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chryslerben
492 posts
28 months
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carinaman
3,144 posts
41 months
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There's a couple in the PH classifieds that have needed clutches.  Perhaps they'd been abused or ridden. Interesting reading on US sites about development of Turbo kits and Merc. V8 conversions.
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boobles
Original Poster
12,155 posts
84 months
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Mine is on original clutch after 83k.....
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chryslerben
492 posts
28 months
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Squeeze a hemi init then your talking lol
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boobles
Original Poster
12,155 posts
84 months
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irocfan
1,465 posts
59 months
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OMG - you are a BAD person!!!
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LuS1fer
28,475 posts
114 months
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I'm more partial to a Saturn Sky with a 7.0 LS7 fitted myself.
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chryslerben
492 posts
28 months
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boobles said: Haha brilliant "yep its got a hemi" classic lol
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chryslerben
492 posts
28 months
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That hemi crossfire is featured in the April edition of mopar action
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Daveeoo
46 posts
26 months
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To those that want one...I say go for it. Having just sold mine purely to a move abroad for work in the near future, I miss it already and the drive to work is very dull in the temporary thing I'm using until I go.
Pros I found: Quick, comfy, plenty of creature comforts, great sound system, fairly sticky to the road and very forgiving in gear choice due to plenty of excess power
Negatives: I didnt think there were many really, the boot is on display if you have expensive items in there without a cover and the huge bonnet picks up chips easily
I did notice as I got to the presale paranoia of "I hadnt noticed that bit before and it doesnt bother me....will it bother them?" that the body work seems to pick up rust fairly easily? Check the arches and on the boot lining. I found it strange for modern cars to be bubbling so soon when Im always polishing it etc - thats the Yanks department. All things Merc ran excellently.
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Daveeoo
46 posts
26 months
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[quote=carinaman]There's a couple in the PH classifieds that have needed clutches. Perhaps they'd been abused or ridden. Id say ridden, I caught my Missus barely using first gear, as it copes fine with second. Tut tut tut. She didnt use it much after that!
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LuS1fer
28,475 posts
114 months
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Daveeoo said: . I found it strange for modern cars to be bubbling so soon when Im always polishing it etc - thats the Yanks department. All things Merc ran excellently.
Hmmm, wonder where it was built - oh yes....Wilhelm Karmann GmbH – Contract assembly of the Chrysler Crossfire models (Osnabrück, Germany) 
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AdeTuono
3,752 posts
96 months
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LuS1fer said: Hmmm, wonder where it was built - oh yes....Wilhelm Karmann GmbH – Contract assembly of the Chrysler Crossfire models (Osnabrück, Germany) Indeed. I often wonder how the Crossfire can be perceived as a 'Yank'. If it's because of the Mopar provenence, then surely a Focus could equally be called the same?
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Daveeoo
46 posts
26 months
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Oh right? I didn't realise it was built in Germany too. I noticed every pipe under the bonnet had a Mercedes logo, but didn't see anything else around the car.
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LuS1fer
28,475 posts
114 months
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I think a lot of 300s were built in Austria too.
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LDN
2,265 posts
72 months
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I've never seen any rust on an Xfire... the build quality IMO is just brilliant and I've never seen such perfect shut lines; that's my OCD talking.
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locutus
15 posts
16 months
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Well 3 months in and I love mine.
I haven't even seen another Crossfire near me in the last couple of months and it gets lots of nice comments from strangers.
I am finding it a very easy car to live with and have even got used to the restricted rear version.
The most addictive thing is the noise it gives off when accelerating in second or third...
For four grand it was an absolute bargain!
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Roo
5,842 posts
76 months
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boobles said: I've been round Donnington in the old V8 one that used to be over here.
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boobles
Original Poster
12,155 posts
84 months
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Roo said: I've been round Donnington in the old V8 one that used to be over here. Was it any good?
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Roo
5,842 posts
76 months
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boobles said: Was it any good? It was actually a bit pants. It was an early development car with a 6.1 in it and not enough had been done to the rest of the car to get it set up properly. Bloody quick in a straight line though.
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You can tell when there's a Hemi in there! 
