300a's

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mpearce said:
Ok, Ive seen this posted a bunch of times...but the numbers really don't do anything for me.

I have a 2004, 300A.

I have charcoal interior, a moonroof, heated seats, a CD changer, and heated mirrors.

So where does my number fit?

If I ever tell people how many of my specific car were built, I use 1 of 1,236.

-Mat
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You take the least common denominator if you're looking for rarity.
You have a black 2004, there were 1235 others like that for 2004 so you have 1 of 1236.

You have a CD changer, 841 others had that too for 2004, so you are 1 of 842.

You have heated seats, 872 others had heated seats for 2004 so your car is one of 873 with heated seats.

So of all cars built EXACTLY like your car, your car is 1 of 842, so far.

What would need to be done to narrow that down would be to find out how many cars built with BOTH heated seats and CD changers, which would further narrow things down. Who knows, maybe all 842 CD changer cars had heated seats which wouldn't change a thing (no pun intended) or maybe your car is the ONLY one with those two... could be anything in between. (especially if you factured in charcoal interior as well, the more items used to narrow down the field, the better)


I got into this 'rarity' fetish a while back in the early 2000s when I discovered either my WS6 or my GTA is a "1 of 170 made" car. (I forget which one, I'd have to dig up the GM documentation I obtained supporting this)
 
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how can an 04 be a 300A , does it have the clock and the trunk release?





mpearce said:
Ok, Ive seen this posted a bunch of times...but the numbers really don't do anything for me.

I have a 2004, 300A.

I have charcoal interior, a moonroof, heated seats, a CD changer, and heated mirrors.

So where does my number fit?

If I ever tell people how many of my specific car were built, I use 1 of 1,236.

-Mat
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spider0102 said:
how can an 04 be a 300A , does it have the clock and the trunk release?
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2004 300As have mostly the same features as the 2003 300Bs. Reverted back to "A" at the beginning of the production year.
 
thanks ,now it makes sense.



MM03MOK said:
2004 300As have mostly the same features as the 2003 300Bs. Reverted back to "A" at the beginning of the production year.
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spider0102 said:
Thats cool !! have you heard of anyone doing that with an 03 300A ?
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If you check out the low miles thread this comes up.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showpost.php?p=359043&postcount=6
cyclopsram said:
My friend, just up the road and not a member here has a 03 300A with 210 miles....he bought it as a demo and it went into storage...starts it a couple times a year for a few minutes...it sits between a Checker Cab and a Lamborghini sumpthin...behind a International Cub tractor... :stupid:
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watching the IRL St Pete Grand Prix on espn, what unbelievable machines . 2 mpg ! 0-60 3 seconds.
 
TripleTransAm said:
You take the least common denominator if you're looking for rarity.
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At Marauderville III/WDC, Steve Babcock mentioned to me that the Blue MM with Light Flint interior was the rarest combination. He didn't have specific numbers; but from what I have seen it looks like about a 60% Charcoal to 40% Light Flint split. So, I estimate:

Blue MM with Charcoal interior @ 197
Blue MM with Light Flint Interior @ 131

Give or take !!!! :D
 
TripleTransAm said:
You take the least common denominator if you're looking for rarity.
You have a black 2004, there were 1235 others like that for 2004 so you have 1 of 1236.

You have a CD changer, 841 others had that too for 2004, so you are 1 of 842.

You have heated seats, 872 others had heated seats for 2004 so your car is one of 873 with heated seats.

So of all cars built EXACTLY like your car, your car is 1 of 842, so far.

What would need to be done to narrow that down would be to find out how many cars built with BOTH heated seats and CD changers, which would further narrow things down. Who knows, maybe all 842 CD changer cars had heated seats which wouldn't change a thing (no pun intended) or maybe your car is the ONLY one with those two... could be anything in between. (especially if you factured in charcoal interior as well, the more items used to narrow down the field, the better)
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Ok...now this makes more sense to me. The way the numbers are posted makes it seem like there were X amout of Marauders made that came with just that option. You can narrow mine down even further beause I have a moon roof. My vin starts with 2MMHM, and I believe those numbers were the moon roof cars I think?

My 04, 300A does not have a full size spare, does not have a gas door release, does not have map pockets on the front seats, and does not have the in dash clock, my clock is in my radio. I guess 2 clocks would be a little redundant, right?

Anyway...thanks for the clarification 3TA.

-Mat
 
mpearce said:
Ok...now this makes more sense to me. The way the numbers are posted makes it seem like there were X amout of Marauders made that came with just that option. You can narrow mine down even further beause I have a moon roof. My vin starts with 2MMHM, and I believe those numbers were the moon roof cars I think?

My 04, 300A does not have a full size spare, does not have a gas door release, does not have map pockets on the front seats, and does not have the in dash clock, my clock is in my radio. I guess 2 clocks would be a little redundant, right?

Anyway...thanks for the clarification 3TA.

-Mat
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The rarest denominator of all is the moon roof. My 04 DTR has all the factory options and the roof. Maybe someday we can find out how many 04s were produced with the roof. For now I'm 1 of 980, minus attrition.
 
I guess 2 clocks would be a little redundant, right?



-Mat[/QUOTE]


Matt - The 2003 300a only had the in dash clock.
The 2003 300b had the clock programed into the radio.
 
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