Picked it up tonight after searching only two weeks for a replacement car for my Stealth with 275k miles. It was $14,150 out the door with the 7/70 and taxes. It's a 2005 base, black on black, with 18k miles, not a scratch on it. I love the blacked out look. I've been driving around all night with my buddy and can't wait to go to work tomorrow.

This will be my daily driver, I have a red 94' Viper for the summer weekends. But I feel like I'm driving a weekend car with this Crossfire.

Two questions so far: Is the fogging or water vapors in the headlights covered under my remaining 3/36 warranty? Since this is my daily driver, is 87 octane fuel ok?

Thanks.

 

you should only use 92 oct and the lights are covered under warranty.

welcome to the xfire world.

 

Welcome to the forum!!

The lights are covered by warranty, first they will install a vent kit and if that does not work they will change out the whole headlight, be persistent with them and they will get this done.. I have had it done this way..

As for **** water? no don't drink it...

 

Welcome to the forum and enjoy your Crossfire.

 

klamathpro,

Welcome to the best Crossfire forum on the planet!!!

Yes, as others have stated the headlights are covered... be persistant, find a GOOD dealer that will service your vehicle properly. If you feel you are being mistreated, find another dealer.

Premium (91 or better octane) is best to protect the engine from damage over time due to detonation. (Knock sensors only sense when a knock has occured, by then some damage or transmission of force has taken place, multiply this over time and you get real damage and possibly failure)

Hope that helps! The rest is below...

 

Welcome and congrats on your purchase! As others have said, yes the headlights are covered and absolutley use premium octane.

 

Klamathpro, welcome to the forum.
To me, the Base cars are very "Darth Vader" looking. Sinister, and intimidating, not to mention "Stealthy".
You may just find, that you won't be driving the Viper as much as you use to. My GTS hasn't been out of the garage even once since the Crossfire showed up, and that was nearly 3 years ago.
Enjoy your new car.

 

Congratulations and welcome to our forum!

 

welcome to the xfire forum!

 

Thanks guys. I have another question. It might just be different from what I'm used to and maybe it's just the way it is, but there seems to be a slight RPM hang between shifts. lt's like a half second lag before the rpms drop between shifts. My Viper and Stealth immediately start to drop once I pushed the clutch in and let off the gas, but the Xfire takes about half a second longer to wind down. Is this just the way they are?

 

Congrats & Welcome to the Forum!
Enjoy your new ride.

 

Congrats from a fellow base coupe owner.

Enjoy and welcome to the forum.

 

Your Engine is High Compression, use only "Top Tier" Premium Fuel for best economy and performance. If you look closely, I think you will see that the headlights are not fogged. They are de-laminating from the outside. Turn the lights on at night and look at them. It will appear to have lots of tiny cracks in the lense. This is standard equipment for Crossfires. They will all do it. A lot had this problem before they ever left the dealer lot when new. You can improve the issue without having them replaced(if your warranty is expired) by using Mequires Plastix Polish on them.

 

Regarding the RPMs ...why would you want the RPMs to drop between shifts??? In my opinion this car shifts most smoothly when you keep your foot on the gas to maintain RPMs between shifts....

 

It's definately fog on mine. It goes away the next day, then comes back. I can see water droplets too.

 

Congrats and welcome to our forum.

 

Welcome to the club. I noticed that when I replaced the factory bulbs with Sylvainia Silver Star that I started developing moisture inside my lenses. I dont know if there is anyway to tell what bulbs you have without taking them out.