• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldM
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    5 months ago

    The PT Cruiser is probably the worst car Chrysler ever manufactured, mechanically speaking. And that’s saying something because basically every car Chrysler ever manufactured was the worst one they ever manufactured, but the PT Cruiser surpasses them all as the absolute worst.

    This isn’t a driveway, its a boneyard.

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      My dad was a mechanic his whole life. After he retired, he got a PT, and he absolutely loved it. The only thing I can think is that after a lifetime of driving “mechanic’s cars,” the PT was brilliant by comparison.

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      PT cruisers are the only cars I’ve ever seen pulled over because the engine was on fire.

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          Postal truck may have had half a million miles or more on it first. Hard stop and start miles.

          Hell I don’t think they’ve been manufactured since the early 90s.

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      There’s no way the convertible Sebring from that era isn’t worse.

      The battery is under the left front headlight and requires removing the wheel and fender liner to change

      And actually the OG K cars were pretty bad too. My grandma gave her Reliant to my younger brother when it was 15? Years old, but had less than 20,000 miles on it.

      On the drive home all the paint peeled off the roof and the first big rain storm the ECU module melted down.

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      I had one and God it sucked. Constantly breaking and the engine bay was so small and compact that it was difficult to do any repair especially if you’re a big guy with big hands like me. I didn’t even have an old one, it was the last limited PT Cruiser made before they discontinued them.

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        I will admit, I liked when they had the wood style design, it was fun looking. But mechanically the trucks were bad. Like worse than the Dodge Caliber, shockingly.

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          The Caliber was the same engine lol and the subrames rot out of the calibers. You see more PT’s on the road now than you see Calibers.

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      5 months ago

      Nah man, Dart has the worst title by a fucking long shot. The GT PT is pretty cool if you know what it is.