It is amazing how these threads go off topic.....

To 4amStudios:

I have to agree with deco in that you are pushing your finanaces to try to satisfy your desires at this time. You need to work on the other obligations first. It is a hard pill to swallow, but better than having to start over with a bankruptcy on your credit file for the next seven years.... Your time will come. Just do it the right way!!!

Chrysler is looking at a nice target market - who wouldn't want that one??? But it is hardly realistic, based on the members of this forum. By AZ's poll, 70% of the owners use this as a daily driver, myself included. The ages and male to female ratios are probably not that far off. The younger owners just have a more adult taste for their age, and the older drivers still have a youthful spirit! I think their real mistake is in the income catagory. I will admit that I make a good buck, based on the fact that I just had to pay a whopper of a tax bill, but I don't think it is necessary to be in that tax bracket to afford this car. I think it is more of a desire by Chrysler to want that demographic, which is probably why the marketing of this car has been such a disaster.... Let get real - how many humidors and fancy wine glasses have been sold to the owners of this car??? :lol: I don't know about the rest of you, but I eat my Frosted Flakes in the morning, drink Dr. Pepper with lunch, and spend 9-10 hours at work, five or six days a week. I can afford this car because my kids are gone, my house is almost paid for, and the work I put into building my business is paying off. Plus this is a $55K SLK being sold with a different body for $35K. That, to me, makes it a deal...

Oh God, another 10,000 word essay. Sorry.