I stumbled into owning a 2005 Crossfire convertible five years ago and it was love at first sight. I was lucky to find this forum shortly after and I've used it to diagnose some otherwise mysterious problems and perform some well known repairs before they became problems. But, the end of the road has arrived. My wife has never been a Crossfire fan and the time has come to accept the adage "Happy Wife, Happy Life" -- so the Crossfire has to go in order to make room for a car that suits her as well as me. The point of this post is to get some perspectives on a couple issues related to finding my Crossfire a new home:

1) When I got the car the hydraulics for the top did not work. I was told there was a leak somewhere and I always intended to fix it. I watched all the Top Hydraulics videos and figured I could do the work myself but it turned out that raising and lowering the top manually was so fast and easy I was never motivated enough to actually get around to it. At this point I need to move on from the Crossfire and do not have time to work on it so the question is, should I sell it the way it is, or pay someone to fix the top first?
2) The same sort of issue with the headlight lenses. They are pretty yellowed and I always meant to clean them up. I even bought the 3M kit to do it. But at this point I am wondering if should take the time to do it or just sell the kit with the car?
3) The Crossfire came to me via a convoluted inheritance chain so I did not buy it on the open market and have no idea where to sell it. Since this forum is dedicated to Crossfires I am hoping some folks who have actually bought and/or sold crossfires can tell me if there is anyplace I should list it other than just my local Facebook or whatever.

Any insights or suggestions on all three questions would be welcome!

andy


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