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I don't think Kirby is saying he is unhappy with his car...however, he is simply stating his opinion that D-C is cutting costs in stupid areas (bolts under seat don't have a cover anymore, no cargo net, mirrors are not foldable or heatable,etc...). To be perfectly honest, the PT GT is not a cheap vehicle and I imagine that D-C makes a fair chunk of change on this model as there are hardly any "toys" in the interior (automatic temperature control, trip computer, etc...) for this price range.

I also think that D-C had two choices...either lower the price of the PT GT to make it a little more reasonable and listen to the market, or offer an additional car which is essentially identical for a much lower cost and same cost of production but "de-tuned" and keep the basically same car at the high sale price...Unfortunately they decided to utilize software to make the difference between 45HP (with the addition of a weaker gearbox).

D-C is not the only company doing this...My company sells multi-axis motion controllers for industry...the hardware is the same whether you are controlling 1 axis or 5 axis, but we program the smart card differently and charge another few thousand dollars...essentially the same as what D-C is doing. I don't really have a huge beef with it...I just wish they would lower the PT GT base price a little or offer S1 or S2 as factory options with full warranty...I'd pay double the price of the S1 if it came with a full factory warranty!!!

Everyone has an opinion and the day that someone isn't allowed to vent his/her opinion ont his board is the day that I stop frequenting it!

Cheers,

LIP