Hi everyone....the title says it all. A few years ago I sold my 2004 Crossfire coupe (Sapphire Blue) for personal reasons at the time. Well here I am again thinking about buying another Crossfire coupe. Have checked into a gray limited coupe located roughly 90 miles north of me. It has approximiately 13,000 miles on it and they are asking 14,900.00 which seems high to me. So...I need any opinions you may have on what the coupes are going for these days. Being that I have been away from the Crossfire news for a while I really am not sure what is a good price vs. a bad price. Any ideas or suggestions are appreciated.

 

What year is that Coupe?

franc

 

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The coupe is a 2005.

 

For that kind of money you are in SRT6 territory. They are all 2005


Are you interested in an SRT?

 

Price does not seem high to me considering the low mileage. There is an srt6 on Ebay for about $16000 in Lima, Ohio, but it has 77k on the odometer. It's blue and the ad says "or best offer." I'm thinking I might choose a higher mileage SRT6 over a low mileage NA coupe if the price was the same and condition was excellent for both. I do have a NA Alabaster 04 Coupe with 30k that I really like, but sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have 115+ more horsepower.

 

There is an SRT in St Louis for that price, with half the milage

As much as I would like the car to appreciate in value, $16K for a high milage SR is a bit stiff. There are several Aero Blue coupes about with lower milage and lower prices.

franc

 

I agree the price sounds high. I recently bought a 7,000-mile 2005 coupe for $10,000. While I think I got a pretty good deal, it was advertised for quite some time right here on this forum and nobody seemed to jump on it.

 

For comparison sake, I paid 11k flat for my 04 Coupe that had 13k miles, and that was in Sept 09.

 

That is exactly what I am looking for ....something in the 10k area. I still think 14,900.00 is much more then I want to pay. This is going to be a "play" car and I don't want to put alot into it. That was a good deal you got there and again what I am looking for.

 

I would be but I don't want to pay very much for a "play" car. Really want to keep it around 10k to 11k if possible. Thanks for the offer though.

 

I hear you about the additional 115+ HP, but an SRT with 77K could be a tired dog. If someone has had the car and raced it for a majority of its life, that 77K might as well be 700,000 and with a new AMG SC going for $10K that is a maintenance nightmare I would avoid.

Buying one with lower miles and putting them on myself would not scare me at all, because at least then I know what the car has been through and that it has been maintained.

 

Having a whale of a time finding a decent mileage Crossfire in the area with a decent price attached to it. Cars.com and Autotrader both have quite a few listed but not at the price I want to pay. The dealer in Michigan I wrote is only willing to take off 500.00 from his asking price on a 2005 Limited Coupe. He is asking 14,900 and will go down to 14,400 which I am not interested in at all. One thing about it I don't need the car so I am a very patient man at this point. If they don't want to budge then I am just not going to buy. As they say patience is virtue.

 

Make your offer. If he takes his sweet time in finally coming down to reality and accepts your offer, tell him you've thought it over and give him a new, lower offer. It worked for my brother.

 

Good advice but unfortunately the dealership won't accept my offer....oh well the search goes on. See what patience can do...haha.

 

patience is definitely a plus. you might even find a decent srt-6 for that price. however, there is a downside in that they're all automatics and you can't haul large sheets of lumber in them.

 

I paid 18 K for a black SRT6 coupe with 18k in may from a forum member. I am delighted, and he has first dib if I sell. Fantastic car.... preservation is my mission with some driving. Gary

 

There are a couple of base coupes available that I am checking into. One is here in Ohio and the other in St. Louis...since I want a manual the base would work out great. Also, I love Crossfires in black...in my humble opinion it is one of the best colors and the cloth seats are just fine too. The search goes on!!

 

I love my base black coupe because of what it doesn't have. I do not care for the painted windshield frame, nor the painted strakes and door handles. No need for electric seats, useless cup holder, nor Navigation system. The car has been fitted with very nice leather seats (dealer install), and I added fog lights and SRT wheels. About the only other items I may install would be the garage-door opener and possibly a second cigarette lighter so I can have dual power sources.

 

Are the cloth seats comfortable? To be honest never sat in a base model. Looks to me as if they are more comfortable then the Limited seats which I had before. To me the leather is fine but a little hard and not enough lateral support.

 

I only drove a Limited briefly, and really cannot give you a comparison between the seats. My base seats are covered with leather, and I'm happy with them.