Strider74
02-03-2003, 06:56 PM
Hey Everybody, (sorry about the length, I tend to get worked up sometimes)
I’ve stopped by this site nearly every day since I first found it, and first I would like to thank everyone her for their advice and help with my Marauder. Especially Logan and LincMercLover who make the site possible.
But I have got to say a few things about the Marauder’s performance. I have read a lot of people’s comments about this car’s poor performance and clearly these are the people who just don’t get it. Of course there are faster cars out there then the Marauder; anyone who compares its quarter mile times against a two-door sports car weighing 1500 pounds less doesn’t understand physics. There is not a car out there that cannot be improved upon, even those who dump a ton of cash on a new Porsche need to dump thousands more if they want to compete with their piers.
I did not buy this car to dominate the local quarter mile; I bought it to dominate the highway. No mater how much power your car has, no mater what color you paint it, no matter who made it, no other car on the highway today will intimidate your average driver like the sight of a Marauder roaring up behind them in their rearview mirror.
This car and its relations (the Crown Vic, the Grand Marquis, and even the Caprice and Impala SS) are not sports cars they are the predators. Every person who owns a sports car be it a Camaro, Firebird, or Mustang looks over their shoulder for these cars, and the Marauder is the king of them all. They hunt in packs, and in the real world very few cars have ever outrun the Marauder’s cousins.
To quote a classic, “this may be the last of the V-8 interceptors.”
I’ve stopped by this site nearly every day since I first found it, and first I would like to thank everyone her for their advice and help with my Marauder. Especially Logan and LincMercLover who make the site possible.
But I have got to say a few things about the Marauder’s performance. I have read a lot of people’s comments about this car’s poor performance and clearly these are the people who just don’t get it. Of course there are faster cars out there then the Marauder; anyone who compares its quarter mile times against a two-door sports car weighing 1500 pounds less doesn’t understand physics. There is not a car out there that cannot be improved upon, even those who dump a ton of cash on a new Porsche need to dump thousands more if they want to compete with their piers.
I did not buy this car to dominate the local quarter mile; I bought it to dominate the highway. No mater how much power your car has, no mater what color you paint it, no matter who made it, no other car on the highway today will intimidate your average driver like the sight of a Marauder roaring up behind them in their rearview mirror.
This car and its relations (the Crown Vic, the Grand Marquis, and even the Caprice and Impala SS) are not sports cars they are the predators. Every person who owns a sports car be it a Camaro, Firebird, or Mustang looks over their shoulder for these cars, and the Marauder is the king of them all. They hunt in packs, and in the real world very few cars have ever outrun the Marauder’s cousins.
To quote a classic, “this may be the last of the V-8 interceptors.”