and high flow cats, magnaflow mufflers, 3.55 gears w/track lock, 70mm Aviator TB, PnP factory plenum, ADTR intake tube, 87 octaine tune by MO. Bilstein HD shocks, Mecto Rear control arms w/ watts link, Addco custom order 1.5 inch front sway bar (38mm), 1.25 inch rear bar 31.75mm (only 11 made).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bondfreak13 View Post
    Sounds like you a 300B car. Is the Clock in the radio or center of the dash?
    It's in the radio.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Dude View Post
    I have other hotrods, so I'm not looking to mod this one. I'd consider a tuner though. Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

    I said the very same thing, once you start......it's hard to quit.

    But welcome, and enjoy the new ride.
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    Then you have a 300A Car.
    2003 Mercury Marauder- Stock with 223k miles.

    2000 Crown Victoria P73. Deep Wedge Wood Blue.
    SW longtube headers and high flow cats, magnaflow mufflers, 3.55 gears w/track lock, 70mm Aviator TB, PnP factory plenum, ADTR intake tube, 87 octaine tune by MO. Bilstein HD shocks, Mecto Rear control arms w/ watts link, Addco custom order 1.5 inch front sway bar (38mm), 1.25 inch rear bar 31.75mm (only 11 made).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bondfreak13 View Post
    Then you have a 300A Car.
    I was looking up the differences and someone said that 300A cars don't have a traction control switch. I do have a traction control switch.
    Is one model more desirable than the other?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Dude View Post
    I was looking up the differences and someone said that 300A cars don't have a traction control switch. I do have a traction control switch.

    Is one model more desirable than the other?

    Not really. It depends on your personal preference. The 300A had some features that some people like. For others, the changes were irrelevant. Purists prefer no Traction Control and the ability to run the same sized tires on all 4 corners. Others like TC and the ability to turn it off when the fun begins. The real appeal of the 300A is that they all were the original, early builds ... And all were in Black. The Black with Light Flint is the rarest of all including the Blue MMs.
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