OK, I see two ways to look at this:

I can buy a beater, and keep the new car in the garage for half of the year. This will keep it safe from possible winter damage. But then, who is to say that some idiot won't run a stop sign and hit me in July?

Or I can drive it and enjoy it for all of the year, with the risks involved.

I personally prefer to be in the car, not pass by it in the garage. That is why I bought it in the first place. I had similar conversations when I bought the first 1991 Dodge Stealth in this area (I was the #2 Crossfire buyer). But I drove that car every day for over 10 years, and put on 185.000 miles without any real problems. And I really enjoyed that car. It was the same with my 1973 Mustang Mach I. The cars I have really liked, I kept a long time. The cars that were just "OK" were gone in a few years.

I expect to have the Crossfie a long time!

So I guess I will be getting some snow tires and rims.

I guess I am just not one of those people that says "My other care is a Crossfire....