Hello,

I am looking at a 2005 Crossfire Roadster that has a few things that concern me and I would like some input.

This is a low mileage (35K) Limited unit and in good/clean condition.
Here are a few of the thing that concern me about it:

The ignition key takes some effort to turn, is this going to fail soon?
I am a big guy, I dont know if I can even get under that dash to try to remove/repair this.

When you operate the top it makes a very loud pop when things first start moving.
Is this normal or is this about to fail?

It has new front tires, the current owner said the tires were cupped and that she had an alignment done when they were installed.
They are some unknown brand with Goodyears on the back.
For 35K I am surprised it needed alignment, is that normal?
The handling of the car did not impress me, could that be due to miss matched tires or a funky alignment.
It was not "bad", it just did not give me any feeling of being great or particularly "connected".

The brakes also did not impress me.
They took a lot more effort than I expected to really slow the car.
They were not soft or spongy as if they needed bleeding, but rather just wooden, like they had no bite.

When you turn the car off the fan knocks (maybe hitting the shroud?) as it spins down.
Is this about to fail, or is there an easy fix for this?

Is this just too many issues for such a low mile, otherwise decent looking car?
Is a car like this worth in the $8K range?

Thanks for any input on the above.