My girlfriends parents gifted her a PT Cruiser for graduation. We called it Sir PT Cruise Alot.
We took really good care of it, but the engine randomly siezed at 170k. We had it towed to a chryslet dealership. A mechanic was looking it over and popped in the drivers seat to get the milage.
He said, "no way," and called the other mechanics over. A few came out of the woodwork and proceeded to marvel at the odometer like it was a unicorn.
I said, "I know. Can't believe it blew up before 200k."
One of them looked at me like I was stupid, explaining, "this is legitimately highest milage PT cruiser we have ever seen blow up... Usually, they are around 90-120k when they roll in here."
Here I was thinking we got the shit end of the stick, when I guess we were actually really lucky??
Honestly I didn't hate driving a PT after college. My parents got a good deal on one for me. Felt like driving a little truck thing. But agreed that it was underpowered.
Yes, my 50-something boss bought a red one immediately. Not long after, when it started becoming popular with a specific female demographic, he said, “it’s a real chick magnet. Not in a good way.”
And apparently, the manual version drove well. A buddy test drove one and was ready to buy it until he got out and looked at it again. Instead he got a first gen Mazda 3, and those cars were fucking bulletproof.
Remember the Scion? They were unique enough to warrant their own bumper sticker line. I saw one that said ‘your boyfriend likes my box’. I thought it was hilarious.
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u/b1200dat 23d ago
The Chrysler PT cruiser is definitely up there too!