"offroadkarter" (04RauderDTR)
09/26/2013 at 00:51 • Filed to: ebay, mercury, marauder, ebays, panther, FOTE
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"offroadkarter" (04RauderDTR)
09/26/2013 at 00:51 • Filed to: ebay, mercury, marauder, ebays, panther, FOTE | 0
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If I had a Jay Leno sized car collection, I'd buy it just to remember what my car looked like before I owned it.... New...
I have seen quite a few low mile marauders pop up for sale in recent years, one was a dark toreador red 2004 with 400 miles on it that was sold, then bought back by the guy who sold it, then offered for sale again. One of my friends picked up a 12,000 mile car which I got to drive a few weeks ago. I'm not sure what kind of person bought this car and let it sit, and sit, and sit, thinking it'd go up in value.
I know some people out there don't like when others hoard cars and never drive them, after all cars are meant to be driven right? I like when a few people keep low mileage examples of unique cars, so 10-15, even 50 years down the road when these examples are still around we can look back and say "Remember when those were new?" This car reminds me when I first saw the Marauder in person, a black and a silver 04, both with spoilers, on the new car lot in 2005 (oh yeah, hot sellers). Now most of these cars I see either out in the wild, or even some that come to panther meets, are just ragged out high mile shit boxes. Its like they were all police interceptors for all these years!
Thats why whenever I come across a real low mile clean car like this one, it makes me happy to know theirs still a few out there that are still a good representation of what these cars were like off the lot.
I don't really think this car is worth just under 30 grand, realistically speaking its probably more in the 20-23 range. Maybe someone will buy it, who knows, theirs an ass for every seat. I'm just glad to know that some clean examples will live on, as I rack up the miles on my car and enjoy it for what it was meant to do. Burn gas and haul ass.
Squid
> offroadkarter
09/26/2013 at 02:16 |
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When I was a tech, there was a guy who would bring his Marauder in, he had it heavily cammed to the point of needing to feather the throttle or else it would die at idle. Man that car sounded mean. I've always had a thing for the Marauder, can't beat the N/A version of the Cobra motor and rear air springs. A while back I was trying to find one to buy, but like you said they were all high mileage shit boxes. I was kind of disappointed that there weren't many nice ones for sale.
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offroadkarter
> Squid
09/26/2013 at 02:49 |
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When I bought my car, it was literally one of two for sale in the state of NJ, back in the summer of 2007. The first one I looked was a job 1 2003 black marauder, with 24k miles on it. It was owned by an 84 year old man who ran a red light and got T boned in it, causing him to lose his license. the front, rear, and pass side of the car looked good, the drivers side had a billion scratches on it, some of them deep gouges. The dealer wouldn't come down on the price any more than 400 dollars, so I passed, and ended up with my fully loaded 04 in red which had 30k miles on it at the time, and I haven't looked back.
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> offroadkarter
09/26/2013 at 05:33 |
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Wait you own a Marauder?
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offroadkarter
> Goshen, formerly Darkcode
09/26/2013 at 11:41 |
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