$95 oil changes is just a factor of 8 quarts of 0W40 motor oil. Comes with the territory. Tires are expensive too by the way, so is the power steering fluid and probably the darn plugs. Any car with 0W40 requirements, 19" Z rated tires, you're going to have the same cost issues, this isn't a Honda Accord, try closer to a Honda S2000.

As for poor dealer service, go look for a good dealer.

My dealer is exceptional and Chrysler's support behind the Crossfire was clearly visible to me when I had a stumper of a problem when I took delivery.

Both the dealership, the regional Chrysler office and DCX headquarters in Detroit and Germany stepped up to the bat and I now have a great car that I'm enjoying.

Phones were ringing, mechanics were working and bottomline, car is working perfectly and they subsidized my inconvenience when I was without the Crossfire.

Hell, my mechanic got a call from Germany!

My first car was an Eagle Vision TSi, I've since had 2 different 300Ms, and now I have 3 Chryslers in my driveway as you can make out in my user icon, my current '01 300M, '04 Pacifica and '04 Crossfire.

You can betcha that an '05 300 Hemi V8 will be on that driveway next year too.

Have I encountered problems with the cars, heck yeah, show me a car that never has problems and I'll show you either a really boring car or might I interest you in a bridge.

Are they perfect? No, Can DCX be better? Of course. Like give us a better radio display, get a better Web site for DCFS and get those stock prices back up.

But they have great design spirit, one of the best human-machine interaction designed vehicles in the market and cars that work while stimulating the senses.

As with everything, some people will have good experiences and some will have bad ones. Comparisons are best made apples to apples and even then, sometimes it is just plain hard to compare.