2000 Chrysler PT Cruiser from UK and Ireland - Comments

Comparing a PT Cruiser to any BMW is absurd. They are completely different cars in completely different classes in completely different price ranges.

The biggest problem with BMWs is not their style (which I happen to like), but the nightmare of operating and servicing costs they offer - particularly the 7 series.

To who said there's no other car quite like the PT Cruiser, now there is: the Chevrolet HHR, which was designed by the same stylist Bryan Nesbitt, who worked for DaimlerChrysler before GM.

OK, so WHY IS IT WHEN I HAD MY PT... driving it on the motorway... Do I have BMW drivers just STARING... Probably because every BMW looks the same.. but the PT is a head turning little car... i bought the PT because I wanted to be DIFFERENT... At least where I live I have the "balls" to try something different... when all my neighbours have 1 Series... who cares...although I did go and look at some 3and 5 series estates... nice cars...but why be the same as eeveryone else... I have a PT and a grand Voyager Limited sat on my drive... I am in the process of purchasing a NEW DODGE CALIBER... so maybe my little PT might have to go... I know I will not have a BMW on my drive ever... WHY BE THE SAME AS THE IN CROWD...

I guess the PT styling is either a love it or hate it proposition. I happen to think that they are Butt Ugly!!!

In fact, I call them the BU Cruiser.

They also have the turning radius of a school bus... (Well a very large car anyway)

Yes they DO have a horrendous turning circle... but like Marmite you either HATE IT or LOVE IT...

What is this comparison between 7 series bimmers and Chrysler PT cruisers? One costs 80k the other 13k. Apples and oranges? A more apt comparison is between a 3 series bimmer and the PT Cruiser. However, given the choice between ANY bimmer (or Honda for that matter) say no to the PT Cruiser. Their engineering and reliability is suspect.

I wouldn't carry a PT Cruiser in a BMW's trunk as a spare even if it were possible.

The PT Cruiser is a budget-rate automobile, built out of budget-rate parts. It is designed to be priced on the lower end of the price scale. It is unsophisticated, a little crude, and A LOT ugly! (All things that BMW's are not)

If that isn't enough, it is manufactured by Chrysler - need I say more?

Oh yeah, please don't say that it is a Mercedes. It is not!

It took me nearly 2 years to pay back the £1800 my Mazda cost me in 2003.

I think I could get to like a car that I won, regardless of what it looked like.

I can't believe you're comparing a PT cruiser to a BMW. Yes, I'd rather drive a beamer, but not all of us are in that price range.

Take it for what it is, an option for buyers to get a different-looking vehicle in a lower price range. And from what I've heard, they're decent as far as reliability goes.

Most recently Dec. 6-9, 4 of us traveled to Orlando, Fl and rented a PT Cruiser from a rental car company. I believe this to be the baseline model. It had 2300 miles on the odometer. Here are my observations. The "trunk" is short and tall which limits carrying anything larger than a medium suitcase. The center console is wide enough to hit you in the knee upon entry and certainly while operating the vehicle. There is no front map light. The parking brake is so weak that you can drive with it "on" and not notice. The seating position is so high that a person 6 ft tall has his vision obstructed by the A-pillar and roof line and the seat has no vertical adjustments. While stopped at intersections, I had to "duck down" to see the high stop lights on the opposite side of the street (a lot are like that in Orlando). The brakes had a "creak" as you eased on the brake pedal while stopping. Although it had a spongy brake pedal, it did stop more than adequately. The turning radius seemed long compared to other vehicles I have driven. I didn't drive the vehicle enough miles to make a call on the fuel economy, but with 4 people, it wouldn't be valid anyway. generally speaking, the vehicle seems safe. Overall, this would probably be a good car for the wife to "toodle" around town in something cute... perhaps a first car for the teenage daughter. Male drivers need to be secure.

I saw ads at 15k for a new baseline model. For my dollars, I would buy a 3 year old something else with more features.

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