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From: SMS on 11 Jan 2010 22:11 Ashton Crusher wrote: > Go look at a PT cruiser. You can get them new cheap and they are > quite nice inside. Has all the utility of an SUV. You save enough > money on the purchase price to more then pay for an extended warranty > if you want one. Got one of those as a rental once. What a horrible vehicle.
From: clare on 12 Jan 2010 00:53 On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:53:04 -0700, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> wrote: >On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:12:10 -0600, "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > >> >>"Canuck57" <Canuck57(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:tES1n.4860 >>> >>> I bet most Toyota's don't even make them too the lot, family hand me >>> downs. Parents drive it for 14 years and 200,000 on the odo then give it >>> to the kids or keep it as a second car. >> >>I have been trying to help a friend find one for his wife for the last month >>or so. Within a 200 mile search radius, there has been nothing on the >>market recently. >> >>He wanted a minivan or SUV for her. There are of course Chrysler products >>and some GM. > > >Go look at a PT cruiser. You can get them new cheap and they are >quite nice inside. Has all the utility of an SUV. You save enough >money on the purchase price to more then pay for an extended warranty >if you want one. I like mine, but for a little 2.4 4banger it is a bit thirsty.
From: clare on 12 Jan 2010 00:53 On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:11:46 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: >Ashton Crusher wrote: > >> Go look at a PT cruiser. You can get them new cheap and they are >> quite nice inside. Has all the utility of an SUV. You save enough >> money on the purchase price to more then pay for an extended warranty >> if you want one. > >Got one of those as a rental once. What a horrible vehicle. Horrible how? Love mine.
From: Ashton Crusher on 12 Jan 2010 21:35 On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:11:46 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: >Ashton Crusher wrote: > >> Go look at a PT cruiser. You can get them new cheap and they are >> quite nice inside. Has all the utility of an SUV. You save enough >> money on the purchase price to more then pay for an extended warranty >> if you want one. > >Got one of those as a rental once. What a horrible vehicle. Mine is great except it's only got modest power. Just was in a Camry today and frankly, except for the wonderful V6 in the Camry there was nothing nicer about it then my PT. The second Gen PTs (2005 and up I think) are noticeably better then the first Gen.
From: SMS on 12 Jan 2010 22:24
Ashton Crusher wrote: >> Got one of those as a rental once. What a horrible vehicle. > > Mine is great except it's only got modest power. I think "modest power" is somewhat of an understatement. Compared to a 4 cylinder Camry it's a dog. Accelerating onto I-95 in Florida was terrifying. |