View Full Version : Alot of new best times today
Hack Goby
11-13-2004, 04:38 PM
A new best time of 14.532 started out the day at 95.38 It was also good to see eight Marauders there today
CRUZTAKER
11-13-2004, 06:21 PM
14.5 in a stock Marauder...stock right? Impressive. It's starting look like the '04's are be something to reckon with as they get modded out.
Nice.:up:
Hope Linda is well, she must be proud.
Bradley G
11-13-2004, 06:31 PM
Hey Hack G,
Nice times .We should be pretty close matched I think both'04s ,tuner(Lidio's) and 4:10 right!
Bradlet G
jgc61sr2002
11-13-2004, 07:42 PM
Hack - I agree with Barry, very impressive. Congrats. :D
Ran a 14.26, and followed it up with a 14.051@98.87 about 1:30 hrs later on my second and last run of the day. The Kook's cut .51 off my best. Enjoyed meeting all of you. Too bad, we couldn't get in more runs. But check out my trophy from my Michigan trip
Ken
mpearce
11-13-2004, 09:08 PM
Holy moley Ken...what is it??? Sorry to see you busted your grill...but way to go on the 14.0!! I bet those Kooks are awesome huh? Christmas is coming...I might get something cool!
-Mat
Looked like a small animal on Rt. 2 in Huron, thought that I would straddle it. Well it flew up, just as I got there. Glanced top of bumper, into grille and then into windshield. Diane said that it looked like a mallard duck sitting on road, possibly getting ready to sleep. and I surprised it. When I pulled off at Amherst exit, I stopped to see if I needed to spray off any blood, etc. Imagine my surprise to find my grille destroyed. I was worried that it may have been cracked, but oh well, cracked or destroyed, still has to be replaced. At least no body damage to repair and repaint.
That'll teach me to do speed limit, If I'd been going faster, he'd have kissed my license plate or lower. :eek: :shake:
CRUZTAKER
11-13-2004, 09:43 PM
Damn Ken!
First off you didn't tell us you were going to race, you made some killer times, and then you go and off a waterfowl.....:P
Sorry to hear about your damage, but look at this way, you were about to do a grill mod anyway, and if you weren't...you are now.:rolleyes:
Petrograde
11-13-2004, 09:48 PM
Holy $h!t Ken! That is,... er... was one big a$$ bird!
Well,.. you now have a valid excuse to go badgeless!
CRUZTAKER
11-13-2004, 10:02 PM
That thumbnail doesn't do it justice.....
http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/data/500/627KENS-grille1.JPG
Sorry Ken...I had to do it.:P
FordNut
11-13-2004, 10:03 PM
Looked like a small animal on Rt. 2 in Huron, thought that I would straddle it. Well it flew up, just as I got there. Glanced top of bumper, into grille and then into windshield. Diane said that it looked like a mallard duck sitting on road, possibly getting ready to sleep. and I surprised it. When I pulled off at Amherst exit, I stopped to see if I needed to spray off any blood, etc. Imagine my surprise to find my grille destroyed. I was worried that it may have been cracked, but oh well, cracked or destroyed, still has to be replaced. At least no body damage to repair and repaint.
That'll teach me to do speed limit, If I'd been going faster, he'd have kissed my license plate or lower. :eek: :shake:
Was it in season?
Sorry about the grille, are there enough parts left to combine with another one to make a badgeless one?
bigslim
11-13-2004, 10:06 PM
A new ad: "Mercury Marauder, faster then a sleeping bird!"
Joe Walsh
11-13-2004, 10:11 PM
Sorry about your grille...that must have made one heck of a thump when it hit!
It looks like it flew up when it should have ducked! :D
bigslim
11-13-2004, 10:14 PM
Nice time Paul. It is nice to see what our cars do with Lidio's magic.
MARAUDER S/C #5
11-13-2004, 11:43 PM
Ran a 14.26, and followed it up with a 14.051@98.87 about 1:30 hrs later on my second and last run of the day. The Kook's cut .51 off my best. Enjoyed meeting all of you. Too bad, we couldn't get in more runs. But check out my trophy from my Michigan trip
Kenhttp://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46 31
Is that a Zack grill ?
Nice job Hack :banana2: :up:
Lowell
11-14-2004, 04:23 AM
Ken, it was nice meeting you. I did not flip you the bird!
martyo
11-14-2004, 06:15 AM
That thumbnail doesn't do it justice.....
http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/data/500/627KENS-grille1.JPG
Sorry Ken...I had to do it.:P
I got a PM from Todd down south. He wanted to know if enough was left for dinner? :D
I got a PM from Todd down south. He wanted to know if enough was left for dinner? :D
Ain't nothin' wrong with a little road-kill, now and then...but...it looks like this one would only have somethin' left to boil up some stock.
Hack Goby
11-14-2004, 07:04 AM
http://home.comcast.net/~hack_goby/VIR_020403_100001_S.jpgYoung Red Tailed Hawks will go after road kill sometimes this time of year when the food gets slim(Not you Darryl) It happend to me a few years back when I had my van.The feathers kind of look like a Red Tail,Mallards are a little darker.
Bluerauder
11-14-2004, 07:36 AM
But check out my trophy from my Michigan trip
Ken
Nice numbers, Ken !!! :up: Sorry to hear about your grill. It does certainly seem like the Marauder attracts more than its share of actual and near bird strikes. Maybe MMs are operating in the fowl stealth mode. I had a few close calls myself with birds. :dunno:
FastMerc
11-14-2004, 07:49 AM
OK OK I see you went the hard way to get a custom grill so the wife cant say nothing:D . Excellent time Hack car is all stock:banana: yes.
FiveO
11-14-2004, 08:18 AM
Nice runs everyone... very nice :)
Sorry to hear of your grill Ken.... :(
Haggis
11-14-2004, 08:20 AM
Correction one flew into.
Marauder 1 Bird 0
A new ad: "Mercury Marauder, faster then a sleeping bird!" Too funny Daryl. :rofl:
Sorry about you grill Ken, maybe Mike hasn't sent the one he won from 'Poke to Mac yet. Oh wait a minute wrong kind of grill. J/K
Just contact Ray (TheDealer) he'll send you one for a fair price. Tough luck, glad to hear you and the wife weren't hurt.
http://home.comcast.net/~hack_goby/VIR_020403_100001_S.jpgYoung Red Tailed Hawks will go after road kill sometimes this time of year when the food gets slim(Not you Darryl) It happend to me a few years back when I had my van.The feathers kind of look like a Red Tail,Mallards are a little darker.I think that I have to agree with your observation Hack, We have a lot of Hawks hanging around Rt. 2. We saw a few on the way up in the morning in that area. We were on the edge of Old Woman's Creek Nature Preserve, where we have seen a Bald Eagle flying. Thank God, this wasn't one, or MM would have been wasted, from the impact or subsequent possible crash resulting from swerve as we were about to cross a bridge. Although we would have seen a Bald Eagle sooner, due to the sheer size.
Ken
MikesMerc
11-14-2004, 09:24 AM
Great times Ken. It was also a real pleasure to get a chance to meet you.
Sorry for the grill damage. Perhaps this is a chance to get on of those badgeless grills?
CRUZTAKER
11-14-2004, 10:35 AM
Red Tail Hawks are very common around here. In fact, of the genus Buteo, they are the most common throughout the United States. We see one on every third light pole around here, and they will occationally grab mice from my back yard.
I have never seen one eating carrion though....most unusual.
Hack Goby
11-14-2004, 12:51 PM
Just to let everyone know my car has a 4:10 and a chip from Alternative Auto.Plus a Air hog filter.
MikesMerc
11-14-2004, 02:49 PM
I wanted to also mention that along with my new personal best quarter mile of 12.15@114 I also hit my new trap speed at 115.3 on another run.
MI2QWK4U (Dave) also had a new personal best at 12.01@114+. 11's are just a matter of time now:)
What a DAY! Where are the Pics????? Cmon!
jgc61sr2002
11-14-2004, 04:23 PM
Congrats - great times by all. :D :up:
What a DAY! Where are the Pics????? Cmon!Every time that my wife went to snap a picture, someone stepped in front of her, she even came out onto track, and someone would step in front of her. Here's the only pic that was worth saving.
Ken
Bradley G
11-15-2004, 03:47 AM
Hey Ken,
Nice pics, Is that fuel comming from exhaust?? If so That MM is ONE BAAAD Muther!
Bradley GQUOTE=Ken]Every time that my wife went to snap a picture, someone stepped in front of her, she even came out onto track, and someone would step in front of her. Here's the only pic that was worth saving.
Ken[/QUOTE]
MI2QWK4U
11-19-2004, 06:52 PM
I wanted to also mention that along with my new personal best quarter mile of 12.15@114 I also hit my new trap speed at 115.3 on another run.
MI2QWK4U (Dave) also had a new personal best at 12.01@114+. 11's are just a matter of time now:)
What a DAY! Where are the Pics????? Cmon!
Thanks for covering me Mike, that run was the best feeling run I have ever made in that car.
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