[QUOTE=pizzaguy;872854]The ignition key takes some effort to turn, is this going to fail soon?
YES. Common issue - around $850 at a dealer (but anyone with a brain would not take a Crossfire to a damn dealer - sorry, it's Monday and it's my mood.) Search this forum for "Sticky key" and fix it yourself. OR, print the instructions and pay some local shop 1-2 hour labor to fix it for you. No parts needed.
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?
Normal.
It has new front tires, the current owner said the tires were cupped and that he 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?
I'ts normal if they were hitting curbs and driving on crap roads. And he did not have it aligned unless he had the adjustable bolts installed up front - the car cannot be aligned as it comes from the factory. As to tire life: 35,000 miles is not normal for me. I usually get around 20,000 - but I drive it like a sports car. Some of us get 40,000 miles but those are the odd ones. If you think you are going to get 50k or 60k or more miles on a set of tires on a Crossfire, you are in for a BIG surprise.
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".
Mine goes thru curves like it's on rails - ever heard of the "Tail of the Dragon?"
The brakes also did not impress me.
The OEM pads are not very good - get some good street pads like I did. If you really want to be impressed there are brake upgrades that can be done but I think most of us just put on low-dust ceramic street/peformance pads, if nothing else, to get away from the dust that the cheap OEM pads generate. Hawk HPS pads impressed the hell out of me on my Graphite Roadster.
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?
Never heard that one before. Who had this car and just how badly did they abuse it? You are not giving me any warm fuzzy feelings about this car.
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?
$9K to $13K depending on condition, how close it is to you, how much you like the color, etc. Any Limited roadster with those miles that they are only asking $8k for is probably a Katrina flood victim - what does the carfax say?
I think you should be talking to us, maybe join "CHrysler CRossfire Owners" on Facebook - we have many members trying to sell their cars - and most of us know one another and one another's cars. Don't buy someone elses problems, and you ARE making this car sound like someone's headache.
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You cannot adjust the front suspension? Think about that again.
The car sounds OK to me, just a few tweaks and it is good to go as long as no crashes, not too many bad dings and dents and the paint is good.
Pizzaguy wants you to tell him where the seller lives.
