Saw one here in the UK a week ago. If you have one in London people will
keep wanting to flag you down for a lift. It looks just like a London taxi.
I had a chance to go in a pre production test one back last autumn in
Michigan. Quite nice, alot of road noise though for a modern car. Possibly
the sound deadening was still to be added.
Chris Nevard
www.mgmania.org
www.nevard.com
www.midgetspriteclub.com
----- Original Message -----
From Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM>
To: <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>; <type79@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: PT Cruiser (no LBC)
> Jay,
>
> I'm aware of the 'first model' syndrome, however Chrysler/Dodge has had a
pretty
> good tract record in the last several years with first model vehicles, the
> Intrepid for instance was it's best in it's first year, but gradually went
from
> good to fair over a couple years. I think what happens is that the first
year is
> 'over-built/over engineered, and after the car has been on the market a
few
> years, they figure out how to make it cheaper, and start cutting some
corners.
> The other issue is that you can bet that the next model year the price
will go
> up significantly.
>
> - Bryan
>
> PS - It's pretty ironic we are even discussinging reliability here - we
drive
> BRITISH Cars ;-)
>
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> >To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>
> >CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: PT Cruiser (no LBC)
> >
> >Bryan,
> >IMHO, the PT Cruiser is a great looking vehicle and probably very
practical.
> (I'm
> >not crazy about the 90's interior; I wish it were more retro, but...)
> >
> >With that said, I would never buy any new design in its first year. I
realize
> it
> >isn't entirely new since it is based on Neon mechanicals, but I would
still let
> >others shake out the problems whether they be large or small.
> >
> >Jay Fishbein
> >Wallingford, CT
> >
> >Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone had a chance to check out a PT cruiser yet??
> >
>
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