where is the wonderful daughter (I mean car) ?

chh

 

LOL... Keep your daughter and her car away from anyone going to UCLA.

PS: what's her cell Phone # ?

Just kidding...

 

Here is a picture of my little girl, ain’t she cute? If any of you hot dogs dig her, and would like to meet a real woman, to ride around in your Crossfire. Let me know and I'll give you her cell phone number. I love my little girl so much, she use to be a cheerleader and then she moved off to college, now she is a major in physics. Big MONEY there guys.

 

Yep... Looks like most of the women at UCLA... LOL

 

If you want something with good resale buy a house. I wish I did but I love my crossfire It will be paid off in less than 5 years, then I can buy a house.

 

Buy the house, then get an equity loan to buy the crossfire... best of both worlds
PS. Get a house with at least, a 2 car garage. just my 2c.

 

Of course you have to have some equity built up in the house first before you can get that equity loan...

 

Don't say that...my second car is a Toyota MR-2 1992.

 

Very Well put. I completely agree. The final push for my decision to buy my Crossfire was based on the love of this vehicle from all you at this forum. I value owner's comments more than some car magazine's editors view. If it discontinues after 06, so be it. I still have a car that makes me smile everytime I turn the key. Let's ride.

 

I don’t really know the credibility or knowledge of the rep I spoke to at the auction. I far as I know could have been a DM employee or just some one with a weekend gig! To me like most of you, it does matter I bought the car because I like it!!! Forget about buying it for investment, I bought it for the fun of driving!!! Car collecting is a hobby for people who enjoy it and can afford it. I can’t afford to buy a 50 year old bus for 4 mil-plus.

What I don’t like is buying a car that the dealer has problems fixing with out breaking other stuff or installing more scratches then I care for.

I would think that if DM really wanted to help push the sales of the Crossfire that they could at least offer a model to the line up of "Cars to test drive" at the events they sponsor with the other models.

Was kind of disappointed that of the 3 Crossfires at the show, only one was a SRT6 roadster, the other 2 were '05 limited coupes.

Sorry for the venting, just gets me irked sometimes when I think I have to give my car to an idiot because of warranty issues!!!

 

You have the Mercedes shop as your second choice from the Chrysler dealership! They do offer excellent service to our crossfires.

If they discontinue the crossfire, we have Mercedes to back up our parts and service.

 

Cyril
I'm sorry to say that I have an email somewhere around here in my desk, Chrysler sent to me, informing me that MB is not allowed to do warranty work on Crossfires. I'll try and find it; if I can I'll post it to this thread.

 

Warranty work by a MB dealer would be difficult - would need prior authorization.
As far as service work - MB is better trained and qualified IMO on the crossfire.

 

Why would Chrysler stop supporting the Crossfire with parts or service when it is discontinued? It would be no different than any other model they stopped producing. I do not see a need to rely on MB for parts and service. Chrysler should have the same access to parts for a discontinued Crossfire as does MB for their discontinued SLK 320, no?

 

Funny, they make one of the best sports cars ever made ('93+ Supra), then drop off the face of the earth in that market. And resale on a mint turbo is insane.

 

I recently retired from Chrysler...(ok DaimlerChrysler) and knew for a while the Crossfire would be a retirement present to myself. The only issue I had buying the XF was the support we received from Karmann regarding service parts info for the parts catalog. Not very good, it was frustrating trying to resolve issues with bad information. It has improved but I still worry about needing that particular part...
I do love the car and plan on keeping it for the long haul. The performance and handling are superb.

 

I have heard and even read on some automotive web site (I forget which) that the contract Chrysler has with Karmann to produce the car only runs through 2010. So it's possible they won't continue after that if they go that long. Resale doesn't really matter to me. I didn't purchase the car with the intent of reselling anyway. As for the Firepower, my first impression of that was "looks like a second generation Crossfire". So, maybe they'll go in that direction... Who knows.

 

Boy, ain't that the truth... The parts catalog #'s are goofed-up. You must have been a fly on my wall today when I had a very heated discussion with DC service center over this exact issue... The poor dealer is caught in the middle... And to be honest, DC is clueless as to the engine internals of this car. I don't know which div. you retired from, but I'm sure you've heard the names of Art Anderson, Andre' Amyot & Noel Moore. These guys don't even have a copy of the MVAA for the car, and they are responsible for it...

I've been trying to get a copy of the parts catalog to prevent this from happening in the future, but I can't lay my hands on one... It took 4 months to get the engine spec. for SCCA classification of the car because the aforementioned gentlemen didn't know the very basic info the SCCA Club Racing Board requires for classification of a car.

 

Here's something interesting:

WHISPERS: Chrysler Crossfire Production May Be Cut by as Much as Two-Thirds

Date posted: 02-01-2006

FRANKFURT — A German newspaper is reporting that Wilhelm Karmann, the company that makes the Chrysler Crossfire for DaimlerChrysler, plans to cut jobs as part of a two-thirds reduction in Crossfire production.

A DaimlerChrysler spokesman in Germany, quoted by the Dow Jones News Service, denied the report, calling it "an extremely pessimistic forecast that we don't accept." Nevertheless, the spokesman did acknowledge that some reduction in Crossfire production will take place.

The Crossfire went into production in 2003, and it is intended to have a five-year life cycle, the news service notes.

 

Yes! One step closer to discontinuement. Bring it on.
Chrysler couldn't sell snow blowers to eskimos. Stop laughing GM, you're next. Give me a Toyota anyday. Now in my garage 1998 Toyota Sienna 180,000 miles runs as new. Just picked up a 2002 Toyota Tundra. This thing rides smoother than my Crossfire.