Keep your car.

Rock Auto is your friend. 

I’ve long thought you produced the best writing on this site, but your use of the British art of the understatement paired with a British car is brilliant.

Iirc this interior was dated the moment it was penned. You have to want a small navigation screen with limited features set deep into a plastic dash wirh clunky plastic knobs.

Finally, something worth the asking price.

the gold paint is a rare color.

Pretty much my thought, so many Ford emblems look like crap after a few years, they fade horribly.

Seeing how as the chrome peels and the blue color lifts and fades, ford should just ship the trucks without badges. Nix the holes on the tailgate which is just a paint failure point.

This is why the Buick Encore exists. 

As a former fleet guy who had Journeys, any price over free is asking to much.

My brother’s first Corolla GTS had 375k miles on it.

Both cooler and cheaper (by far) than a RZR, though without nearly the off-road capability. Easy NP for me.

You’d be surprised how many on here do not know how NP/ND works..

This is a NP.

Looking at some comps, I think this is close to a nice price. To get a 2003 for significantly less than this one you have to look at Marauders with a lot more miles and in rougher overall condition. I’d offer $17,500 and go from there. $19,500 seems a bit high, but the seller did say OBO.

You’re missing the point though. A person that wants a Marauder doesn’t want to settle for just another Panther. This is a Marauder; not a Grand Marquis, not a Crown Victoria, not a Town Car. A Marauder. Sure, most people see a Marauder and see a blacked out Marquis. But not Marauder fans.

I think Marauders are cool as shit, but I’m not sure they have a “break you in half” mentality. They weren’t particularly fast when new (slower than a contemporary V6 Accord).  To me, these were a bit like a Harley Davidson.  More about the aura than the performance.

You could get a Grand Marquis for <$5k, but I don’t think you could ever get a halfway decent Marauder for that cheap.

Using my current market algorithm (“about twice what I’d expect to pay for it”) this asking price seems to fall right about where it should be.

Long time dealer here, we are not charging above sticker or tacking on tons of add-ons. On the new-car side, dealers have learned that it costs them allocations to have any new car sitting on the lot for more than a couple days. We have 48 hours to deliver a sold vehicle once it drops, so there are basically no new…