Being a weekend toy it was very important to me that my Crossfire have a manual gearbox, so I chose a Limited Roadster over an SRT6. I moved to the Crossfire from a Miata, which is not a powerful car by any stretch of the imagination, but rather a lightweight and great handling sports car. I've since had the Crossfire on track at Buttonwillow and it did an amazing job of lapping very quickly while giving me the added pleasure of selecting my own gears, heel and toe downshifting, etc. Never a balk or stumble, never a missed shift (something I couldn't say about the Miata).

On public roads you can't always drive a fast car as fast as you'd like, and on some of the very tight and twisty canyon roads around here you can't make use of all the power offered by the SRT6. I once read that it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than it is to drive a fast car slow. An accurate statement if you ask me!