You can say that again I have a 2001 Ram truck that by 7000 miles had been
in the shop 4 times for transmission work.
Paul Van Wig
Long Beach, CA
-----Original Message-----
From Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>;
type79@ix.netcom.com <type79@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, July 21, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: PT Cruiser (no LBC)
>Jay,
>
>I'm aware of the 'first model' syndrome, however Chrysler/Dodge has had a
pretty
>good tract record in the last several years with first model vehicles, the
>Intrepid for instance was it's best in it's first year, but gradually went
from
>good to fair over a couple years. I think what happens is that the first
year is
>'over-built/over engineered, and after the car has been on the market a few
>years, they figure out how to make it cheaper, and start cutting some
corners.
>The other issue is that you can bet that the next model year the price will
go
>up significantly.
>
> - Bryan
>
>PS - It's pretty ironic we are even discussinging reliability here - we
drive
>BRITISH Cars ;-)
>
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>>To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>
>>CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: PT Cruiser (no LBC)
>>
>>Bryan,
>>IMHO, the PT Cruiser is a great looking vehicle and probably very
practical.
>(I'm
>>not crazy about the 90's interior; I wish it were more retro, but...)
>>
>>With that said, I would never buy any new design in its first year. I
realize
>it
>>isn't entirely new since it is based on Neon mechanicals, but I would
still let
>>others shake out the problems whether they be large or small.
>>
>>Jay Fishbein
>>Wallingford, CT
>>
>>Bryan Vandiver wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone had a chance to check out a PT cruiser yet??
>>
>
>
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