Thanks guys.

It's strange, because before I ever was a Crossfire owner, I wanted a Graphite SRT Coupe. They were simply, in 2009, out of reach.

I bought the white one because it contained everything a SRT didn't have: white paint, manual trans, and gorgeous interior, and an $11,000 price tag. I made it work, and made a beauty of it. A slow beauty, but a beauty. It gave me keys to a Crossfire, my Crossfire -- the access to a scarce car that provided a great deal of enjoyment and conversation over the years. I learned a lot in owning it.

I love this SRT because it does everything the N/A could only dream of. In respect for whitey I would like to say I traded style for function... but based on the rubber-necks I got on the drive home, that simply isn't so.

It's quite different, the attitudes between the two cars. The white was was an agile bantamweight, high on puff and visual appeal, light on its feet and light on punch. This SRT is the sinister man in the corner -- not as nimble and precise -- but a one-hit-champion... a steel fist in a velvet glove. No, make that an Alcantara glove

I've caught myself patting the floorboard with my left foot on several occasions -- old habits die hard. My index fingers will have to learn a new habit: "Click, click, click"