Owner age spread
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WhatsUpDOHC
MM.net Village Idiot
2nd owner of the SB, 8/10/10. 48 yo
2nd owner of the Blk, 11/22/12. 51 yo
2nd owner of the Blk, 11/22/12. 51 yo
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Marauderjack
Senior Member
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!!
Bought mine November 25, 2003.......had 4 miles on the ODO......now just a tick under 260,000 miles!!
Nightcrawler
Vortech'd
3th owner,my first Marauder.
CoreyM75
New member
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.
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
PoP-PoP 'RAUDER
Old timer
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
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
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Cosgrandmarquis
New member
Third owner, bought it last year when I was 20!
Bluerauder
CAMaraudin' in Virginia
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.
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.
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Donald
Contributing Member
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.
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.
