My wife and I were in the market for a new car, she wanted a two seater, I didn't care. So she did her research and decided on the Infiniti G35 coupe or the Nissan 350z. We went to dealerships and private owners and looked and looked but she couldn't find anything that jumped out and grabbed her.

We drove by a Chrysler dealer and decided to check out some fairly new G's and Z's they had on their used lot. "Ragged out" is the term I used when I looked at them and they still wanted mid-upper 20's. The salesman mentioned they had several 2006 X-fire's that were still brand new and I was like yeah, sure let me just empty my life savings and buy a car. (We're not the riches folks on the block but granted we're not standing in the soup line either) The salesman is like "No, wait we're running a steal on them". OK, show me one.

We walk over and immediately the Mrs. is struck by the appearance of the Alabaster Limited Conv. sitting there. "Take it for a spin" ... didn't have to tell me twice. I sat down, fired her up, and off we went. Drove through a little bit of big city traffic for a about a mile (stop and go) then we hit the freeway and off we went. I was amazed at the gumption the 215 hp V6 had and I believe that's when the smile appeared on my face. I hit a small curvy road to check the stability and the smile go bigger. Got back to the dealership and the smile quickly turned back to reality. I've been a subscriber to Motor Trend and Automobile mags. for several years and I remember back when the X-Fire originally came out and knew the price tags that came with them so I was gearing up for heartbreak when he told us the price.

$27,000

The smile came back.

We've had it for a couple of weeks now, the smile is still on my face. I even find myself going to the window at home and looking out at it.

I love that car.