Fair enough. I'm wondering, though, if there were early production issues of the GT that got worked out later, and that's why my car has been so trouble free (so far, knock on wood). My front plate fits fine; I'm up to 23mpg on the last tank of gas (which makes sense since I do a fair mix of local and highway driving); my car seems to handle loaded conditions just fine; no fit and finish issues. I don't TRUST Chrysler yet, enough to throw them - too many bad experiences with my last Chrysler product, see my post under the "historically Chrysler owners" thread - but so far, the car works as advertised.
But I agree, deleting items to save money sucks. I don't think they realized there'd be owners getting new PT's so soon after the originals went on sale, so they didn't think folks would notice. Add to this the stigma that American cars are known to have fewer standard features than foriegn makes (I had to buy the molded cargo floor cover; my Suby came with it standard, for example) and that can swing folks to other makes.
Ultimately the point I was trying to make is that I believe it could be made clearer that not everyone has had bad experiences with the car, so I'm making that point now.
I just greeted someone else in my condo this weekend who was driving their brand new PT GT in (so now mine isn't the new kid on the block). She seemed satisfied too. Funny thing about PT owners: for a lot of other cars, it's like a "keeping up with the Jones" competition, and when someone else gets the same car (or better), you're disappointed. But with PT owners, we're always happy to see a new member of the "club", and there was no exception here (she got the black one with a bunch of options on it, pretty cool, though I still love my Patriot Blue more). Hope she gets to the cruise nights we have here on Fridays!
