When I say "terrible handling" what I mean is "body roll". The cars set up is very soft and bounces around to much for me. It provides little feedback through the steering and as such does not make for an enjoyable roadster driving experience, espacially in the Lake District where the roads are just over 6ft wide and dry stone walls on both sides, or worse, a dry stone wall on one side and just a massive drop on the other.

Other people may think different about the handling but I guess it depends on the bench mark to which you are comparing it. It is well known that US spec cars typically have a softer set up than european cars, and compared to other roadsters I have owned in the past the crossfire has "terrible handling", my opinion! Other than that, for the price, the car has a good spec, and based on Mercedes engineering, is a good car. Just need to sort out the suspension.

Cheers,

Mike