Originally Posted by buggy4crossfires
Hey Glen just checked my records and I did indeed only put the Rotex Gold pads on the front brakes. This was done on 7/3/07 @ 5,220 miles. The rotors were resurfaced at the same time as the pads were replaced as this was considered to be the best way of reducing the squeel which is typical. So in the first 28 months I had the car I only drove it 5,220 miles. From 7/3/07 till the date I gave the car back (4/8/08) I put on the balance of the miles it had when I turned it in 8,732. Most of those miles came between 2/9/08 and 4/8/08 when my new car put the Crossfire out of the garage and I began to use it most every day. I'll try and contact you this weekend to fill you in on the other details of my ownership. In checking my records though I can tell you it was never in the dealership for anything other than an oil change or the factory cooling fan recall (other than the above mentioned brake pad install). Talk to you this weekend.
Hey, that's great- thanks for the detailed info- makes me feel much more comfortable with the purchase. You may or may not have seen my other post (in this sub-forum) about the used car lot putting in 5w-30 oil rather than 0w-40. Although even if I took it into Chrysler to get the oil changed- chances are they don't stock the rare 0w-40 variety.
Thank you kindly for taking such good care of it. It's great to know it's possible to buy a clean used car. Granted I don't know how the previous owner drove it however it still looks quite clean and other than the VERY minor ding in the passenger side door the paint looks perfect. I can't even find a single hairline scratch. That's rare, especially on black!
I just wish I could have caught you when you were selling off your add-ons. I'm interested in picking up a wind visor, and tow cover (very cool find btw, you got it from VW?). Also how was the install on the rear diffuser under the bumper? Did it install using pre-existing holes or did new ones have to be drilled? I ask because I've entertained the idea of swapping it out to my SRT-6, however it looks like it's attached with adhesive as well, in which case I'll leave it alone. Btw, that's a rare mod- but looks great!