Chris,
I have seen at least one here in San Francisco that WAS a taxi...'-)
Gerard
At 9:57 AM +0100 7/22/00, Chris Nevard wrote:
>Saw one here in the UK a week ago. If you have one in London people will
>keep wanting to flag you down for a lift. It looks just like a London taxi.
>
>I had a chance to go in a pre production test one back last autumn in
>Michigan. Quite nice, alot of road noise though for a modern car. Possibly
>the sound deadening was still to be added.
>
>
>Chris Nevard
>www.mgmania.org
>www.nevard.com
>www.midgetspriteclub.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>To: <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>; <type79@ix.netcom.com>
>Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:12 PM
>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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