Help me out here. There's a back alley car lot by my parent's house that I was driving past today and noticed that they have several 2007-2009 Grand Marquis for sale.Fairly low miles. About 1800-2000 depending on year/mileage. I might buy one (but probably not). My real question is why are they all that burgundy-red situation? They seem way too clean for former taxis. They're not black so probably not limo service. Definitely not police cruisers. Other county and city vehicles are white. They basically look like something anyone could have picked up from a ford dealer 10 years ago. Any thoughts?
RevRico
SuperDork
6/13/17 4:57 p.m.
08-11 was when they were fleet purchase only, all the vics anyway.
Mercury should all be civilian cars, at least I've yet to see a non civilian mercury.
I've never seen a fleet Grand Marquis, unless you count some of the ancient taxis that run around my small town, and they weren't bought new as fleet vehicles.
They are all burgundy because that's what half blind, half dead octogenarians like.
Probably low mileage examples picked up from the elderly. Definitely a good cruiser that is will run forever. I used to buy engines from these all the time with <30k for around $500. Was a lot cheaper than buying a complete Mustang 2V 4.6L for $2000 from a junkyard.
I'd buy that, but the fact that they are all identical color and identically appointed gives me pause. Maybe something a local Ford dealer had that they couldn't get ride of for...10 years? I dunno. It's probably not so serious, just caused a wrinkle in the mind brain.
Definitely fleet. Someone bought them all at auction when the fleet was done with them.
My guess is they were company cars for low-level execs in some big corporation. What industries are within a 250 mile radius of that location that might have that many on the board?
Insurance company, theme park, food manufacturer, Amazon, something like that.
My guess is taxi's that got a respray. There is a lot near me that buys them from the taxi company and paints them single color for better resale. Normally whatever color the painter had the most of.
Possibly cars owned by a state or local government for official non-law-enforcement use.
