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Slashdot PT Cruiser Spotted In the Wild

Posted by Unknown on from the temporal-disturbance dept.

You may remember the Slashdot PT Cruiser if you've been around long enough. You might even wonder what fate befell it. You can sleep comfortably tonight for it has been spotted alive and seemingly well in Walnut Creek.

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  1. At least it wasn't an Aztek by NFN_NLN · · Score: 2

    PT Cruiser... that's one step up from the Pontiac Aztek at least.

    1. Re:At least it wasn't an Aztek by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Insightful

      PT Cruiser... that's one step up from the Pontiac Aztek at least.

      Years back when I blew a heater hose on California 17, heading home from Santa Clara, I chatted with the tow truck driver. "Which cars do you tow the most?" "Oh, PT cruisers, I get a couple every day, they break down a lot." I'm sure they have the issues sorted by now, but tow truck drivers area great people to ask about what not to buy at the present.

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    2. Re:At least it wasn't an Aztek by drainbramage · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought you were going to tell us about the time you blew a seal.
      Or was that a walrus?

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    3. Re:At least it wasn't an Aztek by SpzToid · · Score: 2

      Babe Magnet Deluxe if ever I saw one!

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    4. Re:At least it wasn't an Aztek by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 2

      I thought you were going to tell us about the time you blew a seal. Or was that a walrus?

      Just fix the damn thing and leave his private life outta this, OK, Pal?

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    5. Re:At least it wasn't an Aztek by Guy+Harris · · Score: 2

      I thought you were going to tell us about the time you blew a seal.

      No, it was just ice cream.

  2. Not what Slashdot drives, but what drives Slashdot by jabberw0k · · Score: 3, Interesting

    More importantly: Whatever happened to Slashcode, which is what [cue the In Soviet Russia jokes] drives Slashdot?The last version seems to date from nearly a decade ago now.

  3. I see it now and then by crgrace · · Score: 2

    I grew up close to Walnut Creek so I'm in the area periodically and I've seen the PT Cruiser now and then. I'm pretty sure it's green though. The picture makes it look blue!

  4. I saw it in El Cerrito by linuxwrangler · · Score: 3, Informative

    About a year ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9...

    Like any good geek car, it was parked near a brewpub:
    http://www.elevation66.com/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9...

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  5. Re:Ugly by lennier1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

  6. In Germany... by Quila · · Score: 4, Informative

    You have the ADAC, the national automobile club. They have yellow cars and trucks running up and down the roads constantly, and in a breakdown you call them and get helped fairly fast. They publish a yearly list of the cars they have to rescue the most. It's more helpful than any other metric of reliability. It's like getting that tow truck driver advice from most of the tow truck drivers in the country at one time.

    1. Re:In Germany... by Algae_94 · · Score: 2

      It's also important to factor in the number of miles driven by each model of car. For example, if the data said car A broke down twice as much as car B, you would think car B is better. If car A was actually driven a combined mileage that was 10x car B's mileage, car A would have less break downs per mile driven.

  7. At Walnut Creek? by Mikkeles · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, is it used to cart CD-ROMs around?

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  8. PT Cruiser? by sootman · · Score: 5, Funny

    No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.

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  9. Re:Ugly by amicusNYCL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please put a warning when you're posting links like that, some of us are at work.

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  10. Re:Westley (Princess Bride) put it best by 91degrees · · Score: 2

    It does have its fans. The fact that it has a huge amount of interior space for its size and removable rear seats makes it very practical, and its proponents seem to like its ugliness.