Thank you for the offers!

A few things must first take place... For starters, I have to do battle with his insurance company. They haven't even contacted me yet (and likely won't) so it looks like I'll be filing with my company on Monday (A word of advice: don't wreck one day before a holiday!!!).

Then, I'll be out my deductible but at least I'll have my company to do the bidding. I have receipts of mods, more photos than they care to look at, and I'll also use the "average of all similar Crossfires" as a bargaining tool. Not to mention, we have to cover Kim's hospital visit and the two days of missed time from work (each).

Once the smoke clears on that, I will be buying my car back. I will begin a transfer of everything I can from the old car to the new one. As Dave mentioned, the SRT wing won't make the swap, but on the roadsters, I honestly prefer the motorized wing (gasp!), as it looks cleaner. The Crossfire roadster reminds me of a "baby-budget" SLS Roadster... long hood, short boot, a flip-spoiler that is invisible until deployed, and the two-tone interior. The coupe's motorized wing rides too high and leaves a hard edge after the back glass... when it's deployed, it looks like a duck tail. When it's tucked, the car brings back memories of Clarkson comments.

So the spoiler will soon be for sale. Christmas time's a-coming, you white coupes!!

The Startech steering wheel will be retained, and will be dyed to match the new ride. Since I'm likely doing the vanilla interior, I'll dye the wheel the slate color for easy maintenance.

The cedar interior from my old one was unharmed and will be up for sale. I will keep a few things (misc sensors) from the engine as a CYA stash in case anything breaks on the new one. Wheels were unharmed but I'm still trying to determine the direction I want to take the new roadster. For now, I'll keep them and you might see these up for sale soon. Still on the fence about that one. Tail lights, rear fascia, hatch... all available if needed.

Now for the replacement... After my old car has been purchased, parted out, and crushed... I will be looking to hop into an Alabaster/Vanilla roadster.

Transmission is still debatable, but I'm heavily leaning towards an automatic this time. In 2009 when I bought the manual, we didn't have paddle shifters and TCU mods. Plus, Kim will be able to drive the auto so that's a plus.

As for my "wish list" on the car... under 50K on the clock is desirable. I've found two different Alabaster/Vanilla roadsters with mid 20's and mid 30's for mileage, and they're $15K and $18K, respectively. No way I'm paying $18,000 for the '05.

If I can find the said combo with mileage below 50K miles and the interior is in GREAT shape, I could swing $16K but that's my max. Navigation is not necessary; I never once used it in my old one.

Wheels/tires aren't important either as I will be replacing those in short order.

I found one in Washington that seems perfect, but it's a haul to get it back here.

2005 Chrysler Crossfire Limited, $15,500 - Cars.com

I would likely look into getting it transported as I don't want to drive a roadster over the Rocky Mountains in December.

But before I get too excited, I must first close the chapter on my old one.