Old Apr 9, 2017 | 04:35 PM
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Default Re: In the market for a Crossfire, the best looking car in the world:)

Originally Posted by bluecoupe
"The Crossfire goes from a stiffness of 50 hertz as a coupe down to 29.2 hertz as a roadster. .....By any measure, if you cut the hertz of a given structure in half, say by chopping off its roof, you soften it up."

Read more: 2005 Chrysler Crossfire Roadster: Spring Arrives at 150mph: New Crossfire Roadster Offers All This and No Roof, Too | Autoweek
The Crossfire was design/built as a roadster. Then they put the hard top on it. It is not a "stiffened" coupe as is the usual case with soft top versions of a production car. Has anyone here ever complained that the roadster is "Soft?"


Nope.


I own both. And have had both at or over 160 MPH. More importantly I have had both through twisteis that would fold the average Convertible in half. No differences. And that is the critical point. For the driver, especially this potential one, there is no difference except for the wind in your hair, and a lower level of drone.


If you want to talk about differences,,,; The coupes cannot clear their wind shields on the inside when it rains hard. Why is that?
A sports car should be a roadster. The only reason for a hardtop is if you want to do better more than 13.5 at the 1/4 mile. I don't get that plan from Joreen.


But thanks for sharing.
 

Last edited by Franc Rauscher; Apr 9, 2017 at 04:45 PM.
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