Sounds like someone for got to take his happy pill this morning. hehehe

 

Heh. Actually, I got to drive my previous car for the first time in months last night.

Now I'm lamenting over how much I'll need to spend to get the Crossfire to be that happy again.

 

Speak for yourself...

 

I think it's pretty bad that people can get this car for only $14.000, this car is more worth! Beside that, I paid 29.000 Euros for my car, which is $ 40.000 – and it’s NOT an SRT. That hurts, if you know people drive the same car like you, but almost 3 times cheaper; I didn't know that the crossfire is that cheap in the US. But I purchased mine in 2006 in Europe. If the price keeps falling, the "head turners" will stop, unfortuanlly.

 

The reason this car is considered a "deal" and in some cases a "steal" is because it's worth far more than you have to pay for it.

If it was worth exactly what everyone paid for it, then it wouldn't be a deal or a steal.

Either way, this car is worth a lot more than I paid for it. And I'm happy with that.

 

Wow. If you don't like the Crossfire, just go join the Mustang or 350z forum. They always need such wonderful enthusiasm.

 

I bought my Crossfire because it was a small, manual, good looking car with a lifetime powertrain and 100K mile bumper to bumper warranty for $20,000. But this thing has some SERIOUS performance flaws for what is considered a "sports car". I don't consider it a bargain as much as I consider it's $30,000 MSRP to be absurd.

Maybe with the 10 grand I "saved" I can do what those German pansies should have done straight from the factory.

Higher ratio / Rack & pinion steering
NO stability management
A proper mechanical limited slip diff
Higher rate lower springs
High performance shock absorbers
A power curver that doesn't drop off like it's being strangled
Heavier sway bars (minus the plastic links and pillow soft rubber bushings)
A shifter that isn't sloppy as a Harlem grandmother
A proper alignment
Shed 400lbs
Substantially longer final gear

Until then it just feels like a milquetoast compromise. I'm suprised it doesn't come with a specialized compartment for your Metamucil.



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Ok, I don't really think this lowly of the car. I'm just trying out for the "Elite Alienationist" award.

 

Um you win, can you stop now?

By the way, do you race the car or are you more of a bench tuner? Because when I was racing this car on a 3 mile road course, it wasn't bad at all. In fact, I'd have to say it was very, very good.

 

You won...

 

I have to check my blood pressure.

Heh. That thing doesn't get UNstrangled until 8,000rpm. The rising sun's four-wheeled weedwhacker.

EDIT: And my tastes are closer to a Triumph TR4 with an SRT4 motor squeezed in it.

 

Sooo.... back to the topic at hand...

 

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Had at least 3 people ask me if the wing makes a difference.
One girl prefered my Crossfire to the track ready Lotus Exige I was drooling over at an Applebees.
Countless looks and turns driving on main street
One guy yelling at me when I accelerated briskly up a hill next to where he was walking (Magnaflow glasspack scared him).
And plenty of eager competition on everthing from highways to the backwood twisties.

Yeah, it gets attention.

 

Do people consider the XF a "sports car"? I always thought of it more as a "grand touring" car. Everything about the car makes more sense that way.

 

I concur. I have taken mine to Willow Springs twice and I was VERY impressed at how well it kept up. It certainly does not have the tactile feel of a Porsche or a Lotus, but for 19K I am very pleased with the performance.

 

I built and tuned my own (grand total $12,000) toy out of an early 90's FWD granny 4 door sedan in a pole barn on a two post lift in my back yard. It had twice the wheel horsepower and felt much more surefooted and responsive than the Crossfire. I was a little fatigued having to drive such a visceral car to work every day and sold it to my girl of 6 years as a toy (She'll be racing it at SDAC in Detroit this year).

So yes, I'm a little disappointed at how tame this car is for $20,000 and I miss the high pitched ear-assault of that T3/T04E 50 trim (Think SRT4 + Greyhound bus), but I'll get over it.

 

I've owned several Porsches, Mercedes, and Caddilacs but this car beats them easily in the head turning department. I mean its no contest.

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My wife and I pulled into a parking lot the other day with the top down and the tunes crankin' and these two 30 sumthin' women turned and you could see the word WOW on one of their mouths.We cracked up because it happens often, especially from younguns who aren't afraid to give big smiles and praise.

 

Honestly. I took a ride in the passenger side of a few Miatas on the track. I swear on buttered toast that the miatas felt like they were going to rip apart into a million pieces going into turn 1. That was at around 100 mph.

Don't get me wrong. The miatas are quick quick cars. They were easily beating cars with two times the horsepower. But the XF is quiet going around at full throttle and 100 mph.

 

I think you need a second (or third) car, opticon

 

I can certainly understand the mind-numbing part of it but if you don't like stopping cars that almost stop but fail to do so by a wee margin then why do it? I'm sure your supervisor isn't watching you every moment.
I've been pulled over twice for not coming to a complete stop: one 'cause I had to pull forward to see around a Giant Detroit Chrome Mountain (also known as a Suburban) & didn't completely stop with my front end hanging out in traffic (no fine, just a warning but I was p.o.'ed nonetheless) & once here in town by one of the locals. Turns out he used to work with my wife & after having some laughs he just walked away. In the later case I must've moved a millimeter or so at the stop sign. I mean, come on......
The choice is yours, you can be the nit-picker or not.