Hi All!

I don't officially even have a Crossfire yet (that will hopefully change by then end of next week), but I wanted to say thank you for all the info you guys share here, and congratulations on what seems to be a nice place to be (not many of those left on the interwebz!).

I am currently waiting for my crossfire to be cleaned and serviced, before going to pay for it and pick it up next week (I hope).

I came accross a red roadster with approx 36k miles on it, that was actually imported from Florida. So I am buying a car that has been accross the Atlantic twice now!

Unfortunately the car has been sat untouched for around 9 months, covered in dust thats around an inch thick, and with a flat battery. It belongs to a company that rents out luxury sports cars, and it seems the crossfire didn't get much rental time, it has only done 5k miles since it was imported 4 years ago.

When I started it, it made a rather awful ticking noise (from reading here, it could be the lifters, but I don't know), and some smoke poured out from under the engine, which obviously didn't make me want to buy it. It also had the back window reglued in not a very nice way. I couldn't test drive it, as it was behind a selection of other cars (very beautiful cars at that) that were also covered in dust and probably had flat batteries. So basically I was going to walk away.

However, the owner promised that if I was intereseted (so leave a deposit) his team of mechanics would go over the car with a fine toothcomb (and from seeing that his mechanics were working on a Rolls, a Lamborghini and a couple of mustangs at the time, I think they are probably decent mechanics) and make sure everything was perfect before I went back and if I found anything wrong with the car that he would give me my deposit back. This made me feel a little better, but when he also said he would certify in writing the condition of the car and also give me a 1 year guarantee, I was then sold (or rather the car was )

Anyways, again, I just wanted to say thank you for all that I have learned here in the last week or so, and hope to continue doing so.

And if anyone owned a red roadster in Ohio in '07 (for only 32 miles!) or in Florida in 2008 thru 2012 (2 owners), then I may just have your car

 

Welcome to the forum, it is always nice to hear from a new owner, especially someone who has liked what he has seen on this forum.
When you have any problems come here first and ask or search for the answers. Mechanics will not know the answers to as many problems that can be found here, if they do then they will have visited here.

 

Thanks for the welcome.

This would always be my first stop for knowledge, especially as I live in Spain where Crossfires are not exactly common (although Mercedes are everywhere, so they should be ok with the engine )

 

Welcome to the forum!

 

I finally got to pick up my new (to me) car today and couldn't be happier!

They didn't get chance to fix the back window for me as their body guy was on holiday, but I have arranged to take it back to them in a couple of weeks when he is back and they will deal with it.

I know you guys won't be buying any cars in Spain, but I must say that the treatment from the people who sold it to me has been excellent!!

Anyways, I haven't had chance to take any of my own photos yet (too busy driving ) but here are some that I have "borrowed" from them:








And thanks again to all of you that have contributed on this forum, I have learned a hell of a lot about this car in the past week!

 

So now we know that there is at least ONE Special Edition Roadster in Spain.

 

So is it Auto or Manual? What's the VIN?

 

Hi pizzaguy, it's manual (I really wanted manual) and the last digits are 069202.