If this is your FIRST car- I don't know if you should be doing ANY racing.

 

Welcome to our community! You have a very special car. DaimlerChrysler only made about 83,000 Crossfires in their 5-year production run. That's fewer Mustangs than Ford sells in a single year. It's German-built (by Karmann) but the styling is all American.

If you want to drag race, you should have bought a Mustang. Crossfires are sports cars, not pony cars. They handle really well and have a very respectable top end (150+ mph). Yours will run with V-6 Mustangs and RX-8s and look better doing it. Stock SRT-6s run with Mustang GTs and Porsche Caymans. Unfortunately, the aftermarket for these cars is limited so you'll have to enjoy the car's strengths and learn to overlook its weaknesses.

Next Christmas, you should ask Santa for a Porter Cable 7424 and learn to detail the car. A gorgeous, clean, polished Crossfire will get you more attention than a good 1/4-mile time slip. Girls don't want to get in dirty cars. (Tip: don't bother with the cupholder. You'll just end up spilling soda all over the passenger seat.)

One more thing...don't drive around with the spoiler up. It's the automotive equivalent of a flipped collar. It just says "douchebag."

 

Welcome here and enjoy the miles ahead

 

YES!!! Thank you, I am going to have to steal that quote for sure, there are a few around my town that do the spoiler up all the time, a damn shame to make such a beautiful car scream "butt pirate!!" LOL

 

should have her follow me? She does not even know im going, she would kill me

 

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Originally Posted by +fireamx

The Limited is not known for being a drag racer, (that's the SRT6) but it's more of a canyon carver. Enjoy it's great handling, brisk performance, fantastic braking and excellent fuel economy. and bask in its head turning capabilities. Good Luck

That sums it up - its a great ride - ENJOY

 

Funny a couple of winters ago my spoiler was acting up and wouldn't go down. I had to go to the drive in in the bank and I felt stupid (I guess like a ****** bag) sitting there with the spoiler up and going nowhere. At he same time there is nothing cooler than cruising down the highway and having that sucker go up. Enjoy your car!

 

Yes, that is cool. The only other cars I know of with moveable aero are Porsches and the Bugatti Veyron.

 

Congrats and welcome to the forum, good luck with the car.

 

Unfortunately the same parent company that brings the Porsche retractable spoiler, also gives us a similar spoiler on the turbo VW bug (but lets keep that a secret, we don;t need anyone else giving us $hit haha).

 

You, know, the Mercedes 65AMG SL BLACK SERIES also has a articulating back wing, but it sells for $300,000.00.

 

Welcome aboard!

 

I stand corrected. You could buy a lot of Crossfires for that.

 

Hey!!!!!! I drive everywhere with spoiler up

 

You have your answer about racing. To add more mature advice did your Mom/Parent (s) pay for the car or you? And the insurance?
Be safe, enjoy, it's a car you can't replace very easily (IE; don't wreck it) and will always want to drive. It is a great car, but you already know that! Congrats. Now stop smiling

 

I did a 380 mile round trip recently on less than a tank and averaged 36mpg (imperial), which if my conversion is correct (1 US Gallon = 0.833 Imperial Gallon) is 30 US mpg. I was really shocked I have to be honest. I didn't drive especially efficiently to save fuel. I used cruise control when the road was clear enough to. And we stopped a few times each way. That's not bad for a car like this, fully loaded with luggage and a passenger.

 

impressive, I have never gotten above 27-28 mpg on my '05 coupe or my folks '05 roadster and that was ALL highway

 

I get around 30 mpg pretty consistently on highway trips, but I live in Ohio, which is pretty flat.

 

I get about 300 - 330 miles on a full tank of gas doing mostly driving around town. I have gotton much better on long trips.

 

Is your car Auto or Manual? Mine's a manual.

Sorry, just answered my own question by checking your profile. It's a Manual. Strange then, because the motorway between where and live and the South East of England which is where I went is undulating, and particularly the Welsh bit, can have quite an incline. But I guess doing a return journey it all cancels itself out because what you spent going up you must save going down!