Thread: Crossfire Limited First Week and First 500 miles Opinion
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Default Crossfire Limited First Week and First 500 miles Opinion
Car- 2005 XFire Limited, Automatic, 9000 miles, service date 10/06. Silver Blue color, Stock brakes, Stock Continental M/S tires- tread excellent.
Overall condition- excellent in my opinion.

My first drive opinion prior to purchase of my car- Wow what a nice vehicle for the $.
After one week and 500 hard driven miles testing its capablilities and mine- WOW what a NICE vehicle for the $ !!
  • Handling- picked up car with 9K miles on it. Front tire PSI 28 Rear 33. Drove it 6 days like this. Today put 32 PSI in fronts per door post PSI requirements, I don't like the handling as much. I really have to pay attention to the tracking/oversteer on the car. I may take tires back to 28/29PSI. Handling of car not as good as other rack/pinion sports cars I have owned, but is solid feeling. Bear in mind I am still learning HOW to drive my XFire.
  • Engine/drivetrain- Sweet between 3-4500 RPM after 4500 RPM in my opinion it is mostly noise. I really like to use it on mountain/curvy roads keeping the car between 3rd and 4th gears, awesome engine control very responsive. What an engine for its designed performance. I can only imagine what the SRT6 power is like. I am jealous.
  • Safety- AMEN. It has already made a believer out of me. Drove on Unfamiliar Double S turns at 50MPH, car built in safety features saved me from ditch. I would not have damaged the vehicle but would have been embarrassed, safety features worked as advertised AMEN.
  • Brakes- I need to bleed my brakes to see if the brake pedal stiffens up some. The brake dust is bad, but I don't get excited about a 'dirty' car, I buy a car to enjoy it not look at it. If the bleed does not improve pedal feel, I will put something different at least on the fronts.
  • Driver Seat- OUCH I have never had a car that actually hurt my right rear thigh but this one does, what is up with that? I read the driver seat comment from someone else, I did not believe them, I thought they were a wuss, but I am a believer now!
  • Cup Holder- no comment
  • Stereo- Infinity good system, if it is the same system for the convertible not enough power, but OK for the coupe.
  • Fit and finish- nice materials and parts, solid car.
  • Looks- I like it and so does all of my family and friends- don't see it everywhere.
  • MPG- 21 combo driving (hard) 28 hwy MPG 65-75 MPH. I am very happy with the MPG.
  • Insurance- best suprise of all, very reasonable for the type of vehicle it is.
  • Visibility and driver position- front view excellent. Rear view good looking thru the mirrors, bad backing up due to blindspots.
In summary I believe the XFire on the used market is the best buy available for a 'sporty' two seater. If we owners really like this car we need to talk it up. If reliability continues to be good as it has since the vehicle introduction- pricing should stablize on the used market. We as owners of the vehicle have a lot to do with pricing on the used market, if we give them away then the price is going to be driven down. If we hold our pricing the price will stabilize. Unless the car really isn't any good..... I doubt that.

I hope this is my longest post I ever place on this site, thanks for reading.

What do you think?


 
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