A used car dealer in my area went to Canada and got a
Black PT Cruiser and brought it down here and set up
an auction type bidding price for the car/truck. They
started at $27K and ended up selling it for $48K. Can
you believe this stupidity. And it was the automatic.
I've driven both the auto and the 5-speed. The auto
is very sluggish and the 5-speed is like a pocket
rocket. I'll wait for the vehicle to become another
fad like the new beetle was when it came out. Then
the price will return to a more sane level. Then I
might be inclined to buy one.
--- Miles Harris <spikes_duall@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Car, Truck Of The Year Announced
> And The Winners Are...
> DETROIT, 10:01 a.m. EST January 8, 2001 -- The
> Chrysler PT Cruiser and the
> Acura MDX have been chosen as the North American Car
> and Truck of the year,
> in voting by a panel of journalists.
>
> Related Link For the latest automotive news and
> features, visit our
> automotive section.
>
> The awards were announced Monday morning at the
> North American
> International Auto Show in Detroit.
> The PT Cruiser has been a rare bright spot this year
> for Chrysler. The
> automaker has sold almost 92,000 of them in the
> United States.
> Chrysler actually stopped taking orders on the car
> until later this year.
> It also canceled orders for some customers, who had
> waited for months for
> the cars.
> The PT Cruiser beat out the Honda Insight and the
> Toyota Prius for the
> award.
> The MDX is the first entry by a Honda-owned line in
> the luxury SUV market.
> It beat out the Ford Escape and the Toyota Sequoia.
> Copyright 2000 by The Associated Press. All rights
> reserved.
>
> Related Story: I was at the "no star" Simi Valley
> Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep
> last week dropping my truck off for the recall.
> While waiting for my wife
> to pick me up, I roamed around the lot. The dealer
> actually had two of the
> glorified Neons on the lot. I came to a Silver
> Limited Edition PT Cruiser
> first and checked out the sticker (which was on the
> window upside-down),
> the sticker read in 24K neighborhood. Mona, the
> salesperson (and I'm
> restraining myself from what I really call her since
> I almost strangled her
> during negotiations) who sold me my Dak, recognized
> me and came over to say
> hi. She saw me looking at the sticker and told me
> they just got this one in
> and they hadn't marked it up yet. They would be
> asking $32,000 for the car,
> but they would negotiate.
>
> My thought: What person in their right mind would
> pay 8 grand above sticker
> for what is basically a Neon powertrain and frame
> packaged in attractive
> racked body (or at least original if you're not into
> the appearance). If I
> had the inclination to spend $32,000 on a vehicle, I
> think I could find
> something out there where I would get a heck of a
> lot more bang for my
> buck. Hell, at 24K I know I could get something that
> was more than just a
> novelty car.
>
> I understand supply and demand, but it bugs me that
> the dealer would mark
> the car up so much (knowing how this dealer
> operates it does not surprise
> me) and it bugs me even more that some dumb smock,
> who just can't wait
> until the supply catches up with demand, will pay
> the 32 grand.
>
> Car of the Year? More like rip-off of the year.
>
> I'm now stepping off the tailgate of my truck that
> was serving as my
> soapbox (and giving this a little Dak content)
> --
> Miles Harris III
> Simi Valley, CA
> 01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed
> 01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed
auto
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