The resaon I chose a crossfire is a combination of brand loyalty, parental requirements, and some subliminal messaging.

I'll start off with my brand loyalty: It started out with my father and his first car, a 68 Dodge Charger which he got when he was around the age of 16 or 17. Basically this was the car that he exercised his adolecence in pushing the limits of youthful invincibility. Then a couple of years later he was forced to get rid of the car because of me. Kids and muscle car according to my mother didn't seem to follow the same path. However he was able to talk her into getting rid of his V8 Charger for a 6 cylinder Trans Am (Go Figure???). Luckily the the Charger was sent to my uncle, so it stayed in the family. There was one stipulation though, that being that when I turned 18 I was to recieve the Charger back so that I could test my youthful invincibility. Sadly the Charger lived the majority of those 18 years outside in close proximity to the Jersey shore and it didn't fare too well (It still starts but there is alot of body rot). So that birthday came and went and my muscle mopar sits undrivable, as for my driving experience goes, I learned to drive in a 86 Jeep Cherokee, which was traded up for a 91 Jeep Cherokee, I drove my moms 99 Chrysler Sebring convetible to prom, and as far as I can remember the majority of my lifetime had a chrysler vehicle in the driveway. So the odds to get another Chrysler vehicle was kinda stacked.

In regards to parental requirements: I was drving a 99 TL that I had recieved as a family hand-me down, It was peppy and sleek looking in my opinion (Take into account that I had been primarily drivng older Jeeps previously). I had the car for about a year when I was involved in a head on collision with an SUV (Old Lady thought she could make a left hand turn while I was going the opposite way). Long story short I walked away with minor bumps and bruises and my mom swears that the airbags saved me from a more serious fate. At that time most of our cars in our home fleet weren't equipped with airbags so come a couple months later everything without airbags had to go. I ended up driving an 01 Buick LeSabre Custom as a temp car and driving t made me feel almost three time my age. I'm in my mid 20's and everybody else that drove Buicks seemed to be in their 60's or older. After a short period of complaints to my folks they agreed to help me buy something a little more age appropriate with the requirements being a price cap and it had to have airbags. I ended up searching for Japanese cars at first out of love and respect for my TL, I looked at TLs, 350Z, G35s. Then my folks took me to our local Chrysler dealership to look for a car for my sister (Ended up getting a Caliber), and on their used lot they had a G35, a Solstice, and a Black SRT6, not to mention a plethora of new Challengers. The only problem with the Challengers were that I could afford only an SE model and that didn't sit well with me (Putting a V6 in something that tuff looking is an oxymoron). I sat in the Solstice but it felt too cramped inside, then I sat in the G35 and didn't like some of it's button placement or the abridged backseat. Lastly I came to the Crossfire which had seen better times, it didn't start, had some interior damage and the driver rear quarter had been in an accident. But it still looked and felt the best out of all three, I ended up not buying it but I knew from that point on that I would own one eventually. Speed, Looks, Exclusivity, Value, What else is needed?

In regards to subliminal messaging, my father is a big Celine Dion fan and everyday for five years straight his CD alarm clock woke everybody up with the song "Drove All Night" (The Crossfire Commercial Song). I'm pretty sure that was the biggest contributing factor in my decision for a X-fire!!!

The main reason I chose an SRT6 over a NA X-fire was the 0-80 test blasts. (I'm just testing my youthful invincibility)