Thanks to all that have replied to this thread. I get more excited every day about the possibility of getting a Crossfire but now realize I need to take my time to find the right one. First I wanted the convertible but for a variety of reasons I now think the coupe would be better for me. The gold one I was thinking about getting would be good because I live off a gravel road and gold shows the dirt least but it's not as exciting a color as say RED or BLUE. The black ones look very nice but they sure do show the dirt. The silver and gray models are very classy and I even like the WHITE. I never was crazy about yellow cars but realize that some people are. If we were all the same, life would be pretty boring. I have found a low miles coupe that is a long ways away from me and am currently looking into what it would cost to ship it here in an enclosed truck. I'm also reading up on the forum about reliability and maintenance issues and finding that these items are very well covered here. I gave up working on my own cars a long time ago because I didn't feel I had the time and didn't really care about cars any more. I've been more interested in motorcycles and do my own maintenance on them but the crossfire excites me and with the information here I feel confident that I can tackle most maintenance and repair issues myself. I am glad to hear that the Crossfire is basically a very reliable car. My wife is excited too and is doing some research on her own and forwarding me the interesting links she finds. To those who say the car is hard to get in and out of, I can relate since I was surprised how low I had to go to get in to the two cars I've test driven so far. But I can honestly say that it does fit me like a glove once I do get in. The first one I drove was an automatic and with the salesman insisting on riding along with me I couldn't really goose it too much but the second car I drove the salesman said drive it as long as you want and let my wife come along. That was a very fun drive. I hadn't driven a manual shift for awhile and it took some time to get used to it again but once I did I knew I wanted the manual shift version, not the automatic (no offense to those who have the automatic, I just always liked manual transmissions). I don't have the "Perm-a-grin" yet that you folks refer to but when I start my computer and see the blue coupe that I've chose as my wallpaper, it takes my breath away.

I just wanted to post a quick response thanking everyone for your kind words of encouragement and now I am back to my research.

Thanks again

Taylor