New Owner/ How Old Are Marauder Owners?

[NOMARQUIS]

Hello

I brought my new 2003 Marauder home on Monday. It is a 300a model. How do I find the production date? I think it was 8-12-02, that is what the window sticker says. If the car is that old, should I change the oil before I drive it anymore. I have driven the car home which was 50 miles. Now we're having a snow storm, so in the garage it will stay.

I'm 28 years old, but I see there are several owners that are middle-aged. I was 23 when I bought my Mark VIII new in 1998. I sold the Mark to buy the Marauder, but I guess I'm still driving a "Geezer's" car. :) No, actually my dad told me how his buddy had a S-55 model in high school. They used to cruise the town and troll for chicks. It's funny how my car has sparked my dad's memory. He wants to drive my car. Thats cool.

Are there any women who own a Marauder? Any Wisconsinites drive these things in winter? Are these cars problem ridden like my Mark VIII was?

Thanks,

Eric

[2003Marauder]

Welocme to the world of Marauders.
Check the polls section as we have poll with results on age. You can vote too.

[tta197]

Eric, congrats on the new Marauder. I recently bought a 2003 300A (Build date :10/02) that had 6 miles on the odometer when I first test drove it. This was just three weeks ago. Changing the oil was the first thing I did because I assumed that it was never changed. I used Motorcraft 5W20 semi-synthetic (Wal-Mart sells this oil for about $1.77 a quart). I'll switch to full synthetic when I have more miles on the car. For now it's tucked away in the garage till the weather improves.

Make sure you look at all the wire harnesses to make sure they are not chaffing on any sharp metal. Do a search on this topic, it been talked about numerous times. Good luck with your Marauder.

By the way, I'm 32 years old.

[SheboyganGuy]

Welcome, Eric. It's always nice to see another Cheesehead on the site! There is a lot of good information on here, and a lot of great people.

I put winter tires on my Marauder, don't know how much snow it will see since I have a truck, but I am prepared!

What part of the state are you at?

[NOMARQUIS]

Thanks for all your help! I'll check the wiring harnesses, I assume you mean the ones under the hood. I can't drive it cause of the blizzard today. Fun! Sheboygan- I'm in Columbus. Do you know where that is? I go to Batavia a lot to see a friend. I used to live in West Bend. You arn't all that far away. :) I don't think I'll drive my Marauder in the snow. I have a POS 1992 Escort wagon I drive on bad days. Hey, What is ZAINO? and how do your SS Inserts look? Oh, go Pack and have a Pabst Blue Ribbon for me!

Thanks Fellaz!

[Haggis]

Welcome NOMARQUIS, all of your questions have already been asked and answered. The best thing to do this a search through the Forums on the questions that you may have. Some are easy, like "What is Zaino?"; it is a car wax that a lot of owners here use on their Marauders.
....and if you want to moddify your car, well you came to the right place to learn about all the different mods that you can do to your little baby.
Sit back relax search the site read posts and enjoy. There are many friendly people here that will be glad to help you and a lot of joking around. Yeah right!! :D

Once again welcome and don't be a stranger.:up:

[MARAUDERCHICK]

Ooooooh Yeah....you better believe women own Maurauders!!
I love mine......it's my baby!!

[Bigdogjim]

NOMARQUIS: Hello! I had '70 X-100 Red/Black 429cid. :):):)

I was 19 at the time:) My father was a L&M dealer:D

Great car then! Even better now:bows: :banana: :banana2:

[JGaignat]

Eric,
Welcome! "That ain't your grandpa's Grand Marquis!!!" I bought mine a week before I turned 40. I am driving it through snow today for the first time. We had rain and sleet and then about 2 inches of snow. I have the winter tires on the back and need to get the winter tires on the front. The car looks horrible, but it beats putting it in a ditch. I have about 200 lbs of sand and my 2 other tires in the trunk. It didn't do too bad. I had several hills and it got me where I needed to go.

You have good taste in cars. I always liked big luxury cars. My wife won't let me buy a Towne Car yet though. Maybe for my 50th.
Enjoy!!
John

[Petrograde]

Welcome Eric!

I have had my 300A since June,.. I'm about to roll over 10,000 miles. I love it! No major probs.

Tom

BTW- I'm 29

[jgc61sr2002]

Eric - You definitely came to the right place good info and very nice folks.:D Enjoy your new ride.:up:

[UAW 588]

Hello and welcome to fabulous life of being a Marauder owner. It's been about three weeks since I picked up my baby. It's a 04 Silver Birch and boy do I have fun with this beast. The best part is sitting at the light and having some idiot next to you that tries to race, but does not have a clue untill he sees my tail lights in the distance. You have come to the right place for info, God knows there is a ***** load to absorb. I have been visiting this site for almost a year before I took the plunge and bought my Marauder. Well congrats and happy motoring.

:beer: :banana2: :banana2: :rock: :up:

P.S. I am 36 years of age. The wife considers me 2 years when I drag race and blow the doors off of unsuspecting morons.

[bugsys03]

I like your taste in cars but the pack still suck

[Crown Vic]

Not an MM owner but I'm 25. I got my CV-Sport fresh out of the box when I was 23. :D

[NOMARQUIS]

Wow, that Vic looks almost like a Marauder. NICE!!! Hey, what are "Silverstars?" The girl I'm dating saw my car last night for the first time. It's still captive in my garage (friggin' snow!) She said, "It looks like a cop car." I didn't know how to answer her. :)

Everyone on here rocks! Thanks for all of your replies!

Eric

[Haggis]

Tell her it is a cop car and that now your doing undercover work for the Feds.;)

Silverstars are replacement lightbulbs that you can buy. They are brighter then the OEM bulbs.

Hey everyboby he said we ROCK! :rock: :rock:

[2003_MM_FYRE49]

Originally posted by NOMARQUIS
I go to Batavia a lot to see a friend.

Thanks Fellaz!

Is that Batavia, IL?

[SheboyganGuy]

No, Batavia, WI. It's about 20 miles SW of Sheboygan, very small community that doesn't show up on most maps...

[RedMM]

Hey Crown Vic-your car is absolutely gorgeous!! The Sport would have been my first choice if there were no Marauders! :up: :beer:

[Logan]

I'm 30...and I'm on my second marauder... :)

[drobin]

I was 59 when I purchased my MM back in June of 2002, now I'm 49.

drobin

[SILVERMARAUDER]

Originally posted by MARAUDERCHICK
Ooooooh Yeah....you better believe women own Maurauders!!
I love mine......it's my baby!!
welcome to the sight! fellow Georgian!:P

[Crown Vic]

Wow, that Vic looks almost like a Marauder. NICE!!! Hey, what are "Silverstars?"
Thanx. :D SilverStars are whiter replacement bulbs. :D


Hey Crown Vic-your car is absolutely gorgeous!! The Sport would have been my first choice if there were no Marauders!
Hehehe....thanx. I'm extremely pleased with my car.

When I bought mine, there were no MMs. I knew they were coming but I got an excellent deal on mine. At the time I got my car, rumors had the MMs costing Waaay to much once released. As it is, all the local dealers that got MMs were marking the car up. I saw one for close to $40k when they were 1st released. Of course, that didn't last long. :D

[Crown Vic]

was 59 when I purchased my MM back in June of 2002, now I'm 49.

My mom calls my car a fuddy-duddy-mobile. She says I'm too young for my Crown Vic. So, as far as she's concerned, I was 23 when I got mine but am now 73...lol.

My dad, on the other hand, loves my car but says I should be driving something else and he should be driving my car...lol.

:D

[martyo]

Originally posted by Crown Vic
My mom calls my car a fuddy-duddy-mobile. She says I'm too young for my Crown Vic. So, as far as she's concerned, I was 23 when I got mine but am now 73...lol.

My dad, on the other hand, loves my car but says I should be driving something else and he should be driving my car...lol.

:D

Tell your parents to come to this weekend's meet and see who you hang around with! Yikes!!!!!!

[Paul T. Casey]

Welcome aboard, answers: old but childish (I hear this from my wife often, she thinks it's an insult.), yes but only real women, it's the worst of your fleet in the snow, yes change your oil, yes I think there's Wisconsonites here, but only the cool ones, and no there's no problem riddled Marauders that I've honestly heard of. You'll also find the coolest of the Marauder owners are members here. This site will start taking over your tv time. It's that good. World's best moderators also help out a lot.

[RedMM]

even young guys can have exceptionally good taste!! If it makes her feel better, offer to let her drive one of the age appropriate cars that you would be driving....yeah.....she would look so young in a Tercel!!! :lol::lol::lol:

[Richy63]

I'm 40 like everyone else going on 20. It's big, fast, comfortable and the rice machines can put on all the horsepower stickers and miles of wing (haven't figured our what a rear wing does on a front drive car) I still smoke them

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by martyo
Tell your parents to come to this weekend's meet and see who you hang around with! Yikes!!!!!!

Yikes is right! They do that and they just may ground him for life!!

[cruzer]

Don't worry about how old you are---you still have many years of driving pleasure ahead of you--I was 75 years young on Thanksgiving Day and have 16,000 miles on my Marauder--took fastest stock at Ennis Raceway at Ford Fun Week---life is what you make it ( and for anyone's information--I'm not a fuddy-duddy) I fly my own 1940 Piper Cub, which I soloed in 1945--and regularly do aerobatics. I ahve put over 375,000 miles on Grand Marquis with Performance and handling package--but the Marauder is the best yet with improvements to come---have a ball !!!!

[Bigdogjim]

Originally posted by RCSignals
Yikes is right! They do that and they just may ground him for life!!

Well we are a hella of crew..........:)

We let anyone in:)

To know us is to love us..........:):):)

[Crown Vic]

When my mom finally rode in my car for the 1st time, still thinking the car isn't for me, she said "Ooo....very comfortable". So I said "AH HA!!!" Never again has she made fun of me!!!

[gilby04]

I can relate to drobin's comment...59 going on 49...
I'm right behind drobin at 58, and the mortal age fades quickly in the MM.

[Amsoil_Dealer]

I'm 46 and I gave up a sporty BMW 5 series for my 99 CV LX HPP. My firends say I simply transposed the numbers in my age from 46 to 64 and they are now calling me "Mr. Stevens" rather than Don!!!.

Cruzer, You are what I aspire to. I am also a pilot (never any aerobatics though), I race sports cars, and feel forever young. I firmly believe that I'll be racing, flying, and probably driving a Marauder (or something like it) when I'm 75.

Don

[TAF]

Originally posted by Amsoil_Dealer
Cruzer, You are what I aspire to.

Don,

Once you meet cruzer (Maury) you'll see that you've set a lofty goal for yourself. He is an amazing gentleman!

[TheDealer]

52 here!!!:help:

[Rex_Karrs]

I'm 48 going on 16, traded a '98 Vette for my '04 and couldn't be happier! So far, after 3 months and 4500 miles, she's flawless. My girlfriend's glad that I got rid of the "brick truck" and my mother will actually ride in the MM.
I've had the pleasure of meeting many of the Michiganders and Ohioans in person, and they are true ladies and gentlemen, just as they are online.
Welcome aboard!

[2003 MIB]

[/QUOTE]( and for anyone's information--I'm not a fuddy-duddy) [/QUOTE]

Cruzer's understatement of the century. Let us not forget that in addition to "fastest stock" at FFW, he also logged the most miles in a stolen Marauder that weekend.:) Sorry Maury...couldn't resist.

[Directedby]

39 miles here.

[Donny Carlson]

I'm 47, bought my 300a 2003 model in July of this year.

When I was 23, I owned a 1977 Volkswagen Scirocco, the first car I bought new and all by myself. I also owned a 1979 Fiat X-1/9 Spyder, which I bought for my wife.

I absolutely loved the Scirocco, which, compared to mid 70's cars, was a great car. Reliablilty wise, it was shaky (new brakes at 14,000 miles, new clutch at 19,000, the spedo cable snapped at 6,000 miles and it took the dealer 3 months). But is was fast, my first car with a sun roof (aftermarket), and I had a (at the time) fantastic Pioneer sound system in the car. Traded it in for a Dodge pickup. Biggest complaint about the car was... well, I was a young guy, add Galveston beach and warm summer nights, willing young lasses....and any real activity in the front was out because of the shifter and the back seat was little more than a glove box. My aching back!!!!

The Fiat was another fun car, but this beast had so many defects that I grew to hate the damn thing. It was a beauty, a mid-engine exotic with a cool Targa top. But sheesh, abnormal tire wear, electrical problems, clutch problems, bolts falling out of the half shafts (at speed on I-10), on and on and on. The sheet metal on this car was so thin that if a bird pooped on it it would leave a ding. (well, maybe not that thin, but pretty close). This car damn near killed me and my wife when it spun during a rain storm as we approached the Pierce elevated in Houston. The car smashed sideways into the footing of overhead sign on the passenger side. Cause was the rear suspension breaking loose.
It turns out the car was DROPPED when they offloaded it from the ship and the dealer never bothered to tell me about it. I never did get satisfaction from this accident because the dealer (who is no longer in business) and distributer had deaper pockets and higher paid lawyers. All I got, basically, was what the insurance company provided, some money for medical expenses, and enough to buy a new car (this time a turbocharged Buick). Oh, did I mention my lawyer sucked, too?

My MM has been my most enjoyable car, bar none.

:)

[Hemlock]

68 CLICKS ON MY CLOCK , REALLY HAVE ENJOYED ALL 40,000+ MILES ON MY MM . CHEERS!!!

[Rollin'Thunder]

Hey! I've had my MM since May '03. I'll probably see 10,000 on the odometer tomorrow. I love it! I'm 66 and I haven't had this much fun since my '63 T-Bird!

[dhawke98]

29 when mine was bought

[Firedab]

29 also.....

[Merc-O-matic]

65 years old..........and
wishing I could afford another one!
But the wife wants a T-Bird.

Gotta Love It!

[Lowell]

Old enough to know better. But I did it anyway! Had fun too!

[jfclancy]

57 here going on and on and on...
welcome aboard

Joe Clancy

[KraziKid]

Originally posted by NOMARQUIS
Hello

I brought my new 2003 Marauder home on Monday. It is a 300a model. How do I find the production date? I think it was 8-12-02, that is what the window sticker says. If the car is that old, should I change the oil before I drive it anymore. I have driven the car home which was 50 miles. Now we're having a snow storm, so in the garage it will stay.

I'm 28 years old, but I see there are several owners that are middle-aged. I was 23 when I bought my Mark VIII new in 1998. I sold the Mark to buy the Marauder, but I guess I'm still driving a "Geezer's" car. :) No, actually my dad told me how his buddy had a S-55 model in high school. They used to cruise the town and troll for chicks. It's funny how my car has sparked my dad's memory. He wants to drive my car. Thats cool.

Are there any women who own a Marauder? Any Wisconsinites drive these things in winter? Are these cars problem ridden like my Mark VIII was?

Thanks,

Eric

I'm 17. My dad gave me my Marauder when I got my driver's license. When we first heard about the Marauder in concept, we always loved the car. He purchased our Black one in February '03 for himself, and in the process put on around 13000 miles until June, when he gave it to me. He was so happy with it, he bought himself a Blue one. Since then he has been debating getting rid of mine for a 2004 DTR and allowing me to drive that. He personally has decided to get a Chevy Silverado SS in place of his Blue MM because he needs four wheel drive (commutes to NYC daily, and when it snows, it is really a PITA with only RWD). Also, there is a woman around my town that has a Marauder.

[Jeff]

44

[69Marauder]

I hate to admit it, but I'm 53, I was 51 when I got the 300A in June of 02. I bought my 69 X-100 when it was new.

[modular46]

51

[the fat bastid]

22 here. my 'rauder is my hotrod

[Macon Marauder]

42

[LVMarauder]

I am possibly the youngest Marauder owner in the country right now at the ripe old age of 18.

[bowers72]

I'm 34 however, I bought it for my wife who is 37. Now if she would only let me drive it sometime.........

[jgc61sr2002]

bowers72 - Welcome to the MM site. Is is the best on the net. :D

[Marauderman]

Well ,, as Mac (Sarge) would say---geesh, Louise!! Where and whose threads do I Quote from?? Ghosh--I could have done that at least a dozen times---

Probablt the best way to sum all this up is --since driving privialages are given at 16 in most all states at least-- is to say --

We are all --older kids -- when it comes to the MM --and it is truly a great feeling with her in your hands, under your seat and zooming down the road--

Ok -- Now Martyo can now play with my phrases--- Tom

[UAW 588]

Originally posted by marauderman

We are all --older kids -- when it comes to the MM --and it is truly a great feeling with her in your hands, under your seat and zooming down the road--



I'll buy that for a dollar!!!!!!!!

:banana2: :beer: :rock: :up: :burnout: