kusheen,

I love my Crossfire and with it's faults, it's still a keeper for me. I had to sell two other cars way too soon that I planned on keeping for a long time... a red '69 Mustang Mach 1 and a silver blue '77 Datsun 280Z. This car is the first one to come along since then that I could afford that really jumped out at me. It screamed, "BUY ME".

With that said and hoping not to get pounded too hard by the rest of the gang... I agree with you 100%.

When I first saw the XFire I told my wife, "damn... if only it wasn't a Chrysler". Then I learned this show stopper was really MB SLK 320, a car I liked but could not afford. Always having heard great things about MB's I went for it and #2815 now lives in my garage.

However, sad to say... IMO I think the Crossfire will go the way of the Edsel. Chrysler has really screwed around this car and if this is MB quality, I'll never buy another MB product, much less one sold and serviced by Chrysler.

As you said, "First year glitches? Maybe"... but I don't think so.

Oh, you forgot to mention the wind noise from the windows...