Why did you go with the PT?

[jbcrzn]

I am always interested in why people select the cars they do. I have known some that buy a particular brand because their parents did, because they received a good deal on an end of year closeout, or a thousand other reasons. I know there have been other threads about what you like about the PT, but I am curious as to why you bought the PT in lieu of the other selections on the road. For instance, I have always enjoyed and appreciated the exterior of them, but had intended to buy another vehicle until I rode in one that was rented by a family member. That sold me on the flexibility, comfort, and smoothness of the ride and the vehicle I thought I was to buy faded from view quickly. Also, did it fit what you needed or did what you need in a vehicle conform to the PT?

Thanks!

[Pteazer]

I LOVE THE RETRO LOOK IN A MODERN CAR. AND THE WAY YOU CAN CHANGE THE INTIRE LOKE OF THE FRONT END IN ABOUT AN HOUR JUST BY CHANCEING OUT THE FRONT BUMPER AND GRILL.WE SAY YOUR MOODS CHANGE NOW SO CAN YOUR CAR!.I LOVE MY CRUISER EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT.

[rubsnick]

I got this thing as my first car. My father wanted one but heard that they kinda sucked in the engine department (this was in 01 when they first came out) I loved the look of the car when I was a kid at 11 I already wanted the car cuz it was awesome looking but lack of good engine made my father not buy it. So fast forward to 07, my father works in a car dealearship and they trade in the PT 05 convertible. My Dad takes it to my house showing me how it is and I just loved it. He tells me "like it?" and I"m like "hell yeah" and he just gets it for me 13k the car had about 15K miles on it and was practically brand new. It was my first car and I just loved it.

[Candyman]

Hey their jbcrzn,

Well, way back once upon a time when I used to drive a Truck Long Distance, I had seen a couple of car carriers hauling loads of them down the freeways and thought they looked really cool. Then one day me, and my Father/Co-Driver at the time got stranded overnight in Minneapolis MN after our truck broke down so we decided to head over to the Mall of America to walk around for a while, and they had one of the first PT's on display so I got a chance to sit in one and check it out, and both my Father and I really liked it. A few months later, my Father bought a white 2001 N/A, and then shortly after my Mom got me to re-build it into a full on Woody with one of the early Cal Cruisers real Woody Kits, chrome smoothies, Visor, Continental Kit, and so on. I even air brushed the painted pieces of the dash to match. So I kinda got hooked on the PT.

Fast forward two years, I had a Plymouth Voyager Mini Van which my Family and I had forever. I mean we dove that thing forever until the trans finally went south on us, and then we still kept on driving it another full year before it finally just simply gave out all together to the point where I had to manually grind it into second gear and limp it down the road. So I figured it was about time to look for a better ride, and went scoping out the Dealerships when I got home off the road for a couple of days. I really wasn't even expecting to look at a PT, but all of the sudden stumbled across an Orange Dream Cruiser sitting on the Showroom Floor, and it just clicked! I brought my Wife back to see it, and she and the kids liked it, and one of my selling points at the time was that I usually am never really satisfied with my cars, and usually wind up tearing them apart to do custom paint, interior, and so on, and this PT already had most everything I would want to do to it. From cool paint, to cool interior, wheels, engine, and more, it was just a way cool car, and I wouldn't ever have to do anything to make it any cooler ever again (or at least for a month or two as it turned out)

My only catch was I needed my payment, and it actually took me eight hours negotiating to get her their but at the end of the day, that puppy was mine! Shrtly after i bought my PT, I had also bought my first Computer, and was just trying the Internet out as I stumbled across a PT Website, and shortly after I started making tons of Friends, and then doing Mods, and the rest is History.

So that's my Cruiser Story. You go easy, and I'll catch yall later on.

Candyman

[yaris]

-looks good
-drives well
-confortable
-likes the ''truck'' feeling of the driving position, big steering wheel, long shifter, high seat, but still holding the road like a car, the shifter have a small throw and the steering is precise
-lots of cargo space
-the interior looks good, different from the other cars that all looks the same
-relatively low priced
-not that bad on gas but still moves pretty well

finally... its a different car, one of a kind, its not like a civic or a corolla that you see everywhere and that looks all like each other

[lowpt]

Originally Posted by Pteazer

I LOVE THE RETRO LOOK IN A MODERN CAR. AND THE WAY YOU CAN CHANGE THE INTIRE LOKE OF THE FRONT END IN ABOUT AN HOUR JUST BY CHANCEING OUT THE FRONT BUMPER AND GRILL.WE SAY YOUR MOODS CHANGE NOW SO CAN YOUR CAR!.I LOVE MY CRUISER EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT.

Ray, I love your car everytime I look at it too!!!!

We were shopping for a new beetle for my wife. A local used car dealer had one and after test driving it determined it was a POS. My wife said, "look at that cruiser , what do you think about that?" There was a black cruiser on the lot. We strolled over to take a closer look. It sat kinda low and I thought it was just the bodykit making it look that way. I looked in the hatch window and saw a compressor and air tank. This made me take a closer look. I then seen it had aftermarket wheels and 39 ford style taillights. I went home and researched the car's value and the cost of the parts I seen. I realized it was worth the asking price so we went to test drive it the next day and brought it home. I never gave the cruisers a second look before we bought this one but, now I love going to shows and having something different than everyone else.

[Sharkstooth]

I sold a Z-28 Camaro that i had and was actually looking for a Mazda3 or 6. I had always had fast cars,18 total to be exact but i rented a Mazda 3 when i had my camaro apart for two days putting head gaskets on it and liked it. I had found and bought a used Mazda 6 fully loaded but i wanted them to do a couple things to it so they gave me a 2007 PT Cruiser to drive for a couple days and i loved it because it was so smooth,automatic so my wife can drive it,great gas mileage from what i am used to and i like the room inside and the way it looks on the outside.This is the first normal car i have had so i went back to the dealer and told them i wanted this car instead of the other.What better way of testing a car then driving it for a few days.Anyway,I think these cars are a great car.

[Hooligan]

The wife liked the Retro look when they first came out. Sold our Dakota and spotted a Steel Blue used 2002, bought it, Momma was happy! Couple of years later the tranny went out, had it rebuilt and traded it in on a 2006 Black Limited, loved that car!! But when I heard no more PT's to be built, I traded that it for our 2008 Silver Steel Touring. That is the color I wanted, the black was beautiful, but you had to work on it to keep it that way. Momma is still happy.

[turbojerk]

I like the room inside and how it sits higher than say a Neon. Plus since I come from the 80's FWD Turbo Dodge crowd the 2.4 turbo 5spd just seemed to fit the bill.... Looks kewl too....

[Teeter]

I've owned 10 cars in the last 26 years, loved only two, and only had one that lasted more than 3 years. The one that lasted was a 1989 Plymouth Sundance. It lasted almost 250k miles or a little more than 10 years and I foolishly got rid of it because I thought electrical problems were hard to fix.

I can easily put 25k miles on a car each year. I have never gone a year without having to rebuild brakes, and I replace tires and CV axles every two years due to wear. I faithfully change my oil every 3k miles because I have to. Desert dust, desert heat, high altitude mountain roads, and city traffic are tough on any car of any kind, so maintenance is by the book for me.

When one of the previous cars had been in the shop for a few days, I had rented a 2001 PT Limited and loved it, so, when my latest moneypit/hamster mobile dropped it's second trannie in 6 months, I decided to see if Chrysler still made a quality product. When I found this one, I knabbed it. Yeah, it helps that they're not hard to look at ,too, and I'm getting the same or better gas mileage than I was with the old car, but I have horse power and torque, now!.