I hate to say this, but price was the biggest factor for me. I always liked the look of the crossfire, but until I saw that chrysler was offering big money to move these cars, I completely forgot they existed. I had been thinking of replacing my 06 GTI with a 350z or Z4 coupe when my lease was up. I know I could buy a used z for a price I could afford, but the Z4 coupe was what I really wanted. But they were both too rare and too expensive around my parts to find one. And then about 6 months before my lease was up, I found a really decent deal on my 08 crossfire, so jumped at it.

It's been an interesting experience. It attracts attention like no other due to its provocative looks, but it's a very sedate vehicle to drive. I think I would have been a little happier with the Z4, truth be told, but the crossfire really is a fantastic car for a daily driver. The benefit of the aged crossfire power and drivetrain is that it's quite reliable. And for a daily driver, that's something very important to me. I briefly looked at a previous generation M3 prior to investigating the crossfire, and I just couldn't wrap my head around needing to adjust the valves on the M. I'm happy that the crossfire is pretty much a regular car with a great design to it. I really do wish the SRT6 cars were available in a manual transmission--I would really have loved to get one of those with the proper transmission.

The quirks and weird aspects of this car is part of what makes the crossfire so endearing.