Post #1, fellow MB owner here with an '05 C55 AMG. Been thinking about getting a second car for a while now (on a budget) but there's nothing that has really caught my interest. Looking at an older MK1 Audi TT and a first gen Mini Cooper S, but each of those has their downsides as well (age, maintenance, exterior and interior styling, etc). This second car I'm looking for must be sporty, intriguing, and manual trans.

Never really considered a Crossfire until I started looking at them because a guy at work has a red one. I've been doing some research today on this forum and it seems to be a pretty reliable car, having been an R170 chassis and M112 engine that's been refined over many years.

Aside from the body panel availability issues in a worst case scenario, I haven't seen anything else that's a real dealbreaker when it comes to maintenance or reliability. Anything I might need to look out for? Only looking at coupes, convertibles aren't for me and not really interested in a SRT either, that's what the C55 is for . Thanks