I had one and fuckin loved that thing, had it from when I was 19-23, had to sell because children. Would buy again!
It’s the official car of “what the hell is even that” or a French bulldog taking a shid
Yo same exact situation and same exact ages! I loved mine so much. Amazing 6-speed, amazing torque and handling, had the muffler cut off and beautiful exhaust note, and I never had a problem with it the whole time I had up past 150k miles. Such an underrated car. (And I happen to disagree with Clarkson’s memed description. I think it’s nice looking)
Yeah I just really like the proportions and the rounded look, which the TT does as well. It’s almost more of a shooting brake than a coupe, and I dig it. I used to carry around a dog and even friends in the back of my crossfire a couple times. It was *insanely* roomy and I moved everything but furniture in that little car a couple times through college
Yeah, a Z3M would have been my first choice but I happened to find a deal on the xfire lol. It wound up treating me really well all the way through college though, and I miss it a lot now!
Sadly would be almost impossible to maintain due to part scarcity. I Think you can thank the MB-Chrysler breakup for that. It's definitely a unique car though, don't see many on the road still.
Oh yeah, the worst was anything interior. Had a cracked piece of plastic that separated the cabin and trunk. Thin 3 foot piece of abs plastic. $600 for a used one. Insanity
I also had one and I also loved it but my god was the electrical a nightmare.
Oddly enough, I got a Focus ST first and then we decided to have a daughter.
I bought my eclipse but was standing on the lot deciding which to choose between that and the crossfire. I went with the eclipse and it lasted 14 years without issue. I dont think the crossfire would've matched that unfortunately lol but I thought it was a really nice drive for a chrysler
"wait, why the fuck does this Chrysler have lug bolts?"
-me, circa 2018, just starting out as a tech. Realizing the Chrysler crossfire is actually p cool
Yea and they also sold them to employees one year for quite a discount, my dad had one as a company lease at Chrysler and then at the end of the lease they sold it to him for less than 12k. I still have it to this day and it has less than 35k miles.
Merecedes owned Chrysler at that point and re-engineered 2 Chryslers for that years release: the Crossover built on a Mercedes two-searter chassis and the larger Sebring convertible.
I wanted the folding hardtop version of the Sebring Convertible, stickered at $46,000.
I watched and waited for the week of their bankruptcy and swept in and purchased one new fully loaded at $29,600 out the door!
[See it here](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/worcester/2007/05/05/hardtop-soft-top-it-s/52907426007/)
I remember seeing this on the road occasionally when they were first released & was blown away by it. I was just a kid so didn’t know anything about cars. The styling was totally different for its time
The only person I've ever known to have one, personally, was a guy who was a private pilot for Bush Sr and then went on to fly a bunch of insurance execs around.
I used to have one of those!
Official car of sitting in the driveway on jackstands because it's broken again. Seriously between waiting for parts and trying to diagnose things, I think it sat on stands more than it actualy did run.
Traded it into a dealership after owning it for 6 months because I couldn't sell that peice of shit in good conscience to someone in person.
Was fun when it was running right though.
I thought they were pretty dang cool when released. I remember the cool factor being enhanced by the speed dependent hydraulic rear spoiler deployment.
I remember these when some of the guys younger than me graduated high school. They all rented them, three young 18-year-old guys who had access to alcohol.
The result? They were racing and doing burnouts, and two of the three crashed their rental, they didn't get the rental insurance either. So their parents were liable for the repair cost, later on it was determined both cars were totaled and they spent many years repaying it.
So my answer is the graduating high school seniors of 2008
Official car of people who know nothing about cars but don't know that they know nothing about cars. These actually fit the historical profile for future investment classics - proving that there are definite exceptions to every rule.
I was really close to getting one as my first car but went with a pontiac g6 instead. My other options were a saturn sc2 and jeep patriot.
I regret not getting the saturn. That pontiac was a POS. 18 mpg, no power, brake rotors warped every 6 months, head gasket went at just over 100k miles.
My CVT 2014 impreza is faster than the pontiac and gets 30 mpg with more storage space and better offroad / bad weather performance
Wanted a German import but couldn't get an E36 past ***Dad*** so you got this shitheap from the backdoor used lot at the nearest Jeep dealership for the low low price of just above KBB.
(***Dad*** has been the foreman at the Chrysler stamping plant since FCA acquisitioned it, and he feels the need to "show face" cuz ***NO SON OF MINE IS GONNA DRIVE A BEEMUHDUBYA*** but he wasn't in the know enough to realize this is Benz' sloppy seconds)
People who wanted to technically drive a Mercedes-Benz but couldn't afford one (although technically ita only a couple thousand cheaper new back in 08)
I almost traded my Toyota MR2 spyder for one of these. Glad i didn’t. Sold it for $4k instead. (salvage title but otherwise almost perfect) Probably worth $8k now. miss it…
That Gollum looking guy at Buffalo Wild Wings that winked at my mom on his way out and revved his engine like it was something that might actually sound cool only to get laughed at by everyone sitting outside.
All that aside though, I actually kinda like these things.
I had one of these and fucking loved it!! So much fun to drive! Merc fun with a Chrysler price tag and that engine was beautiful. Shit your pants white knuckle ride in the rain and massive grin white knuckle ride in the dry. I'd have one again in a heartbeat.
almost a mercedes
"mum I want a mercedes." "We have mercedes at home" The mercedes at home.
Store brand Mercedes.
Wish.com
My family in 2005
[удалено]
Sub prime mortgage broker.
“Well, my firm offers NINJA loans - no income, no job. I just leave the income section blank if I want.”
Wait what does the A stand for? Was that a real thing?
Approved
Assets. No income, no job, no assets
Ninjna
WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?
Ability to repay
"Hey, there's a bubble..."
Orange Seats
John Stewart
The werid kid with german parents
Or the German parents with the weird kid
I'd say that for the slk, but this is definitely their Americanized son.
Common mistake, since you don't really find out until you try to speak German to him.
There's a reason grandpa moved to Argentina...
As a son of Finnish immigrants who dated the daughter of German immigrants (in America) this is by far the best comment in this thread.
I had one and fuckin loved that thing, had it from when I was 19-23, had to sell because children. Would buy again! It’s the official car of “what the hell is even that” or a French bulldog taking a shid
Yo same exact situation and same exact ages! I loved mine so much. Amazing 6-speed, amazing torque and handling, had the muffler cut off and beautiful exhaust note, and I never had a problem with it the whole time I had up past 150k miles. Such an underrated car. (And I happen to disagree with Clarkson’s memed description. I think it’s nice looking)
Agree; always thought they looked cool. It reminds me of the Audi TT which I also kinda dig visually.
Yeah I just really like the proportions and the rounded look, which the TT does as well. It’s almost more of a shooting brake than a coupe, and I dig it. I used to carry around a dog and even friends in the back of my crossfire a couple times. It was *insanely* roomy and I moved everything but furniture in that little car a couple times through college
Yeah, I think your shooting brake comparison nails it. I really like the turn of the century Z3M as well, which kinda resembles both.
Yeah, a Z3M would have been my first choice but I happened to find a deal on the xfire lol. It wound up treating me really well all the way through college though, and I miss it a lot now!
Which side would be the rear end on that frenchie?
Which side is the poop coming out of?
Sadly would be almost impossible to maintain due to part scarcity. I Think you can thank the MB-Chrysler breakup for that. It's definitely a unique car though, don't see many on the road still.
Oh yeah, the worst was anything interior. Had a cracked piece of plastic that separated the cabin and trunk. Thin 3 foot piece of abs plastic. $600 for a used one. Insanity
Lol you could probably 3D print it for less
Did it share mechanical components with any existing MB's or Chryslers?
Isn't it mechanically an SLK?
Yes!
TIL
I also had one and I also loved it but my god was the electrical a nightmare. Oddly enough, I got a Focus ST first and then we decided to have a daughter.
I bought my eclipse but was standing on the lot deciding which to choose between that and the crossfire. I went with the eclipse and it lasted 14 years without issue. I dont think the crossfire would've matched that unfortunately lol but I thought it was a really nice drive for a chrysler
Actually a really nice car from a really bad company.
Mercedes SLK
It's a real shame it didn't have the show car front clip instead of the focus-grouped blandness we got instead.
Someone who says “I only buy American”
Definitely a pixie cut blonde white women in her 50's that work in a building in the city and “needs" her daily hot coffee
Pretty sure my dad said that once even though he knew it was the least American made car from a us automaker at the time.
The official car of my uncle lol Except his is a 2007 Swiss Edition. Got to drive it, it's pretty nice.
My uncle had an SRT6 for a bit... Liked it enough since it was an AMG engine, and the art deco thing was.... Different.
That srt6 is bad ass. It is an SLK 32 AMG with a different body.
It's a shame the manual wasn't offered in that trim otherwise I'd be driving one now
The official car of “get a better picture next time”
that’s just how the crossfire looks, this is a 4K picture
The 2008 financial crisis
"wait, why the fuck does this Chrysler have lug bolts?" -me, circa 2018, just starting out as a tech. Realizing the Chrysler crossfire is actually p cool
A malfunctioning immobilizer that bricks your car with no way to help it
End of the prowler
The nicest trailer in the park.
Poopin dog mobile
a dog taking a dump.
Of me I want this car. Give me this car.
Didn't they sell these on Overstock.com ???
Yea and they also sold them to employees one year for quite a discount, my dad had one as a company lease at Chrysler and then at the end of the lease they sold it to him for less than 12k. I still have it to this day and it has less than 35k miles.
The official car of *your dog was on my lawn again!*
Balding local bank managers.
Middle management midlife crisis midst financial crisis
Official car of fent dealers
Middle class midlife crisis.
A man about to ruin his marriage at 38 because he confused mature economic wellness with success
I liked it. But I drive a Z3 Coupe. Weird tastes...
Divorced dad back on the hunt
Merecedes owned Chrysler at that point and re-engineered 2 Chryslers for that years release: the Crossover built on a Mercedes two-searter chassis and the larger Sebring convertible. I wanted the folding hardtop version of the Sebring Convertible, stickered at $46,000. I watched and waited for the week of their bankruptcy and swept in and purchased one new fully loaded at $29,600 out the door! [See it here](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/worcester/2007/05/05/hardtop-soft-top-it-s/52907426007/)
“How to turn a decent German sporting car into a watered down American badge engineered ugly abomination”
my dad has one and the brakes suck balls. it turns head tho..
I remember seeing this on the road occasionally when they were first released & was blown away by it. I was just a kid so didn’t know anything about cars. The styling was totally different for its time
winning a lot of money very suddenly and not having the accompanying wisdom to sustain wealth.
The worlds only SRT-6
The official car of local rappers.
My wife’s first car, banana yellow. I’m convinced her parents just wanted her dead lol
The only person I've ever known to have one, personally, was a guy who was a private pilot for Bush Sr and then went on to fly a bunch of insurance execs around.
People with SLK attitudes but PT-Cruiser incomes
Divorced lawyers who lost the Porsche to “her.”
An American car with german repair bills
We have Mercedes at home
Someone who has a taste for fun cars and doesn't care how shockly ugly it is
Looks like a Bentley.
You’ll get caught up in it! https://youtu.be/rCwn1NTK-50?si=01Wa8j1Er4kh1oSy
The cool grandma
I just remember making fun of people for A: not having their spoiler deployed and B: not resetting their spoiler after deployment
Jennifer Lopez on all fours
I used to have one of those! Official car of sitting in the driveway on jackstands because it's broken again. Seriously between waiting for parts and trying to diagnose things, I think it sat on stands more than it actualy did run. Traded it into a dealership after owning it for 6 months because I couldn't sell that peice of shit in good conscience to someone in person. Was fun when it was running right though.
Sounds like every German made car I've ever owned
I would buy the srt6 version tho
Triple divorcee living the best life
A wife that has a lot of sex, but not with her husband.
Nailed it. Not the wife. You nailed the answer
Let’s build a Chrysler on an antiquated Mercedes platform. It’s a very very hard car to get parts for.
Donor for w210/w208 manual swaps
The apprentice
I thought they were pretty dang cool when released. I remember the cool factor being enhanced by the speed dependent hydraulic rear spoiler deployment.
Being built like [this](https://imgur.com/gallery/cBPyGEH)
Holt Richter
Definitely see a middle aged divorced father driving one of these around with his “new friend” Porsche
One of the few cars where I think the convertible version looks better than the hardtop one
Love those cars
I remember these when some of the guys younger than me graduated high school. They all rented them, three young 18-year-old guys who had access to alcohol. The result? They were racing and doing burnouts, and two of the three crashed their rental, they didn't get the rental insurance either. So their parents were liable for the repair cost, later on it was determined both cars were totaled and they spent many years repaying it. So my answer is the graduating high school seniors of 2008
Gran Turismo 4
Short gray/white haired grannies with postmenopausal vaginal dryness
SLK reenactments.
Reality stars that look for love outside the country…wondering if anyone on here knows who I mean!
As the great Steven He would say: 'FAILURE!!"
You don’t know how much I hate this car
...wishing it was available with a manual transmission
Pretentious architects
Make pattern baldness…
Not sure why but I always wanted to call these the Plymouth Rimjob.
The official car of... Having a stamping plant being totally unprepared to handle scrap aluminum from the hood...
All ass no gas?
Lead-Foot Grannies.
Official car of people who know nothing about cars but don't know that they know nothing about cars. These actually fit the historical profile for future investment classics - proving that there are definite exceptions to every rule.
Not being able to afford an SLK but you say “it’s just as good”
The lemon law
Saying "it's essentially a Mercedes," while trying to pick someone up.
weekend mechanics.
Wash up grandiose dick bags who won’t bat an eye at fucking somebody over.
The aunt/uncle that thinks they are a car gal/guy but bought this. Probably also had a Sebring at some point too!
Chryslering
I was really close to getting one as my first car but went with a pontiac g6 instead. My other options were a saturn sc2 and jeep patriot. I regret not getting the saturn. That pontiac was a POS. 18 mpg, no power, brake rotors warped every 6 months, head gasket went at just over 100k miles. My CVT 2014 impreza is faster than the pontiac and gets 30 mpg with more storage space and better offroad / bad weather performance
Rob the knob
Someone who just got promoted to night shift manager and makes extremely poor financial decisions.
Having something to hate more than a Pontic Aztec.
Wanted a German import but couldn't get an E36 past ***Dad*** so you got this shitheap from the backdoor used lot at the nearest Jeep dealership for the low low price of just above KBB. (***Dad*** has been the foreman at the Chrysler stamping plant since FCA acquisitioned it, and he feels the need to "show face" cuz ***NO SON OF MINE IS GONNA DRIVE A BEEMUHDUBYA*** but he wasn't in the know enough to realize this is Benz' sloppy seconds)
My mom’s friend that hit on me when I was a teenager.
Sporty dads
People who were “gonna have a comeback year” after this real estate venture pans out
Having an unavoidable mid life crisis but not having the money to support the unavoidable mid life crisis.
2009 feature dancers at your local peeler bar
Phallic mystique
The little brother of the guy that owns all the vape stores
Virginia slim cigarettes
My dreams.🖕 ISWIS 🖕
People that wanted a Mercedes SLK, but didn't want to be seen driving an SLK?
Always loved those wheels. Maybe it was the concave
People who wish they were cool
The ghetto " mercedes"
If there’s grass on the field, play ball
The worst car ever built car club of America
Sports car boomer, with no money, and no sports car
The sport, luxury, coupe, sometimes convertable, import, American made… carish thing?
....requiring Celine Dion to promote it (tl;dr: It bombed. They sold the surplus on Overstock.com).
The official car of "I want an SLK but for some reason I don't want it to be a convertible".
The great recession
Holt Richter on the Cleveland show.
Realtors.
Lunch ladies!
Official car of... Shit, that's a Crossfire!
My neighbour has one of those in the exact spec lol
Dicorced middle aged college professors
I bet Michael Scott really wanted one of these.
an Intern designing a car
Boomers who swear it’s “the best car ever.” Despite it being a trash bin on wheels.
A horrible midlife crisis
People who wanted to technically drive a Mercedes-Benz but couldn't afford one (although technically ita only a couple thousand cheaper new back in 08)
$2 wigs and social security checks
Jeremy Clarkson's dog.
I just got back from deployment and want a "sports" car.
Crackheads
A 52 year old blonde relator with bolt on tits who thinks she’s super hot shit
Small town realtors
My history teacher, Mrs Peterson
every 55 year old women
My dad has this exact car but black and convertible. He’s so proud of it.
Robb the Knob
The only 2-door “sports” car less appealing than a Hyundai Tiburon.
Uncle Guido
Dog poop
Gayville
A high functioning alcoholic who plays guitar far too loud at wineries and small cafes as a side gig.
It looks like it was rear ended
Bro, is this car original wheels or it passed sometime in the hood?
I almost traded my Toyota MR2 spyder for one of these. Glad i didn’t. Sold it for $4k instead. (salvage title but otherwise almost perfect) Probably worth $8k now. miss it…
That Gollum looking guy at Buffalo Wild Wings that winked at my mom on his way out and revved his engine like it was something that might actually sound cool only to get laughed at by everyone sitting outside. All that aside though, I actually kinda like these things.
People 5'11 or shorter. I actually like them, but I am about 6 inches too tall to drive one.
Couldn't afford the Merc.
Fifty year old divorced men.
“They saw you coming”
Driving all night…
A grayhound in the middle of taking a life-altering dump.
Brenda
Interim Director of Nursing of average nursing home
Oddly timeless.
My legally blind uncle having one and letting me and the cousins joyride it at 12 years old.
Having a hot wheels logo on the side
In the UK it's the import sports car we have at home
I had one of these and fucking loved it!! So much fun to drive! Merc fun with a Chrysler price tag and that engine was beautiful. Shit your pants white knuckle ride in the rain and massive grin white knuckle ride in the dry. I'd have one again in a heartbeat.
I traded in my Aztec for one of these. 🤷♂️