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Bought myself a Crossfire
- Thread starter Padso
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I know that you're not getting a good rap on your purchase but unfortunately I agree with the general consensus.
Top Gear's James May once said that these looked like a dog hunching over to have a s**t, I laughed for a week.
Car choice is obviously very personal and you should take all these opinions in good humour, saying that, I'd rather have the car behind the Crossfire in the second picture.
Top Gear's James May once said that these looked like a dog hunching over to have a s**t, I laughed for a week.
Car choice is obviously very personal and you should take all these opinions in good humour, saying that, I'd rather have the car behind the Crossfire in the second picture.
#speedynz said:I know that you're not getting a good rap on your purchase but unfortunately I agree with the general consensus.
Top Gear's James May once said that these looked like a dog hunching over to have a s**t, I laughed for a week.
Car choice is obviously very personal and you should take all these opinions in good humour, saying that, I'd rather have the car behind the Crossfire in the second picture.
Haha i laughed at it to when i saw that episode.
That Beetle was a prize at a charity auction we had for a local childrens cancer ward in belfast. Its pretty cool if your 3
Golf 7R
speedynz said:I know that you're not getting a good rap on your purchase but unfortunately I agree with the general consensus.
Top Gear's James May once said that these looked like a dog hunching over to have a s**t, I laughed for a week.
Car choice is obviously very personal and you should take all these opinions in good humour, saying that, I'd rather have the car behind the Crossfire in the second picture.
Id rather have the goalpost....but each to there own!
E91 M Sport
john.med said:
You'll be lucky: 215bhp + automatic + 20" rear tyres + old merc chassis aren't going to allow much of anything apart from cruising
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
I also prefer the 350z's but as long as you like it thats all that matters.
I think you've made a good choice there fella. It might not be the greatest car ever built but neither is the clio or megane and 95% of the people who have commented own one of those.
Personally I'd love a 350Z but I've seen loads of them on the road recently and as since virtually everyone here has said "I'd buy a 350Z instead", I think ur lucky to have something a little different...
Personally I'd love a 350Z but I've seen loads of them on the road recently and as since virtually everyone here has said "I'd buy a 350Z instead", I think ur lucky to have something a little different...
I got the Crossfire SRT-6 about a month ago. as per this model bar:-
AMG Engine and Gearbox
Reinforced Chassis
Upgrated suspension
Uprated Discs
Uprated Callipers
Larger, fixed rear spoiler
It was marketed as 330 BHP but had identical engine to the SL32 AMG (SLK) which is rated at 350. Apparently as Mecedes part own Chrysler they were "told" to market it at 330BHP as it was cheaper than there car with the same power and didn't want to comprimise there own sales. It is actually 350BHP though..........as the engine, gearbox and ecu are identical.
These are built in Germany in the same factory as the SLK and most of the components you see are bstamped / badged Mercedes or AMG. The engine and all the pipes have AMG on them. The fuel tank, dorrs hinges and many other parts are stamped with the Mercedes logo. It is actually 65% Mercedes components.
Performance is good too:
0-60 4.8 secs
0-100 12.5 secs
80-100 3.5 secs
I love it, especially when I turn traction control off !!!!
These cars are very understated, test drive on and you will see. I part ex'd my Impreza STI PPP for this (305 BHP). and other than about 2 10th's of a scond to 60, this is marginally quicker on the roll.
AMG Engine and Gearbox
Reinforced Chassis
Upgrated suspension
Uprated Discs
Uprated Callipers
Larger, fixed rear spoiler
It was marketed as 330 BHP but had identical engine to the SL32 AMG (SLK) which is rated at 350. Apparently as Mecedes part own Chrysler they were "told" to market it at 330BHP as it was cheaper than there car with the same power and didn't want to comprimise there own sales. It is actually 350BHP though..........as the engine, gearbox and ecu are identical.
These are built in Germany in the same factory as the SLK and most of the components you see are bstamped / badged Mercedes or AMG. The engine and all the pipes have AMG on them. The fuel tank, dorrs hinges and many other parts are stamped with the Mercedes logo. It is actually 65% Mercedes components.
Performance is good too:
0-60 4.8 secs
0-100 12.5 secs
80-100 3.5 secs
I love it, especially when I turn traction control off !!!!
These cars are very understated, test drive on and you will see. I part ex'd my Impreza STI PPP for this (305 BHP). and other than about 2 10th's of a scond to 60, this is marginally quicker on the roll.
Mreg 1.8 16v naples red
sorry to say...but EW EW EW/ there so ugly
nice 1 though mate. im sure its a darn sight smoother and faster than my clio
nice 1 though mate. im sure its a darn sight smoother and faster than my clio
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
understeer, understeer, hedge, post, burst into flames, die.
i like the wheels though!
i like the wheels though!
Hondata'd EP3 Type R
its an old SLK, the Old E Class Chassis is used on the 300c
Flaming Inferno 225
PMSL @ Z4 that is a bad car if ive i saw 1
GDI ???BHP Cliosport172
Id be really interested to know how they fair against a 182? My neighbour has just bought one-little confused as his got more money than sense,just thought he would of chose something else! I believe the top of the range model is 3.2litre?? est 0-60 about 5.5! if i remember correctly.
Elise 111R
can i ask why you say that?
The only thing which really lets it down is the damn run flats but other than that theres not much that can beat it?
E91 M Sport
mk5 VDUB polo
still looks like a dog having a poo!!
nice though
nice though
The supercharged version is 5.5 secs to 60. Regular 3.2 V6 is 6.5 secs so your 182 will be nicely matched and much better handling.
People who buy Crossfires don't know much about cars, or at least good sport cars.
It's a truly horrid car, made for the american "no corners" market.
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dick
i like the look of it, but it cant be very safe on the corners can it, not knowing when its going to change gear? throwing the weightdistribution out... ?
iv never driven an auto anything, but could it happen?
iv never driven an auto anything, but could it happen?
I have the SRT-6 Crossfire that has a few tweaks over the normal crossfire and there are only 2000 coiupes and 900 convertibles worldwide, so very rare.
Changes include:
strengthened chassis
uprated suspension
uprated callipers
uprated discs
larger fixed rear spoiler
lower front lip spoiler
and last, but by no means least........
the engine and gearbox out of the SL32 AMG
It was made for 1 year only (2005) and built at the SLK production site in germany.
The engine is the V6 3.2 ltr supercharged AMG engine and Std BHP is 350 (using 95 ron petrol) it was marketed at 330BHP as being "part owned" by Mercedes at the time it was £15k cheaper than the SL32 AMG and had the same perfomance (infact, being slightly lighter, in practice a little quicker)
road test have consistantly under 5 sec to 60 (mostly recorded at 4.7-4.8)
I run with a sprint booster, Shell Vpower 99 ron petrol and twin K&N air filters. I am hitting 60 in 4.6 now and it is blinding perfomance. Others in the states with the same mods as I have have had rolling road reports showing 360 - 365 BHP.
Mike at Rentech went out in it when it wasn;t fully run in and I had no performance mods done in it, so he can tell what it is like "stock".....Dave went out in it 2 weeks ago, so can tell you what it is like now.
Handling is much improved with the tweaks too.
I hope you all find this an interesting read and in the future if you see an SRT-6 for sale, I would buy it as it is the only "Non mercedes" AMG car every built and is very rare. I still havent seen another one in the 9 months I have had mine.
PS, don't try and race it off the lights !!!!!!!
Changes include:
strengthened chassis
uprated suspension
uprated callipers
uprated discs
larger fixed rear spoiler
lower front lip spoiler
and last, but by no means least........
the engine and gearbox out of the SL32 AMG
It was made for 1 year only (2005) and built at the SLK production site in germany.
The engine is the V6 3.2 ltr supercharged AMG engine and Std BHP is 350 (using 95 ron petrol) it was marketed at 330BHP as being "part owned" by Mercedes at the time it was £15k cheaper than the SL32 AMG and had the same perfomance (infact, being slightly lighter, in practice a little quicker)
road test have consistantly under 5 sec to 60 (mostly recorded at 4.7-4.8)
I run with a sprint booster, Shell Vpower 99 ron petrol and twin K&N air filters. I am hitting 60 in 4.6 now and it is blinding perfomance. Others in the states with the same mods as I have have had rolling road reports showing 360 - 365 BHP.
Mike at Rentech went out in it when it wasn;t fully run in and I had no performance mods done in it, so he can tell what it is like "stock".....Dave went out in it 2 weeks ago, so can tell you what it is like now.
Handling is much improved with the tweaks too.
I hope you all find this an interesting read and in the future if you see an SRT-6 for sale, I would buy it as it is the only "Non mercedes" AMG car every built and is very rare. I still havent seen another one in the 9 months I have had mine.
PS, don't try and race it off the lights !!!!!!!
