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2014-09-12

five ways to keep your beater car on the road forever

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/five-ways-to-keep-your-beater-car-on-the-road-forever-213015805.html

there's an interesting idea here that i've never considered ... steering wheel cover ... i may look into that at some point ... the wheel on the continual car is starting to show some degradation at the L thumb.

2014-05-28

count it off!

near green river, UT

2014-02-09

new chrysler logo

chrysler has a new name: FIAT chrysler ... and a new logo ...

2013-03-02

quote of the moment

"[FIAT] are, by far, the leader in use of substandard materials and underdesign..they are to cars what Shasta is to soda...Diet Shasta."
-- b1-67er

tagged

in just one week, chrysler has responded to my request for a 100,000 mile club license plate bracket.

with $6 worth of postage, there are three items in the envelope:

the bracket

a letter

Dear b1,

We are delighted to learn of your satisfaction* with your 2008 PT Cruiser! Thank you for sharing your experience.

It's quite a milestone to watch your odometer roll over to 102,000 miles and to share our appreciation we have enclosed a 100,000 mile license plate bracket for your vehicle. Chrysler Group LLC want to honor you and your vehicle for this achievement and wish you many more safe and pleasurable driving miles.

Congratulations!

Sincerely,

Susan

Senior Staff

*(i actually didn't mention anything about my satisfaction in my request for the bracket, but this isn't the first time someone associated with chrysler has put words in my mouth, nor the second.)

and a propaganda sheet from the manufacturer of the bracket
"olde country reproductions." their leaflet includes a description of their nearly unbelievable non-toxic alloy, "pewtarex." i'm sure you are both as relieved and amazed as i am that to know that pewtarex can be used not only for purely decorative purposes (ala, say, a license plate bracket?), but also is "perfectly safe, durable, and attractive for food and drink service."

just how will my brother -- with his 300,000 mile (and commemorative bracket-less) ford -- feel when i serve him nachos and wine on my club bracket when we celebrate this remarkable achievement?

safe. that's how.

seriously, though, thank you for the gift, chrysler.

2013-02-25

the continual car joins the chrysler high milers club

i was poking around the 'net looking for a posting i'd made on a public board when my original del sol turned 100,000 miles and stumbled across chrysler's high milers club. i give them my name and VIN, they give me a pewter license plate bracket. fair enough.

i filled out their online form early this AM and got this auto-reply before noon.

Dear b1:

Thank you for contacting the Chrysler Customer Assistance Center.

We are pleased to learn of the odometer reading of more than 100,000
miles. We trust you will enjoy many more miles in your 2008 Chrysler PT
Cruiser. Your requested has been forwarded for further consideration.

Thanks again for your email.

Sincerely,

Eileen

Customer Service Representative
Chrysler Customer Assistance Center

i don't care how dopey it is, i like it ... and you can think of this license bracket in one of three ways:

it's free
=or=
it merely cost me $41,000 (and gave me free use of a car for five years)
=or=
this is my prize for not completely gutting the continual car when i hit that piece of retread on I-15 at 80mph a few months ago

the frame uses both the word "chrysler" and the "pentastar" logo -- not surprising since it's making reference to the corporation that built these steeds of global degradation -- it's cool to be so old skool. (of course that doesn't keep some of the dodge bigots on the forums from complaining ... for some reason some of those guys don't like to admit they drive chryslers ... i'll bet the bugatti people don't like to admit they're driving volkswagens either.)

2013-02-12

quote of the moment

"Remember, a car is a necessity!"
-- brakemasters.com website

2012-12-12

an F for the continual car

http://scorecard.carmd.com/Report/SendGenericReport/c4a00b47-7905-42ed-be4c-d2712c0f6864
which would be worrisome, except -that's right- I have a lifetime service contract.

trivium of the moment

the average car on the road today is almost 10 years old.

-- forbes

2012-09-01

the animated continual car

Subaru - First Car Story

i just told the story of the continual car and had it animated.

Watch it here, then tell and share your own.

Courtesy of the 2012 Subaru Impreza. Experience love that lasts.

the continual car written by b1-66er:

"the continual car is a turbo 2008 pt cruiser convertible. with the help of an old girlfriend, i was able to buy one at an employee discount price, 5 years ago. most of my friends think it's either funny or just plain stupid that i drive a cruiser. then again, they have to pay ..."

2012-08-22

ANOTHER continual car for me?

mmmmaybe?

i rented a fiat 500C (by complete chance ... really!) in vancouver and loved it. i need a new car like i need a bullet in my skull, BUT the fiat has the ability to be made continual and it has some modern updating (e.g. auxiliary in on the stereo) and it drives much smaller than the cruiser.

but the big big one is it gets 30mpg+, whereas the cruiser sits right in at 21. 50% extra would make a lot of difference in n years, especially as the price of gasoline goes through the roof.

hmm.

2012-04-03

576,000 mile car retired

at the rate i'm driving right now, the continual car would have 1M miles in the same amount of time ...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/93-old-florida-woman-retires-her-64-mercury-204007316.html

2012-03-06

Chrysler Guarantees Other Makers' Used Cars - Money News Story - KMGH Denver

"diversified certified"? a weird idea. I get what they're trying to do ... it'll be interesting to see how it goes.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/30613078/detail.html

2011-12-15

my free rental car

while the continual car is getting its 75K oil change.

2011-12-07

quote of the moment

"Fiat now owns more than 50 percent of Chrysler, with the rest owned by the retiree healthcare trust affiliated with the United Auto Workers union. It is possible that Chrysler will have an initial public stock offering in 2013, Marchionne said, as the UAW seeks to cash out or reduce its shareholdings."

-- reuters US

2011-10-10

death of a continual car?

TJ public's 'blog is no longer up. i can only guess this means he either got rid of the car, or just didn't feel like paying his domain renewal fee.

sad. i can always use a brother in arms.