Hi everyone, my first post here. I have purchased, but not yet received, a new-to-me SRT. Thought I'd share my car buying experience with you all.

First of all, I hadn't even been considering a Crossfire, but my local Chrysler dealer had a new black SRT parked by the road. I stopped and looked at it: great looking car, but $46k? No way, Jose. For the fun of it, I looked it up on the Internet when I got home and found this forum and saw people picking these babies up for $30-$35k; that was more like it!

So, the next day I went on a whirlwind tour of car dealerships to drive automatic transmission cars. First I drove the SRT. Loved it. Loved it. Offered them $32k (they were asking $36k and the car had 600 miles on it, but still "new"). They countered with $35.5k. I upped to $33k and they wouldn't move any further so I walked, and they let me. Drove to the Nissan dealer and took an almost hour-long(!) test-drive in a 350Z. I really liked this car too, but the power of the SRT kind of ruined it for me. Looked like I could get the Z for $29-$30k but it didn't have leather seats. Next, went to a Mitsu dealer and drove a leftover 2006 Eclipse GT. By the time I left, they were ready to sell me this $26k MSRP car for $21k. It's a great deal at that price but the car is significantly slower than the Z and the SRT. I also didn't like the front window position; it seemed too far in front of me. Interestingly, the Mitsu salesman just gave me the keys to this car for the test-drive, didn't even look at my license, and didn't come with me on the test-drive.

I then drove home and used the Yahoo Autos link to search for other SRTs. Found a used one with 1,500 miles with GPS for $27,999. Called them and it had just been sold the day before. Then found a repo'd car with just 300 miles on it and got them down to $27k even. It was going to a dealer auction the next day so I got it in the nick of time. Bought it sight-unseen over the phone (they say the car is perfect; we'll see). Having the car shipped to me and should have it within a week. They've already fed-ex'd me the title. So, I saved myself about $8k by buying a "used" car that had half the miles of the "new" car! The warranty suffers a bit, of course, but there is still some left.

Can't wait to join you all as an SRT driver!