Modify a Crossfire ?

I have a better solution. Don't buy a Crossfire.

LOL :-(

Especially the added arguments are appreciated !

Thomas

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The Crossfahrt doesn't get much love on this newsgroup. The only Chrysler part on it is the ignition key. Its a re-badged Benz.

Sir Dive-a-Lot wrote:

Well, for us Dutch people in our small country below sea level.. it is pretty much an American car.

And as the label is Chrysler, I think I can address the case in the Chrysler news group :-)

So please let som tekky stand up and tell me about the separation wall.......

Thomas

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Why would Daimler have sold the Crossdresser in Europe?

You will have better luck asking in the Mercedes forum.

The Crossfire is really a Mercedes SLK320.

I highly doubt that anyone that owns a Crossfire reads this newsgroup.

Well, it can be a Mercedes (that Idid not know), but ...

I presume it is to be serviced by a Chrysler dealer isn't it ?

And it seems valid to assume that Chrysler dealers/mechanics do visit this newsgroup doesn't it ?

And where should I go else ? :-)

Any Chrysler mechanic that does service these models could react and dig into my question. I don't expect regular owners to do so, as the question is beyond the avarage owner's skills I think.

Thomas

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Same car, same data, different opinion !!

Thomas

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That which you propose is not a service operation, it's a modification and a major one at that.

You need to find which newsgroup professional basketball players frequent, they would probably be able to recommend a chop shop to help you.

i bet the boys at unique whips can help.....

Quite a few contributors to this NG can't cope with internationally-produced cars. If more than a few parts of a car aren't made in the US (or southern Ontario) they turn their noses up at it...

:-) DAS (in London)

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Have you heard Jeremy Clarkson on other American cars? Listen carefully here and note the comment about (US-based) Budweiser.

I don't think this is an unsual, Crossfire-specific criticism.

DAS

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Well in fact it isn't just a Mercedes but it is basically an old model with mediocre handling for a sports car. And in the past there have been some posts about it .... mostly about the difficulty of getting parts for it in the US.

As regards the Crossfire specifically -- incidentally I saw one poodling around the Karmann factory just before launch -- I agree that parts , specially engine, are/were from an outgoing SLK. I don't think DC did itself any favours by doing that but I suspect it helped maintain a price differential (Crossfire cheaper).

From the many comments I have read here (especially about the Crossfire being a foreigner's idea of what an American car should look like) I sometimes think about comments from Brits about, say German, cars that contain 'British' elements like leather and wood to the effect it's what Germans think British cars have.

Actually our finest Britis cars are owed by Germans and partly made in Germany, and jolly good they are, too. Am thinking R-R (BMW) and Bentley (VW) in particular.

Nevertheless, I still think my point about American nationalism and cars still stands as far as many people in this NG are concerned.

DAS

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