Owner age spread

[Donald]

Friend did a full insurance review. Insurance on his Pontiac G8 went up. Was told the reason is the cars are being sold by their original owners to younger people and they, as a group, are getting more tickets and getting into more accidents.

Just wondering about our crowd. :)

[JBeezy]

Switch insurance companies. That's just an excuse.

[Spectragod]

I'm waaayyyy under 35, lol.

[chief455]

I'm waaayyyy under 35, lol.
Age 12....finally ;)

[ctrlraven]

Second owner, bought mine when I was 24, 10 yr anniversary is coming up later this year.

[Bluerauder]

First owner, bought mine when I was 53, 12 yr anniversary is coming up later this year.

[Bigdogjim]

First owner bought mine new 9/28/02 year 13 anniversary like 3 months away:)

[Black Terror]

First owner, in service since 06/22/2002.

[Ms. Denmark]

First owner. :cool:

[fastblackmerc]

First owner.

[martyo]

Can't answer.

[william s]

First owner.

[MERCMAN]

to be more accurate, the poll should be your age when you purchased it IMHO

[ncmm]

see my signature. . . also agree with MERCMAN

[justbob]

Second owner

31 when purchased in '04


Builder Of Badassery

[MOTOWN]

Bought it new in 04 , i was 34

[Blackened300a]

2nd owner, purchased for my 29th Birthday. Just past my 10 year anniversary in March.

[Mr. Man]

2nd owner. Purchased 5 years ago.

[Bigdogjim]

Can't answer.

We are not in court now.

[HammerDown]

I'm the 2nd owner; purchased car in August, 2011; at age 58.

[Anthony84]

3rd owner. Bought right before my 29th birthday in 2013

[B.C. Bake]

1st Owner (new in 11/04):bandit:

[alec2538]

Not sure on my place in line. I believe 3rd or 4th owner. Purchased at 25, just before my 26th birthday.

[Pat]

1st and only owner, bought Silverback when I was 65.

[Caliber]

Third owner

Bought at the age of 21 as my first car

August 2014

[dmjarosz]

I'm the 2nd owner. Purchased October 2008 at age 25.

[jflave]

2nd owner, picked her up in 05. I was 58 at the time.

[rkk]

1st owner, 36 yrs old at the time, 13th anniversary this Friday 6/26/15.

[Gryphonzus]

I purchased my DTR new so I am a first, third, third and third owner.

[MGDriver]

Sixth owner, bought when I was 20 earlier this year.

[Granddaddy Marq]

46 when I bought mine. I think I'm the 3rd owner.

[rauder88]

First Marauder
2nd owner 21 bought back in 2010

This Marauder
5th owner 25 bought in 2014

[Sully008]

Second owner, bought in April 2005, a month after my 30th birthday.

[88CuttyClassic]

4th owner purchased March 2014 at age 34, currently has 82K

owner and year sold (mileage when sold)

1st owner , 2010 (8,334K)
2nd Owner, 2012 (12,307k)
3rd owner, march 2014(60,033K)

[vkirkend]

Bought the Black new, third owner of Slayer 1.

[Motorhead350]

1st owner.

Got it at 16 under daddys name.

[jsignorelli]

I bought mine in April of 2004, new from the dealership. The dealer didn't even know that the Marauder was a car in the Mercury inventory. Mine was the first (and only) Marauder they sold at his dealership in the two years it was available.

My car was on a lot in the Boston area and they had to send someone up there to get it. Ironically, I was on the phone placing the order to the dealer in Westwood NJ, while on a trip in Boston. I could have just bought the car while on my trip if I had known.

[Mike D Mechanic]

1st owner purchased 12/17/04

[Donald]

Using volunteered age at purchase, profile info and guesstimated data.

http://www.myimagecollection.com/webpics/chart.jpg

[Shornaday]

Purchased my 2004 Silver Birch on 23 May 2014 with 37,276 miles. I'm the 3rd owner and was 60 at the time.

2nd owner purchased it with 8,961 miles on it 22 Sep 2004 at Mooresville Ford NC.

1st owner purchased with less than 100 miles on it at Naples, FL around 30 Dec 2003

Funny how you look at the past, I purchased a 2003 Grand Marquis LS in 2003 and it has been a nice a car, but wow wish I had purchased the Marauder instead. All is well though I now have both.

[Mattsmerc]

First marauder second owner at 32 DOP 12/2002
Second marauder third owner at 45 DOP 5/2015

[chief455]

I love this thread.
3rd owner
bough 11/13
51 at the time

[WhatsUpDOHC]

2nd owner of the SB, 8/10/10. 48 yo
2nd owner of the Blk, 11/22/12. 51 yo

[Marauderjack]

9 of us "Old Timers" now!!

Bought mine November 25, 2003.......had 4 miles on the ODO......now just a tick under 260,000 miles!! :D

[Nightcrawler]

3th owner,my first Marauder.

[CoreyM75]

My previous 2003 SB Marauder that I bought in 2009 at age 29. I was the third owner. The original owner was from Florida, then a mm.net member in Metro Detroit, then myself.

My current DTR Marauder, I bought last year at age 33. I am the fifth owner, it was owned by a unknown lady in Chicago, then UncleLar who sold it at 39k, then another mm.net member ginson3, then a car collector who put 1500 miles on the car in 3 years and now i have it.

[cruzer]

Bought "Shadow" April 1 2003 at age 75 , making me 86 now. Bought new with 47 miles on odo. Now has 168,000+ miles of smiles. Still a daily driver--- no racing recently but have fun on a friend's private airport playing around with the bunch. All you young folks take care of our babies and remember that this Car will swap ends in a split second. Wet roads and hard acceleration in turns have wrecked most of them. And remember most auto tires hydroplane above 55 mph. Keep the Marauders on the road. Drive safely but with Gusto !! Old Man Maury

[Trevor M]

I am the 2nd owner of my SB and am 20, bought the car when I was 16. 4 year anniversary was last Sunday the 21st.

[Cosgrandmarquis]

Third owner, bought it last year when I was 20!

[DrZ]

First owner when I was 44 years old. Also became a second owner when I was 54.

[Bluerauder]

Friend did a full insurance review. Insurance on his Pontiac G8 went up. Was told the reason is the cars are being sold by their original owners to younger people and they, as a group, are getting more tickets and getting into more accidents.

Just wondering about our crowd. :)

Here’s another way of looking at the numbers from the Poll as of 26 June 2015 .…

To answer the basic premise of the OP …. Yes, the owners are getting younger. Its no secret that insurance premiums for younger drivers are higher. It has always been this way. An individual's Age (i.e. maturity), years of driving experience, and accident history have much more impact on insurance rates than the type of car. Once upon a time, sex also was a major rate determiner where young women’s rates were about ½ those of young men. This is no longer the case since women’s rates are now comparable to men’s in all age categories. Yeah for Equality. Certain cars classified as Performance vehicles have also commanded higher rates when compared to typical 4 or 6 cylinder transportation appliances. This fact has been represented in your Marauder rates from the beginning and is reflected using the “V” identifier in your VIN. However, the fact that some 25-30 year old wrecks a Marauder or gets a ticket has a negligible effect on my rates. Probably less impact than if a 64 year old totals a Toyota Corolla.


http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/MM_Age_Spread_062620151.jpg

Owners are getting younger. In fact, the 2nd Owners (or 3rd or later) now represent nearly twice the number of the Original 1st Owners 65 and younger. So, MM.Net membership is getting younger too !!

It is interesting that there seems to be an equal appeal of the Marauder across all age groups up to the 66+ Group no matter when they bought their MM.

The current “Bell Curve” distribution of the original 1st owners is pretty similar to the distribution of ages back in the 2003-2004 timeframe. This seems to indicate that those who sold their MMs did so in direct proportion to the number represented. That is, no one particular age group is/was more likely to sell their MM over the past 12 years.

2nd Owners that are Age 35 or younger outnumber the Original 1st Owners in that group by almost 5 to 1. So, if you happen to meet a younger MM driver, chances are pretty good that he didn’t buy it when it was new. The original $35K MSRP sticker price probably has a lot to do with that fact.

2nd Owners that are Age 36 to 50 outnumber the Original 1st Owners by almost 2.25 to 1. Chances are still fair that Owners in that age group will be a 2nd Owner.

1st and 2nd Owners that are Age 51 to 65 are exactly equal at 1 to 1. These are the people who were in the original marketing target group when the car was introduced. Looks like they hit the bullseye.

1st Owners ages 66 and up outnumber the 2nd owners by 5 to 1. This just seems to indicate that if you were in your mid-50s back in 2003-2004 and couldn’t afford the MM or didn’t like it for some reason, then it is rather unlikely (but not completely impossible) that you would buy one now as the prices dropped to more reasonable levels.

[sweetair]

Bought mine June 28th 2003. It's B-day is in 2 days. Original owner. Now 46. Can't say my ins has gone up.

[Donald]

Latest stats courtesy of Bluerauder

Average Ages at MM Purchase ---

1st Owner = 48.5
2nd Owner = 37.9
3rd Owner = 36.1
4th Owner = 34.0
5th Owner = 29.0


I observed that secondary buyers get younger and my neighbor posits:

Depreciation = low vehicle cost. The aftermarket for go fast parts is loaded with inexpensive parts. The engine will go 2 to 3 hundred thousand miles with regular maintenance. And of course, they're huge, not some little s**t box.

[FreddieH]

First owner since 6-23-2003, 12 years 4 days ago. Bought when I was 43.