PT Cruiser
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richardf8I rented a PT Cruiser for the weekend. Not intentionally. More like, yeah, you requested a subcompact, but we're upgrading you to a pig.
And a pig it is. I don't know that I've ever liked driving a car less.
It's a simulacrum of some 40's era thing, like a DeSoto maybe. It duplicates those beautiful metal dashboards of yore with injection molded plastic with obvious seems.
When you put your pedal to the metal, that engine tries, really tries hard for you, but as they say, tryin' is lyin' and a rate of acceleration my Saturn could achieve without breaking 4K this thing redlines and cannot manage. (It would be unfair to bring the Cav into the equation with its six cylinders)
The car handles well, though the turning radius is more GM than Chrysler - A K-Car fares better than this.
All told, the PT Cruiser elevates form above function, and executes that form perfunctorily.
It does have a REALLY GREAT sound system though.
And a pig it is. I don't know that I've ever liked driving a car less.
It's a simulacrum of some 40's era thing, like a DeSoto maybe. It duplicates those beautiful metal dashboards of yore with injection molded plastic with obvious seems.
When you put your pedal to the metal, that engine tries, really tries hard for you, but as they say, tryin' is lyin' and a rate of acceleration my Saturn could achieve without breaking 4K this thing redlines and cannot manage. (It would be unfair to bring the Cav into the equation with its six cylinders)
The car handles well, though the turning radius is more GM than Chrysler - A K-Car fares better than this.
All told, the PT Cruiser elevates form above function, and executes that form perfunctorily.
It does have a REALLY GREAT sound system though.
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Date: 2006-10-20 03:33 am (UTC)Nothing competes with the turbo version it's segment. For +$5K more you can get a better car interior wise, but that's a lotta lettuce.
Try to get some seat time in the turbo flavor and let me know what you think.
Cya!
Mako
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Date: 2006-10-20 05:13 am (UTC)I'm-a stick with my 1993 Infiniti J30t. Black leather. 6-Cyl, 3-litre engine. It's tuned; I get about 220 hp, which I need, living in San Francisco. We have hills here.
And my sound system? A glorious 8-speaker Bose.
oh LOL!!
Date: 2006-10-21 05:21 am (UTC)^V^ !