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    Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Anyone have any opinions on the Chrysler Crossfire? Different years/options? Reliability? Difficulty of reparis? Cost of repairs? Road handling in Winter?

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    I drove an SRT-6... It understeered like CRAZY at an autocross event. It was the only SRT product I was disappointed with that day.

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    my brother owned one, BIG issue with shitty steering feel because its gearbox and not rack and pinion. Even with lowered suspension and 275 wide KDW2's it felt like you were going to die around every corner because you had ZERO road feeling. And as far as reliability and repair goes.... Its a Mercedes, Goodluck.

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    ^ That. They have terrible resale value for a good reason.

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Yup, not much good to say except that the motor is decent. I frankly wouldnt recommend one to anyone.

    I think the SRT6 is neato.. but since it doesnt sell for non-srt money that's sort of irrelevant. Honestly the SRT would need to be almost the same price as the non-srt ones are right now to compensate for all the things that are blah about it and still compete with some of the other fun coupes in that genre.

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Paging Dr. jones

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    Paging Dr. jones
    I drove his for a few minutes, I liked it.
    (or at least the one he "had")
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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Where is Alan's thread about passing the Ferrari in one?

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Evan in our club has/had a Crossfire. He really liked it. I don't think there's anything particularly bad about the car, it's just not quite what people were expecting.

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    The srt6 had more power than i expected.
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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    I just worked on one a week ago. It had 16k miles and the radio crapped out along with the led 3rd brake light. The radio cost 1500 and the brake light 350. Needless to say that guy traded that turd in.

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    +1 on the radio crapping out , and those LED brake lights arent worth ----.

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    They are 99.9% Mercedes, parts werent so bad when they were affiliated with daimler but since the split parts tripled, I just double checked an O2 I priced for a guy last year cause I remember it being pretty expensive, and yea, $390

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Thanks everybody for the comments.

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    I've owned an SRT6 for a couple years now, so I can give you more than just a "I drove one once for a few minutes" opinion.

    For all out power/price, you really can't beat it. The cars are capable of high 12's in stock form and with relatively few mods they can run low 12's/high 11's. Handling, yes, they can be squirrely. I've never had an understeer problem that's for sure, but I sure have fishtailed out of control several times due to oversteer. So you definitely have to be a little careful gassing it out of the corners. It makes for an exhilarating drive though...LOL!

    There are quite a few gremlins with the cars - electrical problems (radio as mentioned, connections to ecm are another), radiator fans, intercooler pump, rear end spider gears, leaky transmission sensors, and convertible top window separation seem to be the most common. In my opinion all cars have their quirks though and if you know about them and expect them to happen, you'll be prepared for them and not be pissed off/depressed when they occur. I did my research and knew what I was getting into when I bought mine with low mileage, so I expected to be wrenching on it.

    I replaced my Infiniti G35 with the SRT6 and I can't say how much more happy I am with the SRT6. It's way more fun to drive and waaaaaay faster. Also, I get compliments from people all the time when I'm driving the SRT6. You don't see many of them around and they are kind of cool looking so they attract attention.

    For me, the car reminds me of the Shelby Dodges. It got a bad name due to a few poor quality issues just like our cars were known for popping headgaskets and not running right due to electrical gremlins. Also, just as Shelby folks don't want to recognize our cars as Shelby's, neither Chrysler or Mercedes want to recognize this as one of their own! I guess I'm a sucker for the red headed step child....LOL!

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Thanks for the mini review. If I could manage to sell off a few older turbo Mopars of mine I would love to get an SRT-6 someday. I was looking at Needswings.com and they have some pretty cool upgrades for the car. I'm the kind of person that wouldn't let anybody else do maintenance/repairs/upgrades to one of my cars so I'm not too worried about things going horribly wrong or huge repair bills. Those cars looks like a lot of fun to drive.

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    If you could get a manual with the srt6 it wouldn't be that bad.

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    Dont let all those Sprinter box van guys get you down.. it's actually a pretty good trans! lawl

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    Re: Chrysler Crossfire ?

    Does it have a nag in it? I've never really looked under one. The nag is damn near bulletproof. I have only seen 2 nags fail. One was due to water contamination. The other was because a guy had the biggest sprinter available so overloaded it was sitting on the bumpstops. He killed the torque converter. Other than the trans plug adapters leaking, and the occasional speed sensor, those things keep going. The funniest thing to me though, is the nag in a chrysler and a nag in a sprinter are essentially the same. Sprinters need special fluid that costs a ridiculous amount, 20 bucks a quart or something like that. But chrysler nags use atf4.

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