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My dad was a mechanic his whole life. After he retired, he got a PT, and he absolutely loved it. The only thing I can think is that after a lifetime of driving "mechanic's cars," the PT was brilliant by comparison.
Hahaha, damn, that's saying something.
And I grew up in a shop. You couldn't give me a Chrysler product.
Thinking back, he drove a lot of Mopars. What I can immediately remember:
All of those were in really nice shape. The one non-Mopar I remember was a 78 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, rusty as hell, which he gave me when he bought the PT so I could take it to the dirt track. And that was shortly before he retired. That Caddy had the 425 V8 making a whopping 180HP when it was new.
Rich. Corinthian. Leather.
Ive been a mechanic for 11 years and you couldn't even pay me to take one.