Originally Posted by maxxm
Much better; thanks. 
You hit a home run with this one, IMHO.
Like you, I have also had two. Ordered an Alabaster/Cedar '04 when they first came out in '03, and then traded it for the '05 SRT-6 in 2005 when sales first started going squirrelly thanks to Chrysler's bumbling marketing incompetence. Probably paid too much for the first, but did very well when I traded it for the second. The Crossfire is definitely the best automotive bargain out there today.
Your proposed Crossfire + Lotus combination makes a lot of sense if you can justify having the room for two two-seat fun sports cars (as several members of this forum already do). They're still making Lotuses, but the Crossfire has been discontinued. So which one would a rational buyer get first? We know because we've already done it! 
Yes, I think the Crossfire makes an excellent segue to a second purchase whether it be a "family car", an SUV or a second sports car like a Z or a Lotus. What is attractive about the Crossfire/Lotus combination is that right now, the Crossfire resale price is low (for those considering the purchase of a used) and the Lotus retail price is about half of comparable cars like the Carrera. By going that route, you have two great cars, and by alternating them you are putting fewer miles on each as opposed to putting all miles one car, like a Carrera on which you will have put 100,000 miles within three years rendering it essentially worthless.