I ORDERED MY XFIRE 2 WEEKS AGO AND WILL PICK IT UP IN GRAND RAPIDS MI ON THE 18TH OF JUNE. I LIVE IN JAPAN AND WILL ONLY BE HOME FOR 3 WEEKS DRIVE IT. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO PICKING IT UP AND THEN I GOT TO TEST DRIVE ONE YESTERDAY (THEY SELL FOR ABOUT 51k HERE). NOW I AM TOTALLY PSYCHED AND CAN'T WAIT TO JUST DRIVE THE HELL OUT OF IT. I WILL MADE A ROAD TRIP TO ATALNTA WHILE I AM HOME. I HAVE READ A LOT OF GREAT POST HERE. LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE. BY THE WAY WHERE DO YOU GUYS GET THE PRODUCTION NUMBER? FROM THE VIN? THE LAST 6 DIGITS OF THE VIN ARE 002406, SAPHIRE BLUE WITH DARK AND LIGHT GREY INT. I REALLY WANTED THE CEDAR BUT AT THIS PRICE I COULDN'T PASS IT UP. ANYWAYS GREAT TO BE A SOON TO BE NEW OWNER!!

 

I WILL MADE A ROAD TRIP TO ATALNTA WHILE I AM HOME. I HAVE READ A LOT OF GREAT POST HERE. LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE.
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Are you getting a 2005 which would mean the numbers are starting over again - or are you buying a pre-owned one? Just curious about the numbering. :roll:

 

I don't think you will miss the cedar interior, the two-tone grey goes much better. The serial # is the last numbers of the VIN. That is a really low number for this late date in production. I bought mine in November 03 and the serial is 009941. If your not obligated to that particular Crossfire I would request a later car.
The manual "recommends" a 1000 mile break in period. I don't think many people observe that, I started horsing mine around after about 500.
Welcome to the Crossfire family, and you chose the right color......

 

Mine went into service on October 4, 2003, and my # is 2476. I was under the impression that they were not going to start over with serial numbers, but they may have changed their minds....

SSB with two tone interior? Perfect!!!!

Happy driving!!!!

 

:roll: My thought is that the last 6 numbers of the VIN may very well be "duplicated" because the first "how ever many" numbers of the VIN are probably different - showing it is a 2005 model (if that's the case here).

So .... we just might have to start showing our production numbers with our year ..... for example #1647-04 or something like that.

bhagan - we might need you to PM someone with your full VIN # when you get it so we can compare. :wink:

 

the last 6 numbers (12th thru 17th characters) on the vin represent the sequence number as it rolled off the assembly line. this number did not start over with the switch to the '05 model. somewhere in the 25,xxx serial number range production switched from '04s to '05s. most likely only one number difference between the last '04 and first '05. they may have even been produced the same day. :lol: there are 05s for sale now at least in the 28,xxx range. no need to duplicate the last 6 characters until a million are sold!

the 10th character in your vin is for the model year. often it is a letter that corresponds to a year. in our case, it's numeric (either a 4 or 5), so it's quite easy to decipher.

one thing that is interesting on the crossfire's vin is the first character, a "1", which identifies the country in which the vehicle is manufactured. u.s. = 1, germany = w. go figure.

 

:shock: So if his new XF is #002406 like he says .... then he either is buying a very "old" new car, or a pre-owned car, right?

 

correct. there are still early production crossfires (spring/summer '04 build dates) that have never been titled. but if you were "ordering" one to be built the last 6 digits of the vin would have to be higher than those already known to exist.

 

It is a very old new car obviously. It only has 15 miles on it but it is must have been an early production model. That is why I got such a great deal. less than 25K. They had 150 that they needed to blow out. Thanks to everyone for all the info very informative