Originally Posted by knowit
Does anyone think the Solstice-Sky clones are any better? My neighbor paid over $30K for one a few months ago. Now let's look at this, $30K for albeit a hot looking car but with a Chevy Cobalt four cylinder wheezer engine. What do you think his trade in value is right now? $20K if he is lucky.
To be honest, if I had the cash and the space I would start buying up these Crossfires at these firesale prices. This is a fantastic car, we all know it. Bad service at Chrysler? Sure. There are lots of real good independent Merc tech shops out there. Go there when something breaks.
You have to be careful though when trying to take it to a shop that is not labeled right on the outside of the car even though it is on the inside.
Case in point: I have a 1972 Porsche 914 that needs to be serviced to get it running again. Well the 914 is a Porsche with VW internals. I called up a respected independent VW shop in my area and asked if he could work on it. The engine, tubing, etc. in the engine bay say VW (just like our Xfires with MB) but he says he can't work on it since it's a Porsche. After arguing through e-mails saying it's a VW engine and components he says he still won't work on it because it's a Porsche and he doesn't work on Porsche's. (He lost business so it's his own damn fault and btw on his site he serviced a Karmann-Ghia which has the same internals as my 914).
I can't see a shop not taking in a Chrysler but not all shops will play nice (as stated above) even if you fight tooth and nail saying that the components are a Benz. They'll just say they don't work on domestic cars and you're stuck trying to find another shop.