Sethodine
Elio Addict
So, the car I've been commuting in (whilst waiting for my Elio) is in perfectly good shape. Old, noisy, but good.
However, it's a manual, and my wife cannot drive it. We needed something she can drive, for the rare occasions that she needs to drive further than the Leaf can take her.
So we picked up this beauty on craigslist
2002 PT Cruiser, Touring Edition, with 124k, all for a cool grand. And it looks just as nice on the inside! Only problem is an intermittent overheating issue at low speeds (its fine on the highway) that the sellers mechanic said was a blown head gasket (it's not). Common problem for PTs at this age, and it's almost never the head gasket. Usually it's a $5-$20 part like the radiator cap or the coolant temperature sensor. For $700 under blue book, I'm feeling pretty good about it.
Oh, and it's got a second horn. Dual-tone compressed air horn that sounds like a little train. I'll probably put it into my Elio in the future!
However, it's a manual, and my wife cannot drive it. We needed something she can drive, for the rare occasions that she needs to drive further than the Leaf can take her.
So we picked up this beauty on craigslist
2002 PT Cruiser, Touring Edition, with 124k, all for a cool grand. And it looks just as nice on the inside! Only problem is an intermittent overheating issue at low speeds (its fine on the highway) that the sellers mechanic said was a blown head gasket (it's not). Common problem for PTs at this age, and it's almost never the head gasket. Usually it's a $5-$20 part like the radiator cap or the coolant temperature sensor. For $700 under blue book, I'm feeling pretty good about it.
Oh, and it's got a second horn. Dual-tone compressed air horn that sounds like a little train. I'll probably put it into my Elio in the future!