My next car won't be a replacement for my Crossfire - that's my weekend toy and I absolutely love it. Took a nice drive along the coast today, top down of course (72 degrees here in SoCal today) and it was the only Crossfire I saw the whole time. 2 Maseratis, more Porsche 911s and Boxsters than you can shake a stick at, and the Ferraris were out in force today!! A handful of Bentleys and plenty of AMG Benzes as well. No matter though, all of those are out of my price range. I'm stickin' with the Crossfire for many, many years to come as my weekend toy.

The next car due for replacement will probably be my daily driver, a 2004 PT Cruiser Turbo that currently has just 51,000 miles on it (completely trouble free, I might add). With the Stage 1 upgrade and a few other bits I've outrun Mustang GTs on the strip with it (admittedly, Mustang GTs driven by fairly poor drivers, but hey, you don't win based on what the car should do, eh?) Crazy as it may sound, I'm seriously thinking about a Fiat 500 Abarth as a replacement for the PT, but I'm still enjoying the hell out of this car, it's long since paid for, and it runs like a top. So..... replacing it is likely a few years off.

I am prone to mood swings though, so when I do get to thinking about replacing the PT my mind runs to the following:

Fiat 500 Abarth as previously mentioned
Mustang GT
Lightly used Mercedes C300
Lightly used BMW 3 Series
Mazda 3
Used Jaguar S-Type R
VW GTI


Or I get really nutty and start thinking about something really old but very well cared for - an old Mercedes SL or a BMW E30, maybe even a late '80s Saab 900 Turbo or a Porsche 944.

Basically though, all this can be summed up quite simply: Hell if I know!!!