Like all cars, there's good and bad. The good, there's no better looking car for the price. Reliability is as good as any other car. I use mine as a dd all year around and have no problem in New York City snow on the stock Contis which by the way have nearly 50,000 miles on them. I don't consider using premium either a positive or a negative. If you're worried about the extra 25 cents a gallon then the Crossfire isn't the car for you.

The bad...parts are getting tougher to get. Chrysler doesn't seem to make many body parts so if you're hit most likely the car will be totaled. And yes, the car can be expensive to service. Oil changes cost me about $80 and I do them myself. Eight quarts of Mobil 1 but then most cars use at least six so the difference is only about $25 and that's every 7000 miles or so. I'd stay away from the 2004 models since they seem to have some first year problems that the later models don't, especially if you're going for the manual.

No matter what you decide, good luck.