I know exactly what you mean. My Crossfire is really just my weekend toy and as such the 6 speed manual and convertible top were must haves for me. Of course the weather is much nicer here in SoCal (except for the rain today but, hey, it's the first real rain in about 9 months so who's to complain???) so I've put about 3,500 miles on mine in 4 months. Probably 3,400 of those have been top down.