On June 28th 2003 I was at a Maryland Chrysler dealership trading my Pt Cruiser Ltd for a GT Cruiser. I had never seen or heard of the Crossfire. As I was waiting to hear if my offer was accepted I wandered around the showroom and sitting there was probably one of the most beautiful cars I'd ever seen. It had a window sticker on it that said $37,000 FIRM. "Would you like to sit in it?" Duh.....I fell in love with the car but no way I could afford it, no way I could explain that to my wife other than the fact that back then the Crossfire came with Louis Vittan custom fit luggage. That might be a selling point I thought! I drove home in my new GT Cruiser but I never forgot the Crossfire. Over the course of the next few years it kept gnawing at me, I had to have a Crossfire. In the fall of 2004 I started "shopping". No one would cut me a deal. It broke my heart because the more I saw the car the more I wanted one.
Finally in July of 2005 one of my kids friends became a salesman at a Chrysler dealership in Rockville. He made a deal I couldn't walk away from. Normally at the two year mark I am looking at what is next. I can happily say this car is a keeper. I just got a set of wheels for it and I can't wait til spring to put them on.
A side note. I've owned 4 Z cars and a Corvette and a few other high performance vehicles. I didn't buy the car for the power although it does pretty well in that department...I bought it because its one of the most unique, beautiful cars on the road. Almost 3 years into it and I still have people stopping me and asking about it. By the way last fall we bought a 2004 C240 and you can really tell the Mercedes touches in the Crossfire, the engines even look identical except for the covers. Great car and so much fun to own!
Pat