Modify a Crossfire ?

I have put my eye on a nice Crossfire, but due to my length of 200 cm, the
chair will not retract enough and tilt the backrest enough to get a
comfortable position behind the wheel.

Is it possible to remove the separation wall between the chairs and the
luggage compartiment, move the chair sliders a bit backward and solve the
problem ?

 

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

 

LOL :-(

Especially the added arguments are appreciated !

Thomas

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5611575677819218021

 

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

 

Same car, same data, different opinion !!




Thomas

 

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.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Whips

 

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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don't mess with a thing you have airbags that depend on seat placement and
modifying the seat may have fatal implications if you are ever in a wreck

 

i did not like them at first but as a sport car they do fit that bill they
are fast in hwy traffic the srt model is even faster with a blower on it
they get stuck real easy in the snow even we with the traction switch on
even more so
service is a bitch because it is either the stealership or a import shop
that has the scan tools to access it's electronics

 

you ar eright and and having to work on some british cars that have higher parts
prices that german cars you won't see anything but ford and dodge in my
driveway