Hi everyone!!!
First off let me introduce myself. My name is Jeff I am 36, married and I am originally from Baltimore but living up here in NJ now in the West Trenton area right at the NJ/PA line. I am new to this forum and Chryslers in general but not new to racing or hotrodding cars or even UBB forums for that matter, I am actually a mod on
www.c5forum.com. I have racing and working on cars since I was a kid. My current hot rod that is actually getting traded in on the Crossfire is a 2003 Z06 that has a hair over 500HP now that I have tinkered with it. Custom ground cam and tuning, intake, exhaust, yadda yadda. Before that was a 1999 Supercharged GTP that was putting out about 350HP did all the good stuff to that one too. To be honest, I am tired and bored with the Vette and have started to dislike the ride somewhat even though it is a great car. I mean how do you talk about a car that you love but have grown to dislike some annoyances with it without making the whole car sound bad, when it really isnft? I guess I am more bored with it and the whole racer thing has just passed me by at this point. I guess the turning point was when I finally got a Jeep last year. I always wanted a CJ when I was growing up and now that I have the Wrangler I have found my true calling, the outdoors and four wheeling. To me itfs much more fun than spending a day at the track, not that I donft enjoy that, just not every weekend now, maybe once or twice a year. I just want a cool car that is nice to ride in, still sporty for those times I do want to push it and can take it out somewhere with the wife or even just let her drive it by herself.
Anyway back on track. I have always liked the Crossfirefs looks since day one. I love the whole art deco thing and this car to me just screams art deco and I love it!!! Well I finally took a test drive in one two days ago, since we started getting serious about trading the Vette in on something a little more comfortable. We both loved it. I canft tell you how much better the interior is than the Vette and how much more comfortable it is just to be in the car in general. There isnft anything about the car that I can say that I donft like after the test drive, well other than the apparent lack of HP, but that is compared to a car with over twice the HP. But from what I have been reading, there are mods to bump it up a little. I do like the auto stick however I am curious as to how an auto gets better MPG than a stick.
I am looking at actually picking one up in the next week or so and have decided not to wait for the SRT-6 and want a coupe. I liked the 04 just as it was.
I do have a few questions that have come up when doing some reading here and from past experiences tweaking cars.
I think that is it for now. I hope I didnft upset anyone with the typical noob questions. I will definitely read more as time allows!