Originally Posted by todk64
Ah Hemmm. Errr Ah Hemmm. Sorry, just had to clear my throat.
I'd buy a Certified car with 3 years of warranty left on it from a well respected, family owned, SRT Certified, 5-star dealer that had been at the same location from 1962. And I'd make sure that the head SRT mechanic had been here for around 20 years and had taken all of the Crossfire training. Thats what my father did. Again, sorry, had to do it.
Unfortunately you are too far away. Dealing with a trade-in, long distance, is no fun. Especially when you only have a weekend to do it (or actually 1 day, because you guys don't work on Sunday).
The dealer with the new car I am dealing with meets the criteria. 5-star, long tenure with Chrysler, etc.
I found this used one, and thought for sure it would be significantly less than it is. Or thought it SHOULD be at least. Then again, there is a black SRT Roadster here that is listed at $35,999 with 9K miles on it also.
The used salesman said that they bought a lot of jeeps that had been sitting on a lot for 2 years and had all kinds of issues with them. Regardless of whether this is true or not, the Crossfire is far from a Jeep.
Tod, Have you all had any issues with your 'new' cars yet? I assume not...it seems that the engine troubles on XFires is pretty much non-existent to date. I'm sure there will be some failures once the car has been out a little longer, but it seems good for now.
SQ