A crappy Chrysler product

vtdog · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:27 am **Posts:** 640

I was travelling this week and given a PT Cruiser as a rental car with about 9,000 on the odometer

What a POS!! Other than anaemic acceleration, poor handling, soft brakes and lousy (for a 4 cylinder) MPG it was fine. I am told that it is built on the old Neon platform-it shows.

Oh, and by the way for all you who complain about CRD tranny, not only did it have a shudder, but it really "clunked" between shifts.

Makes my CRD seem like a great ride

Pote · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:30 pm

I was stuck off and on in those early this year when I was going through car fixes...I felt embarrassed driving down the road. :oops:

CRDLIBERTY · **Joined:** Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:52 pm **Posts:** 72

did see an add for brand new pt cruisers for $9995 with air lol well i had to go check em out you know something i like it. Was looking at a black one striped out with air yes 5sp stick. It looked pretty gangster toss on some black rims. I tried to talk my sis into getting one instead of the expensive CRD. I had a 80;s bmw and the pt reminded me of that running through the gears cheap and new is cool.

CATCRD · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:20 pm

Rental PT Cruisers should come with a paper bag to put over your head while you drive it.

gmctd · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:21 pm

I dream of one with a hemi\5spd auto\rwd or awd - 0-60 in under 4secs - but, then I climb up in the Ram and quickly forget what I was going to kick some tires on

Then, there's this...............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV0XJePU ... ed&search=

retmil46 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:10 am

Well, go figure - the PTC is the "basement" car now that the Neon is gone. You're talking a price on average $10K less than what the CRD cost.

I've always liked the looks of it - first time I saw one years ago the first thought that went thru my mind was that Chrysler had done a modern version of a '40 Ford. Had an uncle that had several of those around when I was young, both of his boys had one. Kinda warmed my heart to see someone in effect bring these old cars back, including the old fashioned door handles.

Had one with an auto as a rental 3 or 4 times from the dealer, and for what it is - basically a bargain basement retro MPV/station wagon - thought it did rather well. Before we got the problems with the CRD sorted out and it was still in doubt whether or not I was going to keep it, a PTC was on my short list of vehicles to trade for.

Jim Friese · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:22 pm

I had a Pt to drive while my CRD was getting a recall for the blower motor. What a piece of crud. Drove like a
covered wagon being pulled by 4 lame horse's
Jim

curtis · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:34 pm

Jim Friese wrote:

:x

I had a Pt to drive while my CRD was getting a recall for the blower motor. What a piece of crud. Drove like a
covered wagon being pulled by 4 lame horse's
Jim

Yeh PT's are not near as fun as driving a CRD, But your mixing apples and oranges. The torque of the CRD makes most other cars (and some Trucks) feel like driving junk. My wife drives a PT Cruiser, It was only half the price of My CRD so it should only be half as good......Right?

chadhargis · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:24 pm

I traded in a PT Cruiser for my CRD. The PT was a dog of a car for sure.

It acclerated like it was towing a 2000lb block of concrete, got a whopping 19mpg in the city and 26 on the highway and that's with a 5-speed (my CRD gets 20 in the city and 28 on the highway).

Other than the amount of room it had for a small car, I liked nothing about it except the price. I bought it because it was in good shape, and cheap.

kjfishman · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:59 am

vtdog wrote:

I was travelling this week and given a PT Cruiser as a rental car with about 9,000 on the odometer

What a POS!! Other than anaemic acceleration, poor handling, soft brakes and lousy (for a 4 cylinder) MPG it was fine. I am told that it is built on the old Neon platform-it shows.

Oh, and by the way for all you who complain about CRD tranny, not only did it have a shudder, but it really "clunked" between shifts.

Makes my CRD seem like a great ride

If you think a PT is bad drive a Chevy Cobalt! My daughter had a 2003 Dream edition with the 220hp Turbo. That car was fast. But fuel economy was not that great. She had a 2000 Neon before that and it did handle very well and not too bad on gas. Never understood what people have against Neons. They were good value for the money. If I could get a really good deal on an SRT 4 I wouldn't mind driving it.

Jeepman56 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:04 pm

I have driven SRT4s, they are a lot of fun.

A few years ago they were the fastest car under $20k stock. I drove a base Cobalt as a rental in Hawaii and I couldn't wait to drop it off. It barely had enough power to get up to highway speed let alone pass anyone.

robert46123 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:01 pm

When PT Cruisers first came out people were stupid enough to pay over MSRP for them. Talk about serious depreciation. I had a '69 Firebird at the time and on a Pontiac forum I belonged to people in Detroit were talking about the dream cruise they have up there and people that had just bought PT Cruisers were showing up in large numbers for the cruise. Imagine a guy in his GTO during an event like that lined up next to some guy that just paid too much for a PT Cruiser. I have had one for a rental on numerous occasions and they are ok transportation, but nothing to get excited about.

carroll952 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:11 pm

Jeepman56 wrote:

I drove a base Cobalt as a rental in Hawaii and I couldn't wait to drop it off. It barely had enough power to get up to highway speed let alone pass anyone.

See there is your problem. When in Hawaii, you need to rent a convertible and wear matching hawaiian shirts with the rest of your family

Can't count the number of times I saw that when I lived in Hawaii.

Now on the topic of rentals, the last time I was in Hawaii I had a Caliber and it was a total dog. Almost had the same gas mileage as my KJ did in HI. I did have a Pontiac G6 with a v6 in it when I was in New Orleans, that car was much more fun.

BiodieselJeep.com · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:21 pm

When in Russia maybe you could rent this diesel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgZFGusz19s&NR=1
Now, does that count as off-off road or boating?

truckbouy2 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:20 am

Now thats what I consider being REALLY Trail Rated......Not just a fender badge. :wink:

bbo · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:17 pm **Posts:** 382

funny thread .. my one prayer when I go to the rental places ( I guess I average one week a month for trips) is to NOT get a PT Loser.

Last week I had a 300C ... schweet ...

flash7210 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:37 pm

I like the Caliber. Bought one for my wife.
Yeah, its not the fastest thing off the line but if you put your foot in it it
will go! What I think is neat, with the CVT, the RPM's will stay as high as
you want untill you back out of it. The CVT seamlessly moves through
gear (belt?) ratios without notice. Really, the performance is as good as
can be expected for a little 2.0 compact wagon. Next year the SRT-4 will
be available. Turbo + AWD should be a lot more fun to drive.

Yeah, you are pretty well wrapped up in plastic but what car under 17K
isn't. You pretty much get what you pay for and what we paid for was an
economical car with room for my 6'5" frame, wife, baby, and all the baby
gear. And as I've said before, this thing is about 85% Mitsubishi so I felt
very comfortable with our purchase.

Funny thing, I used to be a die hard Ford guy. Now I've got two Chrysler
products in my driveway.

A crappy Chrysler product

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