I now have a Crossfire, thanks the advice
 

Hi all,

After a lot of searching around and listening to the advice given on here, I've finally found one.

It took me about 2 1/2 hours to get home, due to pulling off the motorway to avoid the gritters. I must have been the slowest driver on the M1 so far this year. :D


The only downside to owning the car is getting out.:cool:


I now feel quite at home driving it and now know why you guys love them so much.

The car I've bought has a two tone interior with a metalic red paint job, it looks stunning. The previous owner has pampered the car daily and it's only covered 16'K miles. The only fault with the car is two small scuffs to one wheel (an easy fix), besides that it looks like a showroom example.


Can't wait to give it a good clean tomorrow and get rid of any salt traces from the long drive. oh, and take it for another drive :p :D


Thanks again everybody, I will post some pics up tomorrow.

Re: I now have a Crossfire, thanks the advice
 

Welcome to your new addiction! I fell in love with mine on the drive home, too. If you ever need to know ANYTHING about these cars, this forum is the best source of information. We're glad to have you.

-Alex

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Welcome Doctor D.

Inferno red with two tone interior. Tell us more. Manual or Auto, Coupe or Convertible? What are the two tones?

Are you still grinning?


roadster with a stick

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Welcome to the machine!:)

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Welcome Doctor_D
I'm glad you are enjoying your Crossfire.
I'm sure the novelty of having this car and driving it will never wear off.
I have had mine for almost 2 years and now having driven 23000 miles I still love every minute spent behind the wheel !!

Enjoy , Gary

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Welcome, and congratulations on the new purchase. You're lucky enough to be on the same landmass to hit the autobahn if you like......lucky Ba$tard! We have nothing like that in the states.



Hey GDC-SRT

You got my house bugged? How did you know what I was listening to?

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Just a wild guess?

Oh, and don't use that Avatar either:)

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Hi Dr D

Welcome to the Red team , So glad you tracked down a Xfire that your happy with , Sounds like a good one , Hope to meet up at one of this years get togethers .


Cheers

Andy

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Dr D

Congrats on the new purchase, be nice to have more Reds at the next meet

Bamp

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Welcome to the forum, I have found this to be almost as much fun as the car itself. enjoy!

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Hi all,

Sorry about the delay in posting, got carried away with driving :D

Well so far I've managed to do around 3000 miles in my Xfire and loved every minute of it.

Only had one problem so far......"other people parking to close" :mad:
I now park miles away from anyone else and only had dentmaster out once....

I've completed the bang per buck speaker mod and ended up replacing the Becker unit with an ALPINE unit, but besides that everything else is still stock.

Washing it is a weekly pleasure, but cleaning the front wheels is a pain in the ***....

Can anybody recommend some better pads (especialy for the front), as the amount of brake dust is just rediculous.

Also noticed the badges on the wheels have discoloured, is this a comon problem ?

Added a couple of pics, hope to see you at Billing in August.

Paul

http://images23.fotki.com/v870/photo...88/car3-vi.jpg

http://images47.fotki.com/v1473/phot...88/car2-vi.jpg

Oops spec -

Inferno red Coupe
Two tone grey black interior
Alpine CDE-104BTi (with Parrot Bluetooth hidden out of site)
Bang Per Buck Speaker mod

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Wazzup, Doc? Don't know if they're available in your country but many people use Rotex Gold pads to beat the dust problem. Yes the OEM emblems are real POS. Have you consdered aftermarket emblems? These don't show dust and are truly the rage among forum members on this side of the pond.:cool:

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You can use Rotex Gold pads, EBC pads, etc. There's a few makers of pads that cut down on the dust.

Or you can do what I did. I didn't want to toss out the stock pads while they're still good, seems awfully wasteful to me. I just waxed the hell outta the wheels, now they clean up pretty quick, and don't seen to collect as much dust either.

Even going to the Rotex pads won't keep your wheels from getting dusty, it'll just cut down on it.

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Cheers for the info guys, will have a look at my current pads and get some ordered up...

http://images108.fotki.com/v610/phot...MG_0198-vi.jpg

http://images107.fotki.com/v548/phot...MG_0209-vi.jpg

http://images49.fotki.com/v1500/phot...MG_0193-vi.jpg

http://images110.fotki.com/v565/phot...MG_0194-vi.jpg

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Hi Doctor D,
this also drove me bonkers. I switched to Rotex Gold imported from the US, they are brilliant for dust. I couldn't find a UK importer. The advantage over EBC is that they work properly at normal road conditions but the EBC generally don't work properly until they are warmed up such as what you need for competitive driving...... so my research led me to believe.

I was only charged $8 shipment for a full set and if you contact them direct they will state a low value on the package and avoid import duty. They are nice friendly people. PM me for the full details. Cost me £100 for the full set including shipping, but that was before the exchange rate went silly.

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Now, Doctor_D..its about my knee!...No, Its really abour your great crossfire pictures..Perhaps more to be considered for the 2010 xfire calendar.

You sure have a sparking shinng crossfire..what did you use.

A neat reg number..See you at a future meet

Capt Ken. :cool:

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Congrats Doctor_D ! Beautiful car ! Remember REDS RULE !!! :p

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Cheers guys, I always seem to get drawn to red cars.....

Ken,I use the AutoGlym AquaWax after washing the car.
You spray it on and wipe the water away with the cloth provided.
The only buffing required is on the glass and the body dries without any streaks....:cool:

I highly recommend it, and the smell is lovely...;)