# The Chrysler PT Cruiser and under 40 year old people - Do you like it or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979 "2002-10-19T15:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/1 "2002-10-19T15:59:08Z")
I saw this Chrysler commercial on TV recently with a bunch of just past 20 somethings just as delighted as can be with their super-cool PT Cruiser as they tooled around town doing their usual 20 something Mento’s freshness type activities. The PT Cruiser’s quasi retro styling is not to my personal taste taste but to each his own. Reflecting on the attempted appeal to young people, the majority of the people I have seen driving the PT Cruiser are the same people in terms of age and social demographics that I would expect to see at a Kenny Rogers concert. I have asked my daughters friends and some 20 year olds I know how they like the car and the response has been universal disdain and revulsion. Are there 20 something dopers out there that would buy the PT Cruiser as their main car of choice? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/2 "2002-10-19T16:01:31Z")
Oops… meant for this to go to IMHO - Would a kindly mod please relocate this wayward post. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/3 "2002-10-19T16:27:14Z")
The car in question [PT Cruiser](http://www.chrysler.com/pt_cruiser/models/limited_edition.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/4 "2002-10-19T16:35:41Z")
Yuk! I’ve hated these things since they first came out, it seems to be trying to be a 50s hot-rod but fails miserably. I’ve never been a fan of American cars but this on really does suck - I would never own one. I’m 20 btw. A friend of mine’s Dad wants one though, but he’s about 50. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/5 "2002-10-19T17:39:54Z")
They look like homage to 70s nostalgia for the 50s. The automotive equivalent of the recent reunion of the cast of _Grease_. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/6 "2002-10-19T17:58:23Z")
I liked them at first, but I got sick of them after seeing a few on the road. My favourite car right now is the Audi TT Coupe (silver or black). ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/7 "2002-10-19T20:22:33Z")
I like **hawthorne** ’s take. I’m well-known to believe that they’re the ugliest cars on the road. I’m 22. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/8 "2002-10-19T21:31:41Z")
I’m 48, my husband is 45, and we have one - his choice. It’s roomy and comfy and when you put the seats down or take them out, you can haul a lot of stuff. It gets crappy mileage, but we like it better than the Mazda it replaced. Yeah, I know you asked for under-40 - so sue me. 😃 Our 17-y/o daughter has driven it several times. While she likes her New Beetle better, she enjoys driving the cruiser. She can get 4 of her friends into it, whereas the Beetle can only accommodate 3 others. And I believe, for some strange reason, they’ve considered to be SUVs. \ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/9 "2002-10-19T21:34:37Z")
I’m 33 and I always liked it. But my 32 year old wife thinks it looks too much like an old breadtruck and will never get one. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/10 "2002-10-19T21:50:06Z")
In our home it’s known as the PT Loser. Looks too much like a minivan to ever be the slightest bit cool. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/11 "2002-10-19T21:53:11Z")
I like them. I pinch people when I see them. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/12 "2002-10-19T21:58:27Z")
I first saw one of those _things_ in the USA and they appear to have followed me back to England. My wife thinks they look like deformed London taxis: Like someone dropped a piano on the hood, to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/13 "2002-10-19T22:04:23Z")
I’m 22, and I would get one if it fit in my budget. However, I’d have to make some slight modifications, make friends with some old school mobsters, and invest in some tommy guns. Aw yeah. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/14 "2002-10-19T22:34:17Z")
Just-turned-34 (so I have one more year of demographic desirability) and I _love_ the PT. It’d be what I’d be if I won only a moderate amount of money at Lotto, so I was forced to buy something remotely practical… It’s funny, it seems especially unpopular in Britain. The ugly-car sites in the UK all name the PT, which I find quite odd. Although aggressive - low-slung with a slightly malevolent, hunched-shoulders posture - it’s such a cohesive design that I find it impossible not to like. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/15 "2002-10-19T23:03:39Z")
They’ve always resembled hearses to me. Especially the black ones. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/16 "2002-10-19T23:24:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > **It’s funny, it seems especially unpopular in Britain. The ugly-car sites in the UK all name the PT, which I find quite odd.** We do have one car that is more stupid-looking than the PT Cruiser, we have the [smart](http://images1.smart.com/images/models/exterior/CC_Car_picture_S1CL3EB1EA8IAB.jpg). > [@](#): > > \*\*…it’s such a cohesive design that I find it impossible not to like. \*\* You appear to be suffering from a brain fever. I suggest you visit a doctor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/17 "2002-10-19T23:40:23Z")
Some people here said before that its underpowered. I think like the new vw beetle that its more looks than anything else. I don’t think I would want to invest in one. Parts & Manf from from Canada & mexico or so it said on the paper on it I read. ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/18 "2002-10-19T23:51:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*They’ve always resembled hearses to me. Especially the black ones. \*\* Exactly. They remind me of that car that Harold built in “Harold and Maude.” FTR - 21 yo ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/19 "2002-10-19T23:56:59Z")
It wouldn’t be my first choice if I were looking for an automobile, but I don’t find them particularly ugly. I’m glad that Detroit is producing a car that doesn’t look like every other car available. My 28 year old wife loves them and would be thrilled if we chose to replace one of our cars with one of those. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979/20 "2002-10-20T02:37:05Z")
Um… they are not 50’s retro - they are 30’s retro see 1936 Chrysler Airflow at: [http://www.bluemoongear.com/ArchCarPics2/36ChryslerImperialAirflow4door.jpg](http://www.bluemoongear.com/ArchCarPics2/36ChryslerImperialAirflow4door.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-pt-cruiser-and-under-40-year-old-people-do-you-like-it-or-not/132979.md?page=2)