hodgepig66 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Marmite love or hate situation........ Has anyone got a chrysler pt cruiser,if so what do you think. What are the good and bad points of the car,if any...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmrraww Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Used to have quite a few, but thats not because we particularly wanted lots - All of them kept developing faults and had to be changed.. I believe we had 2 red ones, a purple one, and a blue one, all of which ended up nackered in some way. Like the look of them, but apparently they're hard to park due to the odd and hard to see angles to the front of the car The guy who styled it also designed the less well known to here, Chevy HHR, which although many people dont like the look of, it grew on me during a trip to Florida some years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squiggs Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Used to have quite a few, but thats not because we particularly wanted lots - All of them kept developing faults and had to be changed.. Or to cut that senence short.. "It's a Chrysler" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norks Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Oh god, i love them :love: Im gonna get me a black one and put curtains in the back :love: Failing that the yaris is quite a nice car, in fact anything would be better than my heap of poo at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Six Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I had a look inside one at the NEC motor show when they were new-ish. I think you could have used the panel gaps for people trafficking. Either that, or it was built in the dark by someone at the end of their shift and wearing a welding mask. Then I looked inside it and realised that the people building them probably had to wear some sort of eye protection so they didn't have nightmares. It's exterior styling was quite appealing at first, in a novelty kind of way, but Car magazine's contemporary summary was spot on: "Make sure the joke doesn't wear thin over your three years of ownership." The engines, as I recall, were a little weedy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblet Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I bought one when they first came out - didn't have any problems with reliability, parking, and found that when inside it I couldn't see what it looked like Took a while to get used to people pointing, staring etc Kept it for a couple of years then traded it in for another one and didn't have any trouble with that one either until it tried to do a somersault The engine, from memory, was 1.6 in the petrol and 1.8 in the diesel version I had which wasn't fantastic for acceleration but wasn't bad - presumably thats why it's called a cruiser rather than a sprinter Loads of room in the back with the seats down - not a massive luggage space with the seats up from memory considering the size of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rudeboy Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I had a look at one when I changed my car last time but felt they were rather cramped in the front (and I'm not the biggest bloke in the world) so didn't bother having a test drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmrraww Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Failing that the yaris is quite a nice car, in fact anything would be better than my heap of poo at the moment We also had a Yaris, that was an excellent car, in fact i think we went from the Yaris to the PT Cruiser as an upgrade ... That turned out well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unuspromulti Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 My friend's had one until recently and the biggest complaints he had was the turning circle and fuel consumption which were both horrendous. Inside it felt a bit like a van with seats stuck in but it was comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I always thought they looked ok but the performance figures are shocking. About 20mpg yet over 12 seconds 0-60mph and they are in vehicle tax band "L"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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