Yesterday morning was beautiful here in Olathe, KS (a suburb of Kansas City)… sunny and 80-degrees. While shopping at the local Advance Auto Parts store, the manager began asking customers who owned the Crossfire (2008 Blaze Red Roadster w/ 15K miles) parked out front. My stomach started to knot up thinking someone had backed into it (this recently happened to my daughter’s car while parked at DQ).

When I told him it was mine, he began to rave about it and offered to buy it on the spot! I told him that it wasn’t for sale (I’ve had it for just eight months). He insisted on buying it and began to tell customers that this was going to be his new car. He insisted that I take his name and number in case I do sell it one day.

I have to admit that it felt good to see my car get the attention. After taking pictures of it to show his girlfriend, he took me inside showed me the best wax to use on “his” car.

 

What did he offer you for HIS car? Dollars talk, BS walks! Tell Him $28,000, see if that curbs his enthusiasm. Then you can buy 2 Crossfires.
Just my 2 cents.....
Dennis

 

Great idea!!


By the way, what wax did he recommend?

 

Two Crossfires... great idea! I imagine my neighbors would probably complain about all the cars in the driveway, though. We have six cars stacked up in the garage a driveway when the kids are home from college. Our homeowners association will not allow us to park cars on the street overnight.

BTW, he recommended Meguiar's Gold Class Carneuba Plus.

 

Hey Wildcat, I live out by the Legends (KCK)...did you get the kind of rain we got on Sunday? My wife pushed a bucket out of the garage about 30 minutes after it started raining.....an hour later there was > 5 inches of water in the bucket!!!

By the way 2 XFs is the way to go!

 

We got about 3.75 inches in about an hour just before noon, followed by another half-inch late in the afternoon. I'm ready for some sunshine!

 

By the way... nice cars and house!

 

Nice.

Of course, that means he's too smart to fall for DTMenace's suggestion.

 

Greetings, wildcat, from St. Marys, Kansas. I've had my Roadster since April. Hardly a day goes by that I don't have someone from this area commenting on my car.

Last week, I pulled into the local gas station. I was in the store, waiting in line, and I heard a fella ask another clerk: "Do you own that beautiful car out there?"

After I took care of business, I walked out and the fella was still sitting in his car. As I walked toward my car, he said: "Man, that's a beautiful car!"
I thanked him and he said: "That is gorgeous!" As he drove off slowly, I could see him shaking his head and he just kept repeating: "Gorgeous!"

A lady from Overland Park owned my baby before me. She took great care of it.

 

Is that wildcat for K-State? Just askin.

 

Legends....great area....been there plenty of times. I don't know about Wildcat, but, here in St. Marys (a little West of Topeka), we got one half inch in about 20 minutes on Sunday afternoon.

 

Hopefully they'll finish my casino soon (Village West-Legends) & in my old age I'll be able to ride an electric wheelchair all the way to the blackjack table!!!

 

You will be getting plenty more comments. I think everyone's car gets a lot of comments on here. The Crossfire is a very unique looking car and there is no other car that looks like it. Had my car in a local car show recently with about 200+ cars and took second place in my division. Was the only Crossfire there! I answered a good 30+ questions for the folks who liked the car (most where middle aged men who couldn't believe I owned a car like this). So yeah, just keep rocking the Crossfire and you will keep getting the comments.

 

Just turned 60 today, Chris L, know what you mean.

 

eww, all this k-state talk....gross....go huskers, go big ten . anyway, i had many comments on mine, everything from nice barbie car to how much did you pay rich ***.

 

Yeah it sucks owning one as a 20 year old, people assume mommy and daddy paid for it. I always say "not my fault I have better credit at 20 than you do at 30." PS- chambs if you ever go out to I80 or Mid America Motorplex lemme know. So far you, myself, and satellite are all within like 40 miles of omaha.

 

Every Man A Wildcat! I don't mind the Buffs bailing out of the Big 12, but I have to say that I'm really disappointed that the Huskers bailed out, too.

 

EMAW, for sure!

 

Yep I get the same thing from most people. They are just jealous that we have a cooler car than them. Haters will be haters and I say bring them on