Originally Posted by Blaiseshimmer

I've had nothing but compliments for my Scarlet, ranging from 'it's too pretty' to gorgeous and everything inbetween.

My favorite is from a sweet lady easily pushing the century mark who had her great (perhaps more) grandson translate to me (thinking I did not speak spanish) that my red car reminded her of an egg...a garnet-encrusted Faberge egg...that she had once seen in a museum. THAT, to me, will always mean more than what some car 'experts' say.

And as for the Crossfire-as-a-firearm-reference, I always think either of the Stevie Ray Vaughn song. Or as this Forbes article puts it ( http://www.forbes.com/2004/07/12/cz_jf_0712featB.html), it's 'a cool name for a cool car'.