how nowbrownpau@mastodon.social
May 24, 2025, 11:48 PMsaw a PT cruiser with flame stickers on the side, had to make sure i hadn't jumped back in time 20 years
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- how nowbrownpau@mastodon.socialMay 24, 2025, 11:51 PM
Reminded me of this old thread about the PT Cruiser phenomenon as harbinger of the financial crisis of its day: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/953740344369102848.html
May 25, 2025, 12:07 AM@brownpau I had a PT Cruiser, bought it for about $4k. It was actually new, but had been in a hail storm while on the dealer lot, and was covered in little dents. They wanted $6k and I haggled down.
Over the years, it cost me much more in repairs. The garage told me that it had a Dodge Neon chassis which was too weak to support the heavy PT Cruiser body, so various parts of the frame would bend or break. Really bad design.