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Whirlwind Jones
Apr 13, 2013

by Lowtax

RandomFerret posted:

True story, the guy who designed the pt cruiser left chrysler for gm, and the first thing he did for them was this:



Whirlwind Jones posted:

Yeah lots of places use HHRs as company vehicles and they're basically PT2.0 which is funny.

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ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



:sparkles:

Alkabob
May 31, 2011
I would like to speak to the manager about the socialists, please
A PT Cruiser is what you get your wife when you don't have the balls to come out and say you want a divorce*.



*Because you're gay.

Mastodon Henley
Aug 12, 2003

So... how's your girl?
Poor Taste Cruiser

David Copperfield
Mar 14, 2004


im david copperfield
I thought the Plymouth Prowler was the coolest poo poo when I was 10.

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




The prowler loving owned. Just because they came out with a really lovely car that looked kind of like it later on doesn't make the prowler a bad car, any more than Tom Green made Alan Rickman a bad actor.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

RandomFerret posted:

The prowler loving owned. Just because they came out with a really lovely car that looked kind of like it later on doesn't make the prowler a bad car, any more than Tom Green made Alan Rickman a bad actor.

You either don't know what the prowler was, or you were just a pathetic rear end in a top hat.
Oh, You think Alan Rickman is a bad actor. Figured it out

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




pt loser.

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




Pumpy Muffinz posted:

You either don't know what the prowler was, or you were just a pathetic rear end in a top hat.
Oh, You think Alan Rickman is a bad actor. Figured it out

He's actually not really that good now that I think about it. What was his best movie even? Robin Hood with Kevin Costner?

Viper_3000
Apr 26, 2005

I could give a shit about all that.
PT Cruisers remind me of those kraut cars that Nazi's drove to round up Jews to go to the gas chamber.

I don't think the kraut cars broke down as much though.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

RandomFerret posted:

He's actually not really that good now that I think about it. What was his best movie even? Robin Hood with Kevin Costner?

dunnow. Tell me who's the worst?

Number_6
Jul 23, 2006

BAN ALL GAS GUZZLERS

(except for mine)
Pillbug

RandomFerret posted:

All moms like the PT Cruiser, they were designed and built from the ground up to sell to moms.


There's a certain male demo who also lusted after these. I worked with a guy, about 60, who usually dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts like he was always about to go to some kind of baby boomer beach party. When he retired he bought himself a new PT Cruiser to celebrate. It was his first new car and he was so proud. I didn't have the heart to tell him what I really thought.

Edit: here's a goldmine of custom PT Cruiser photos, and their owners, at some annual beach event:

http://www.returntothebeach.com/PhotoGallery.htm

Number_6 fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Jun 2, 2014

Haverchuck
May 6, 2005

the coolest

Number_6 posted:

There's a certain male demo who also lusted after these. I worked with a guy, about 60, who usually dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts like he was always about to go to some kind of baby boomer beach party. When he retired he bought himself a new PT Cruiser to celebrate. It was his first new car and he was so proud. I didn't have the heart to tell him what I really thought.

so a guy who reaches age 60 without an iota of self awareness

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

Here's a beauty we pass every day. It's always gleaming.


My wife rode in one recently, she was shocked that the loving window controls were not on the door but rather the dash. Also that the whole vehicle and ride felt like absolute poo poo and she isn't even a "car person" who notices things like that.

Also I didn't know PT cruisers and HHR's and that other one were different brands. But to me Chrysler and Chevy and GM are the same brand. "poo poo american car that isn't ford that stupid loving old people still buy for some reason"

Sex Weirdo
Jul 24, 2007

chrysler pt loser

chevy Homo Hot Rod

pontiac ASStek

Yivgev
May 19, 2004

i brought my +1 ak-47

im the entirely ineffectove 50s aero-styled air vents

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

skoopy.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo

jarvis cocker
Dec 16, 2007

by Lowtax




hahaha

jarvis cocker
Dec 16, 2007

by Lowtax


hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010

Number_6 posted:

There's a certain male demo who also lusted after these. I worked with a guy, about 60, who usually dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts like he was always about to go to some kind of baby boomer beach party. When he retired he bought himself a new PT Cruiser to celebrate. It was his first new car and he was so proud. I didn't have the heart to tell him what I really thought.

Edit: here's a goldmine of custom PT Cruiser photos, and their owners, at some annual beach event:

http://www.returntothebeach.com/PhotoGallery.htm

Holy poo poo

Dely Apple
Apr 22, 2006

Sing me Spanish Techno


I got stuck with a PT Cruiser rental in Hawaii once (I wanted a sedan mang) and I am pretty sure the only thing more awful than its turning was the go-kart engine. Which is kind of an insult to go-karts.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

let's be real that bird should be eating a dick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo

Doctor Dogballs
Apr 1, 2007

driving the fuck truck from hand land to pound town without stopping at suction station


Poop Turd Cruiser

a creepy colon
Oct 28, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Ignoarints posted:

sorry man

this is so incredibly untrue. even if it were designed perfectly, which it is not by any stretch of the imagination, physics alone dictates the inherent safety of this car

repeat after me "in its class" :lol:

You're wrong and a dumb baby bitch

More goes into auto safety than simply weight. The smart car has a very rigid frame with A pillars meant to cushion impacts. Top gear once put a smart car versus an 80s Volvo wagon at 60mph and the smart car absolutely destroyed the Volvo.

Smart cars are stupid because you sac room and styling for mpgs but they only get like 40 mpg and you can just get a TDI

rcman50166
Mar 23, 2010

by XyloJW
I was on page 2 when I was about to say, does no one know about the PT Cruiser show cars that there is always at least one of at every car show? That's all sorts of horrible.

100 HOGS AGREE
Oct 13, 2007
Grimey Drawer
My uncle has three PT Cruisers and all of them are some manner of super busted. I have moved those cars for him and even just driving one down the street (to take it to the mechanic :laffo:) I can tell that the car is a piece of hot garbage.

Synonamess Botch
Jun 5, 2006

dicks are for my cat
Pretty Terrible Cruiser

Mons Hubris
Aug 29, 2004

fanci flup :)


When I graduated college my dad bought me a PT Cruiser that an old lady on our street was selling for a couple thousand because she hated it. Epic Dad Prank, owned by my own father.

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

the pt cruiser was actually classified as a truck by the nhtsa in the united states

Dangit Ronpaul
May 12, 2009
Kia Soul = the new pt cruiser. Middle-aged moms loving LOVE those things.

Extra Large Marge
Jan 21, 2004

Fun Shoe

Dangit Ronpaul posted:

Kia Soul = the new pt cruiser. Middle-aged moms loving LOVE those things.

Nissan Juke as well

Gah!

BigBoss
Jan 26, 2012

by Lowtax

ethanol posted:

no I know for a fact this is the bmw 3 series

The BMW 3 series is for people who think they are hot poo poo but in reality own what amounts to an overpriced Accord. BMW owners are actually worse than PT Crusier owners because PT Crusier people are old moms who don't give a gently caress. 3 series people are desperately seeking attention with entry level status symbols.

Class Warcraft
Apr 27, 2006



Yup, PT Cruiser car clubs exist for some reason. There is one that meets regularly at a restaurant down the street from me. Every week the 50 year old men and their tricked-out PT Cruisers meet to jerk off together and attempt to summon satan using the concentrated garishness of their vehicles

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Reporting for shovel mission Sir.
I wouldn't buy one, and I know they're pieces of poo poo, but I like the PT Cruiser look.

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches





lmao

Simply Simon
Nov 6, 2010

📡scanning🛰️ for good game 🎮design🦔🦔🦔
I learned to drive in one of these fuckers. I have no idea what made the car school owner decide that yes, this is the vehicle their pupils will use. They had two in black so you could see the hideous pink logo on it better.

I never felt embarrassed when my mother picked me up from school, but I did when the driving teacher met me there for the next lesson.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"


THIS is the demographic I mostly see driving PT cruisers. Older men. I'd say 75% of the Post-Traumatic Cruiser disorders I see are driven by old dudes yearning for the 50's and juke boxes and poo poo. Also I've seen a few done up like that. Not exactly like that, but some ridiculous wrapping and body work to make their "car" look more classic.

a creepy colon
Oct 28, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Dangit Ronpaul posted:

Kia Soul = the new pt cruiser. Middle-aged moms loving LOVE those things.

yeah my sister bought one brand new retail and i laughed in her face

she bought it cuz the speakers light up with the bass and the hamster commercial haha

klosterdev
Oct 10, 2006

Na na na na na na na na Batman!
I grew up in a rich area. It was a fad for all of the rich kids to get PT cruisers. In the early 00's the streets consisted of nothing but PT Cruisers, SUVs, and high end sedans. I felt out of place in my '93 Accord but at least I wasn't a spoiled gently caress.

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HEY VAPER
May 15, 2014

by XyloJW

nooblord posted:

It's the ugliest car ever made and then people go and do this. Doubling down on ugly



Literally 2 of these on every residential street last time I went to Long Beach. Teal wood panel is the worst.

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