Okay...here is the whole story (see picture Gallery for pics):

So my dealer was in West Texas and I live in Austin. I flew out and drove the car back for 6 hours. It was great the dealer picked me up from the airport, we went and had breakfast (my treat for him putting together such an awesome deal) and then we went back to the dealership--I could hardly stand it any more. I think the last time I was this excited was when I was 10 yrs old at Christmas!

We got to the dealership and they had it detailed and roped off on the showroom floor. It was incredible--I felt like a celebrity the entire time I was there. Everyone was coming up to me and congratulating me, the GM spent almost the entire time with me. We pulled it off the show room floor (keep in mind this is on a Sat which is super busy at a car dealer) and the whole place just came to a standstill--gosh that was weird.) I took it around the block for a "test spin" . I knew that it was going to be something else, because as we pulled off, heads were turning faster than I could count them.

We get back to the dealership and pull it under the entry in front and within seconds the entire lot of people had migrated over to the car (DON'T TOUCH!) to stare at it. I felt weird having all of those people stare as if I were some kind of celeb (only analogy I can think of when it comes to the attention you get with this car.) We were going over the car and everyone just gathered around like some kind of circus--it was hard to pay attention to my salesperson telling me about the Crossfire. I wrapped up everything, and got in and started her up and drove off back to Austin--the people moved away like the parting of the Red Sea. It was SUCH a FUN experience the whole time.

I made my way back to Austin (6 hours of getting to know my new baby--it was GREAT quality time.) As I started to get into the city the people were breaking their necks to get a look at the car. People would speed up and pull along side to stare (it really makes you feel weird--do you look over or play cool and ignore??) This one guy alomst wrecked his car going over the center line into the other lane because he was looking back and not ahead! As I pulled into the Austin proper, it only got worse--MUCH worse. 90% of the people going by were pointing, head turning sppeding up to get along side, just incredible. This is in a town where BMW's, Mercedes and every other expensive car is a dime a dozen. I could go on and on about the stares.

I came home and picked up the wife and we took it for a drive and to go eat. This is when it gets fun. We pull into this shopping/eating area where there are a ton of resturants w/ out door patios. I'm not kidding you it seemed as though EVERYONE stopped what they were doing and looked over as we passed by (slow becuase we are in a parking lot.) Then as if by a miracle there was a spot open RIGHT UP FRONT(next to handicap one--plenty of space). Well that was it. About 10 people came from the front waiting area before we even got out to stare at the car and ask questions. Then more came. We went inside and ended up getting a table outside--if I had a dollar for every person that looked at the car while we were eating, I'd be able to buy another Crossfire for cash. The people came to the table (that saw us pull up) and were asking "what king of car is that???" It's strange to say a Chrysler!

Anyway I know the story went long, but it's fun. Bottom line--if you don't have one get one! If you don't want attention--don't bother. Off to take the car out for Sunday Brunch--here we go again :lol: