Did you say something Mark?

 

Parkerd,
You are totally wrong in saying Chryslers were priced lower than GM and Ford.
They were always a step above GM and Ford. When you say GM I am thinking you meant Chevrolet. If you are speaking Cadilac and Lincoln No.

 

sure. sheeple.

 

I have to agree with seeing older SLKs and thinging the Crossfire is much-much better.

Chrysler being part of the groups looking for government funding may have given people the impression Chrysler was bad. Prices went down.

That's when I swoop in. Finding your dream car for a price you can afford is why I got mine. $15k

I'd love to get another so I don't feel like I have to use mine sparingly.

What I love about the car is that its relatively rare and the styling is more attractive than, dare I say, recent newer Corvettes.

And lastly the car is worth every penny everytime I catch someone looking at it. A couple were walking past my house and the man took a big step back and leaned to catch the name of the car.

 

That's exactly what I'm thinking Andy! Very very true!

 

Last Friday I came up on a purty black CLK320 convertible with top down. Sad faced cute young girl on passenger side gives me a Mona Lisa smile. I pass on the right side and pull forward smartly. A few miles later the same car catches me and hovers around my left front fender so she can get another look.

It wasn't me. Wasn't the gold Chipotle burrito I was eating at the time.

Had to be the (freshly-washed) car

 

Ha! If you can eat a Chipolte burrito and drive at the same time, you are very talented. That or your car looks like the dumpster behind Red Lobster.

 

The SRT is very clean. Much more so than my previous cars. Once I get the strip from formymercedes com that stops stuff from falling between the seat and trans tunnel I will be invincible

 

And smells like that same dumpster What was the expression on the face of the young lady as she drives up next to your car and makes eye contact with you, just as another attempt is made to grab a bite from the burrito. Priceless Im sure.

 

Ha could be an SNL skit. They make eye contact, then Jesus bites into the sloppy burrito and it falls all over his robe......

 

I rarely eat in the car, btw. I was in a hurry. But now that you mention it I think I will get one of those jdm squash air fresheners for the car ... For those times I have to take wrecked SRT drivers to the body shop or taxi wasted Limited drivers from DUI stop to hotel. Now that's the kind of BO that needs change lol

 

Jason I have to agree with you. It would not be the first time that a common manufacture was concerned over image and performance over vehicles with different names same builder. In the eighties GM had issues with Buick building Regals that were showing up Vettes in the quarter mile. Just let us all be grateful that the Crossfire was nothing like the result of a one night stand Chrysler had with another company, which resulted in one butt ugly problem child. The Maserati TC.

 

I test drove a XF when they first came out and again in 05. Then bought a real sports car- a 350z. The XF is more GT. Purchased a 05 roadster for my wife last month and I can't stop driving it either.

Perhaps overpriced for a Chrysler and not advertized appropriately when new and now an under priced gem. I am watching for a 6sp coupe to replace my Miata so I hope the general public doesn't get it too soon.

 

I entertained a used 350Z, but everytime I applied my critera, the Z was priced out of my range (low mileage roadster, manual, one owner, black or silver piant job).

While on a business trip to San Fran, a Black coupe XFire pulls into the hotel, with a cedar/slate interior and I freaked.

I was then on a XFire mission...

Purchased an SSB Roadster with 13k on it, Mint, with Cedar/Slate, and never looked back.

Where in the world can you get a mint, low mileage, one owner, MB Roadster for $18k or less, that is this much fun to drive...???

 

Nothing worse than the smell of beer sweat and shame.....

 

Well, at the risk of dating myself, I'll tell you how now famous cars actually became famous.

In 1967 I bought a 375HP, 396 Chevelle SS (NASCAR rated at 425HP). I paid about $3800 for it new. Sold two years later for $1100. That car wasn't going to be worth anything - no following! I just saw a cherry go for $110,000 on the cable channels.

During the same time I watched used GTO's, Roadrunners, etc. sell for nothing to a bunch of teenagers. However, the Big 3 had no idea what Americans wanted so they sold them what the Big 3 wanted. Then these cars started to get a following. They survied the gas shortages of the 70's (sound familiar?), the BORING cars of the 80's (getting warm?) and so forth. The bottom line is not what these cars are worth today but what they be worth tomorrow.

Your cars value will continue to drop. It's hard to say when it will turn and start climbing but I guarantee you it will. At the rate they're being smashed and driven into the ground they will be few and far between. When they're as cheap as they're every going to be, I'm going to buy a pretty little SRT6 roadster!

If you bought the Crossfire because you thought it would immediately appreciate I am sorry, that won't happen. But if you're in it for the long haul and take care of your car it will be valuable some day.

I have 10 grand children. One of them will be a gear head, I am sure. When oneis a senior in HS and a good student I'm going to give mine to him/her. Can you imagine being in high school with a 20 year old car like this one? God I envy them!

 

You better have a big garage build, and then buy ten (10) of them.

Which ever grand kid gets the Xfire, the other nine (9) will surely be pissed.

Nothing worst than playing favorites...lol...

 

That's what my wife says!

 

I have two vehicles that were limited in the number and years produced. I am hoping the XF does the same thing the CJ-8 Scrambler did. Price one compared to a CJ-7 and you will see what might happen to our XFs

 

Couple pics of the two togather