My current is a 2004 Limited Coupe with only 35,900 miles. Graphite Grey with the automatic. It is almost flawless in and out. I'm second owner. New tires.
Was looking to sell but the absolute BEST (REAL world offer) on this is only 6000. IMO pretty sad for one this close to new.
looked on ebay and NOTHING is selling...at ALL. Should I just drive it out a few more years? I mean 6000, I dont need the money,
but if thats all mines worth may as well put another 20 or so on it and enjoy THEN sell it, like to hear what you guys think/have found

 

I have mine for sale (07 Roadster with 70,000) for $10,000. Not even been offered $9000 so far.
If it is not worth $9000, I will just keep it. $9000 is not money, just driving it as a grocery getter would be better than selling for $9000 and then end up buying an overpriced car in a few years, when my truck dies.

I probably wont ever sell.

 

I'm kinda the same mind. I've owned since 2013 bought at Chrysler Dealer that sold it new to the original owner. All I've done is headliner (cheap german glue LOL) new tires and new A/C fan unit. I'm like you tho. If THIS is all it's worth it can stay right here

 

I bought my Crossfire to enjoy. Geography does come into play with values, a bit. Two years ago, we paid $15K for a 2007 Limited Roadster with just under 18K miles. Similar cars out West here go as high as $20K. And, I've seen some back East as low as $7K. One thing I keep in mind is the wisdom of Jay Leno: "never buy a car as an investment."
I bought Freya to drive and drive and drive. One day, I'll sell her, but not for a long, long time.

 

If you enjoy driving her, keep her. $6k is not much and to replace her would cost a lot more. I have had my roadster since new and the SRT6 three years later, and even at 20yo and low value they still fill my summer driving days with joy.

 

"Don't buy a car as an investment." -Jay Leno.
Even though the price on 07 Limited Roadsters with similar mileage and condition has reached as much as $6K more than we paid for it, it flucturates with the seasons. And, as the mileage increases and the times goes by the value will go down.
When this car was new I was a teacher and could not afford it ($42K including a $5K Chrysler Executive credit for the Limited package). Fast forward 15 years and suddenly it's really affordable, so we bought it. It took another almost $6K for tires, a top, and miscellaneous deferred maintenance items. She's been a solid, reliable daily driver for two years now.
Nobody really knows which older cars will suddenly take off in collector value. The Crossfire checks the usual boxes: age, rarity, historical significance, but 20 years later the value remains very low. Maybe it will take off? Maybe it won't? What I know is that a mundane run to the grocery store with the top down on a crystal-clear day becomes an adventure in happiness when I take the Crossfire.

 

It takes three things to quickly escalate the value of a car that is approaching 20 years old, where at 15 years old it will see usually see its lowest valuation dip, in all its lifetime (when absent of abuse, neglect, 'customizing', or deterioration.)

Nostalgia of former youth who couldn't afford it when new but can now, new youth (16 to 30) that find fascination/appreciation with a forgotten classic from just before they even cared about cars, that is priced low enough that they can afford (especially when it was a unique sports/muscle car with a design ahead of its time and saw low production numbers), and a car with enough aftermarket or used-part resources to make it worth it (and being easy to work on doesn't hurt either.)

Being 'forgotten' is the best way to get a deal on a classic car - before people start to 'remember' again.

At 15 I picked up 'an old Chevelle' that was same age as me. Like new, 37,000 miles, $500. Fast forward 41 years and 58,000 miles today... still have that car. To me, it's priceless.

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I purchased a mint SRT-6 Graphite Roadster with 25,000 miles. Literately looked like it came off the assembly line. I gave up on these cars increasing in value and don't really care about putting a car under a car cover just so it sits there and slowly rots away in the off-chance I make a few dollars on it in 10-20+ years.
Bought this car to enjoy it, to put the top down and take it for spins, modify it, work on it and all-around just have fun.
Drive it daily and have 50,000 miles on it now and couldn't be more happy. Love this car and the good memories I have had with it will always outweigh any "investment" this might turn into down the road. Just my 2 cents.

 

I don't think anyone is exclusively putting any of their Crossfires 'under a cover' to sit. Nor is anyone exclusively looking at immobilizing their Crossfire solely as an investment asset or storage of value, like something to keep in a safe - that would be silly.

In my case though, with 13 classics of which my SRT-6 to be one of the newest year examples in that stable of years ranging from 1931 to 2005, and 2 other 'daily driver' classics that I do drive nearly every day, I suppose it's a bit easier for me to keep the mileage down on the entire lot. My '67 Ranchero is one of the daily drivers - I've had it for 24 years, it has over 295,000 miles on its original 289, and can still hold its own at a car show. I've put 180,000 of those miles on it. It's my Home Depot car, grocery getter, and parts-getter. Just love that car to its limit, will never get rid of it.

I don't think I'll ever get rid of my Crossfire either; I've had it going on 9 years now.

I agree, drive and enjoy, but proper upkeep and maintenance is still paramount; meaning you can put as many miles on it and drive it as hard as you like, and it can still look like show-room new. Nothing wrong with preservation and enjoyment simultaneously. Like my Ranchero. Just because someone beats the **** out of their car, modifies it with dubious aftermarket 'performance' add-ons (often ineffective and usually tacky), abuses it, and neglects even the basics of service milestones - doesn't make them somehow 'more' of a car enthusiast than someone that does the same while maintaining due diligence in proper care while extracting the same in all-around just have fun, which I suspect you and most any of us here are the latter. I think the fact that anyone joins as a member to this forum says right out they are all about that having fun with a proper upkeep approach.

You can have both an investment and have fun; it doesn't have to solely be one or the other.

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Sometimes cars that are initially rejected by enthusiasts end up becoming classics simply because of their rarity and quirky features. Prices now range $5000 for high-mileage examples to over $18,000 for exceptional SRT6 models. Ultra-low-mileage examples with under 20,000 miles command premium pricing exceeding $22,000. Depreciation has bottomed out making current pricing represent excellent value for sports car ownership with potential appreciation. As several posts have stated buy it for the enjoyment. A good "driver" has always been my objective and if purchased right when it comes time to sell a break-even or profit generally follows. Just the gas and insurance were the cost factors for ownership.

 

I bought mine to race,, i have raced every car I have ever owned,, ( not the ones I bought for parts) I drive each one before and after modifying.
I know it sounds strange but i have owned and raced over 1500 cars, started with a 1929 model A that would only go 72mph that was in 1956,
owning 397 twoseater amx's and now 4 Crossfires all srt6 three of them i swapped in the 5.4 Mercedes supercharge engine,
My first Crossfire i bought ,,,Never sat in one much less driven one, 18000 miles price was $18000, + all the fees 18800+ on the way home,
from the dealer in Gainesville fl back to Ft Lauderdale on a Wednesday I stopped at Palm Beach Raceway and raced it 100% stock
I ran 13.2 @ 89 mph when this crossfire reached 32 thousand miles I swapped a SL55 engine and transmission into it, ok Rudy built
it for me because he was and is the guru on Crossfires and Mercedes . The first run was 1135@ 108.
Now i am on my 4 srt6 3 of them with the SL55 engine and all running in the 10"s Oh I did own a Roadster for a month and did not race it
because the track said i needed a roll cage so i went home and got the coupe with the V8... I drive my Crossfire V8 every day or so,
it is a street/strip built car, My wife has driven it to the store a few times. It drives like any Mercedes with the 5.4 engine but is 1000
lbs lighter. that is my story jim

 

I hadn't ever thought about buying one of these until a week ago when my low bid on an auction car was accepted at about 1/3 of the reserve price. I don't remember ever seeing one on the road in northeast Oklahoma. I got into roadsters over ten years ago after moving from Honda Del Sols to Porsche Boxsters. When I was buying the Del Sols, they were at the bottom of the depreciation curve - about $1,000 for a slightly neglected daily-driver quality car. I refreshed the maintenance, 'un-riced' them and sold them for a slight profit. Now similar cars to what I resold for $2,500 are going for $7,000 - $10,000. I have been doing the same thing with Porsche (986) Boxsters now, having bought over 25 of them since 2014 ranging from collision cars for parts to a few very nice ones. Prices have about doubled on a 'good condition' 986 Boxster since I started.
I think that Crossfires (and SLK R170s) have reached the bottom of the curve. Well maintained examples stand out among the current cars on the road and have the lines of a concept car brought straight to production. I'm not saying that they will ever be million dollar classics, but I think that cared for examples are going to start getting more attention and increasing in value.