Hi Fellow Cruisers, I did the same thing last year mid June looked on Ebay though instead of Auto Trader and found a new 05 GT 5 Speed in Arlington, VA at Rosenthal Chrysler with 45 miles on it. The car had never been titled, etc they sold it to me for 15,000 which was betail retail at the time and I paid 1000.00 to ship it thru DAS. Great Car, No problems and now has 5400 miles on it. Loving every minute of this great car!
Side Note - I checked Auto Trader before posting this and there are still some 05, 06, 07 GT Convertibles ,ETC that were never sold out there
and have less than 100 miles on them. As the origional poster mentioned it effects the 3-36 Bumper to Bumper and in most cases voiod the 7 year / 70 K powertrain if you are buying an 05. My warranty expires Nov 30, 2009... I lost six months roughly off my warranty but the cost savings all but made it for it. Happy Shopping.
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Chris (Aurora, Colorado)
2005 PT Cruiser GT Convertible
Electric Blue Pearlcoat, Dark Slate Grey interior, 5 Speed, Navigation, Uconnect, 17 Chromes, Lovin Life