I own a Grand Marquis, baby!

[CBT]

Got a phone call today from Freedom Ford here in Hampton VA, went a little something like this:
"Hi! This is so-and-so from Freedom Ford, I'm doing a quality assurance follow up on the front end alignment you had done the other day on your Grand Marquis. Is everything fine?"
"No."
"Oh...well what's wrong?"
"I don't own a Grand Marquis."
"You don't?"
"No, it was a Marauder."
(insert sound of crickets here)
"A....Marauder?"
"Yes."
"Hmmm....I'll have to make a note of that. So, is everything fine with the....Marauder.. then?"
"Oh yeah, yeah! Great!"
"Oh okay, you had me worried!"
"Well you still have ME worried, fruity."
.click.
I took the service tech Carfixers alignment specs, seems to ride much better now. While I was there two guys in Ford shirts came out of the body shop and were having an eye-gasm looking at the car. Thier conversation went a little somthing like this:
"I'm telling you this has the Police Pursuit Package."
"Word?"

I love my big :censor: Grand Marquis with the Police Pursuit Package!!!

[DEFYANT]

:lol:

Nice.

Pretty sad when the dealer calls and doesn't know your car he is calling about!

[Bradley G]

These service follow-up calls are commonly made by a contracted service.
They have not a clue about your car.But, they don't really need to know anything about cars to execute thier function.
BTW, how is your GMQ?

[CBT]

These service follow-up calls are commonly made by a contracted service.
They have not a clue about your car.But, they don't really need to know anything about cars to execute thier function.
BTW, how is your GMQ?
Yeah, I figure they have a little script they read from, but even when I took it there the person who took down my information said "I gotta see what a Marauder looks like" so we went outside, she liked it. She was pretty, I should have offered to take her around the block in it. Oh well.
Car moves straight as an arrow, no slight right pull anymore, and standing back looking at the car I can tell the fronts aren't angled in at the top anymore. Gives me that extra sense of security now at high speeds.

[Bradley G]

Go Back, and let her Drive!:banana:
Good to hear they squared you away
Yeah, I figure they have a little script they read from, but even when I took it there the person who took down my information said "I gotta see what a Marauder looks like" so we went outside, she liked it. She was pretty, I should have offered to take her around the block in it. Oh well.
Car moves straight as an arrow, no slight right pull anymore, and standing back looking at the car I can tell the fronts aren't angled in at the top anymore. Gives me that extra sense of security now at high speeds.

[StevenJ]

They can't help it. Whenever you do a maintience check at your dealer, look at the service sheet. Your car will always be listed as a Grand Marquis with the Marauder noted someone where in the notes at the bottom. Ford considers the car a trim of the Grand Marquis which it essentially is. Oh well!

[Mad4Macs]

Be thankful. In the insurance companies actuarial tables, there's no such thing as a "High Performance Car" called the Marauder.
Grand Marquis are cheap to insure.
When I traded mine in for the 'Stang GT, I got a premium added called "High Performance Car". For me, it wasn't that much (Good credit history, good driving record), but considering what the Marauder really is, I wouldn't want the insurance industry taking a closer look at them.
:lol:

[StevenJ]

Stock, Marauder's are only fast as a Civic SI. A 9C1 Caprice can keep up with them, easily if not beat them. It's when you start throwing on the basic mods, computer tune, CAI, and pulleys, that they start to become quick. Then when you throw on 4.10s and a Stallion TQ, it's fast. Of course, this all cost around $3,200 worth of aftermarket equipment. Then again, your car will run high 13s with this combo when tuned right.

[Bluerauder]

I love my big :censor: Grand Marquis with the Police Pursuit Package!!!
I thought it was a Grand Marquis Super Sport. :rolleyes:

[SergntMac]

The Window sticker says "vehicle description-Marauder".

The 2003's have a Gran Marquis VIN of M75, and trim packages of 300A and 300B.

The 2004s have their own VIN, M79, and trim package 300A

Gran Marquis in 2004 and later years still have the M75 VIN.

Hope this helps, but I don't think it will...

[SID210SA]

I thought I read in another post some time back that 2004's were 300B's

[ckadiddle]

Whatever it is, I still have the fastest, most baddest Geezermobile on my block. ;)

[Merc-O-matic]

Be thankful. In the insurance companies actuarial tables, there's no such thing as a "High Performance Car" called the Marauder.
Grand Marquis are cheap to insure.
When I traded mine in for the 'Stang GT, I got a premium added called "High Performance Car". For me, it wasn't that much (Good credit history, good driving record), but considering what the Marauder really is, I wouldn't want the insurance industry taking a closer look at them.
:lol:

Lets be thankful that the insurance companies think the Marauder
is a "Grand Marquis".....if they knew it had 300 ponies...look out!

Gotta Love It!:pimp:

[looking97233]

My State Farm policy says "2003 Mercury Marauder" even though technically it is a 2003 Grand Marquis 300A Marauder. Only cost $30/6mo. more to insure than the 1998 Taurus it replaced.
Rod.

[MarauderMark]

I was going to say maybe when they did the work on the car that they would do for a grand marquis. instead of using the Marauder specs.Maybe something to watch out for.

[Petrograde]

"Oh okay, you had me worried!"
"Well you still have ME worried, fruity."
.click.

:rofl: :laugh: :lol:


Be thankful. In the insurance companies actuarial tables, there's no such thing as a "High Performance Car" called the Marauder.
Grand Marquis are cheap to insure.
When I traded mine in for the 'Stang GT, I got a premium added called "High Performance Car". For me, it wasn't that much (Good credit history, good driving record), but considering what the Marauder really is, I wouldn't want the insurance industry taking a closer look at them.


I called my Insurance Co. from the dealership and told them I had a new car to insure, they asked for the VIN,.. I gave it, she replied.. "ok, Mercury Marauder, you're good to go, drive safe."

They knew,..... dammit!:burnout:

[merc6]

yep I pay $101 :( vs the $260 for the GT if I got it! If it ever was crashed the shop will know what the car is by the time I am finshed with them..."See look at the headlights...thats a mercury emblem not aftermarket!"

[RCSignals]

:lol:

Nice.

Pretty sad when the dealer calls and doesn't know your car he is calling about!


His car must be a 2003. The Ford computer system will always show the 2003s as a Grand Marquis, with no annotation of it being a 'Marauder'.

[RCSignals]

Stock, Marauder's are only fast as a Civic SI. A 9C1 Caprice can keep up with them, easily if not beat them. .................


You own a Marauder now, and you still believe that?

[Donny Carlson]

His car must be a 2003. The Ford computer system will always show the 2003s as a Grand Marquis, with no annotation of it being a 'Marauder'.

Duncan knows of what he speaks. That's exactly what all my '03 service records show - Grand Marquis.

That service follow up? They'd always ask about my "Mountaineer"

It doesn't get any better on the GM side.

When I went to get tags, the clerk kept asking me "Is this an LS?" "No, it's an SSR." "Is it an LS SSR?" "No, there isn't an LS model. Just SSR."

Somehow I bet the property tax is higher on an LS, no matter what it is.:)

Also, when I had Team Ford do the oil change, their computer decoded the VIN as a Colorado.

Oh, and for some reason, my insurance actually went down with the SSR. My insurance company rates it as a pickup truck, which, I guess, is less to insure than a sedan. (shhh!)

[vegasmarauder]

It's the '03 curse/benefit? There was no seperate model number for 03's. Steve Babcock explained this at MMV I pretty well. There is a long lead time to get a new model designation from the government to the manufacturer. Ford just missed the deadline for 03, so they had to go with the GM model number. I had the same deal when I went to insure my car the first time. Came up as a GM. My insurance came down a lot even though I went from an '87 model year car. Took them about a year to figure it out, because the premium went up the next year. All my registration/insurance paperwork says Marauder, but not the service paperwork at the dealer. I remember some of the big auto parts houses didn't list the MM in the books either.

[SID210SA]

I have an ' 04 and on my service papers it says nothing about it being a Marauder...not one mention and I get the MM serviced where I bought it..some times it irritates me...But I guess my insurance is about normal...It jumped 20 bucks a month....from my '01 Taurus

[rayjay]

When I bought my 04 the insurance company looked it up and said high performance car, I was waiting for the other foot to drop when the guy comes back with $32 more a year than my Focus :D . FWIW, my 04 is titled by NYS as a Marauder, no mention of a GM.

[MENINBLK]

My 04 was CHEAPER to insure than the 98 Contour SE Sport it replaced.
And my NYS DMV Title, as well as my insurance, all say 2004 Mercury MARAUDER on it...

Its even cheaper to insure than my wife's 2003 Focus ZTW Wagon.

[StevenJ]

You own a Marauder now, and you still believe that?
I'm sorry but 15.1 in the quater is 15.1 lol! It is a slow car but it is heavy. But it can be woken up with bolt ons easily. Just for the record, with the mods I got now and a worn set of tires, I ran 14.803 with a 0.07 reaction time. I need to throw on some 4.10s! I hate to take over a thread but which rear differential oil should I use when I switch from stock gears to 4.10s? I need to know, thanks in advance!

[Ezbok58a]

Huh, Everytime the dealership services my Sport they always have it listed as a LTD:confused:

Now correct me if I'm wrong but FMC hasn't made a LTD since I think 91.

So then why am I driving a car that in reality doesn't exist:confused: :rolleyes:

[CBT]

So then why am I driving a car that in reality doesn't exist:confused: :rolleyes:

You got the 'Matrix' package.:D

[SID210SA]

Huh, Everytime the dealership services my Sport they always have it listed as a LTD:confused:

Now correct me if I'm wrong but FMC hasn't made a LTD since I think 91.

So then why am I driving a car that in reality doesn't exist:confused: :rolleyes:

you got the Super Special, Very Limited Edition (SSVLE)

[ckadiddle]

So then why am I driving a car that in reality doesn't exist:confused: :rolleyes:

It's something in the paint, remember the ad? Marauder doesn't show up on radar or computer systems.

[jgc61sr2002]

When I bought my 04 the insurance company looked it up and said high performance car, I was waiting for the other foot to drop when the guy comes back with $32 more a year than my Focus :D . FWIW, my 04 is titled by NYS as a Marauder, no mention of a GM.


My 03 is titled as a Marauder.
My insurance actually went down when I sold my 2000 GM and purchased the Marauder. IMO the side mounted air bags is the reason for the reduction.

[oldekid]

Welcome to the club of Grand Marquis owners. I take my MM in for an oil change, and when I leave, I have a tag on my key chain. It says "RED GRAND MARQUIS". Then a few days later, the survey shows up. It also indicates that they serviced my Grand Marquis, and want to know how they did.

This was from the dealer that sold me my MM. If they only knew what that does to me. :puke:

[1stMerc]

Be thankful. In the insurance companies actuarial tables, there's no such thing as a "High Performance Car" called the Marauder.
Grand Marquis are cheap to insure.
When I traded mine in for the 'Stang GT, I got a premium added called "High Performance Car". For me, it wasn't that much (Good credit history, good driving record), but considering what the Marauder really is, I wouldn't want the insurance industry taking a closer look at them.
:lol:

Thank God for GM's (wink, wink) when i traded in my Monte for the Marauder premiums went from $1100 to $700 for two vehicles. Just went with another agent and down to $495 for two vehicles.

[DOHCMERC]

I'm sorry but 15.1 in the quater is 15.1 lol! It is a slow car but it is heavy. But it can be woken up with bolt ons easily. Just for the record, with the mods I got now and a worn set of tires, I ran 14.803 with a 0.07 reaction time. I need to throw on some 4.10s! I hate to take over a thread but which rear differential oil should I use when I switch from stock gears to 4.10s? I need to know, thanks in advance!


LOL......I'm with you!!! We like the car, we'll keep it and mod it...HOWEVER, when there are V6 mini vans that can keep up with you ...the Mighty Marauder isn't exactly a barn burner when stock!!:bigcry: