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Imagine a Mercury Grand Marquis Universe!

What if you were to turn on your TV in 1997 to find that every facet of reality had been changed to have some connection with the Mercury Grand Marquis? We're a little puzzled about the cops pulling over a Grand Marquis so they could drive it- do...

12:30 PM on Fri Nov 23 2007, by Murilee Martin, 728 views, Comment

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis For $15,000?

Sometimes you look at the price of a car for sale and you ask yourself, "Is that a pretty good deal, or would I have to be smoking the rock to pay that much?" That's what Nice Price Or Crack Pipe is all about, and we're going to follow up...

8:00 AM on Tue Nov 18 2008, by Murilee Martin, 2,196 views, Comment

Firefighters Apparently Missed Dead Woman Towed Away

When we first reported on the sad story of a dead woman towed away with the car she died in, reports seemed to indicate that the first responders knew that there was a dead woman at the scene. According to the LA Times, not so much. In fact, it...

1:00 PM on Wed Dec 19 2007, by Matt Hardigree, 990 views, Comment

Commenter Of The Day: Marquis of Pombal Edition

For much of the mid-18th century there was no more powerful figure in Portugal than the Marquis of Pombal. He was tough. Really tough. He was perhaps the first person in the world to have a restraining order drawn up against him (the Queen wanted...

5:40 PM on Fri Oct 3 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 967 views, Comment

Old Woman Drives Car Into DMV, No One Cares

As much as we hate waiting in line at the DMV, we usually just bring along a book and an iPod to pass the time. We're guessing 80-year-old Therese M. Smith didn't have an iPod, which is why she drove her 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis (the official...

4:30 PM on Thu Feb 15 2007, by Matt Hardigree, 249 views, Comment

Coming to America in the Grille of a Grand Marquis

The above title sounds like a throwaway line from a crumpled page in Bruce Springsteen's circular file, but it actually happened last Friday at a border checkpoint in Calexico. Agents became suspicious when the driver of the '91 Mercury acted...

12:45 AM on Fri Feb 23 2007, by Davey G. Johnson, 749 views, Comment

The Mercury Cougar's Amazing Sequential Turn Signals

We were reminded of the incredible goodness of the three-stage sequential turn signals used by late-60s/early-70s Mercury Cougars after seeing the '73 Cougar DOTS car a week ago, so a little digging on the Tube That Is You and voila! The mechanism...

6:00 PM on Tue Jul 31 2007, by Murilee Martin, 872 views, Comment

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $15,500 For A 1989 Mercedes-Benz 420SEL?

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe Time is with us once more, following up on the $15,000 '78 Mercury Grand Marquis (which 60% of you felt ought to steam straight to Booth Numbah Two for the crack pipe) with another car for 15 grand. Actually, this '89...

8:00 AM on Mon Nov 24 2008, by Murilee Martin, 2,354 views, Comment

Who's The Greatest Driver Of All Time?

Hands down its our friend Rob. He never competed in any sanctioned races or drove a car that cost more than $1,200, but we've seen him do things that no pro could even dream of. Like jumping from the driver's seat to the back seat in order to...

12:45 PM on Thu Jul 26 2007, by Jonny Lieberman, 1,867 views, Comment

It's a Depreciation Party!

We suppose that we've never considered resale value, as we tend to drive cars until they're very broken and then ditch them. But for people who trade them in, depreciation is a huge factor. The Forbesies, in conjunction with the heads at kbb.com...

6:30 PM on Mon Mar 19 2007, by Davey G. Johnson, 3,868 views, Comment