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Originally Posted by JRMichler
My wife used to own a Chrysler PT Cruiser. That car had the worst combination of engine, transmission, and transmission shift points that I have ever seen. As a result, it got terrible gas mileage. I was only able to get 24 MPG on the highway at 55-60 MPH while driving for mileage.
I especially hated the feature where, slowing for an uphill turn, it would stay in third gear with not enough torque to accelerate, then downshift to first with a jerk. The correct gear would have been second gear.
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I used to own a PT Cruiser, and coincidentally I was remembering how much I did like the car.
Yes, it was poor on gas, but for me (the manual version), the 2.4 liter engine was pretty peppy, even in fifth gear on the highway!
I remember pressing on the pedal, and in the lower gears, it felt like a mini-HotRod, while it had plenty of juice to overtake on the highway!