Chrysler puts a bullet in the PT Cruiser

[dazzleman]

Some things are worth fighting over.  The PT Cruiser is definitely one of them....

[Soup DeVille]

No, it's really simple. Stop insulting things just because they aren't your favorites. That's really all it is. I have favorites, everyone has favorites, and I sincerely hope that they aren't all the same. That would be boring. But there is this horrible propensity to be incredibly insulting and offhand about things that aren't our favorites. You guys do it to 2o6 constantly. So he likes and posts about Chinese cars. This is a car forum, no better place to post them where those of us who don't know about them can learn about them. We don't necessarily have to LIKE them or gain new favorites out of it, or even pay attention to it, but the constant insulting of him and the cars is stupid.

Have you ever seen me actually insult or denigrate a car or a person's choice in cars?

What I'm on about here is not just one or two car, but a widespread symptom of a larger issue. And it's certainly not about being upset that people like different things than I.

No, in the grand scheme of things, the attitude towards particular cars isn't important (well, maybe it is to the automakers, and the propensity to be insulting and hateful is one of the driving forces behind our current situation). But we ARE on a car forum, in a small corner of the universe, and removing hatred and ignorance on the subject is kind of what it's about here.

I like 206. Any ribbing I give him about his preferences is intended to be percievd as just good natured fun.

[dazzleman]

I like 206. Any ribbing I give him about his preferences is intended to be percievd as just good natured fun.

Exactly.  When guys are friendly with each other, they bust each other's balls.  If another guy won't bust my balls, I know right away he doesn't like me.  Men are not supposed to be oversensitive about ball-busting about nonserious issues.  Some of the guys I know are absolutely merciless in the way they treat their very good friends.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

This isn't fun anymore, somebody better get banned because of this thread and i have a pretty good idea of who it should be.

[ChrisV]

Some things are worth fighting over.  The PT Cruiser is definitely one of them....

*sigh* it has little to do with the actual PT Cruiser. I thought I covered that.

And the bit about

I'm so tired of wannabe macho fuckers labelling things that they don't like as "chick cars." if you need your CAR to make your testosterone for you because you're not fucking manly enough to do it yourself, get that blinged out H2 and be done with it.

wasn't specifically about the PT nor did it say I'm tired of YOU saying things like this. I'm tired of it IN GENERAL, and when a fairly respected poster makes the same exact statement, it's well past time to put a stop to it.it's been rampant far too long, and lately it's been getting worse and spreading from merely idiotic macho wannabes to supposedly knowledgeable enthusiasts.

[dazzleman]

*sigh* it has little to do with the actual PT Cruiser. I thought I covered that.

And the bit about

wasn't specifically about the PT nor did it say I'm tired of YOU saying things like this. I'm tired of it IN GENERAL, and when a fairly respected poster makes the same exact statement, it's well past time to put a stop to it.it's been rampant far too long, and lately it's been getting worse and spreading from merely idiotic macho wannabes to supposedly knowledgeable enthusiasts.

Thanks for calling me a respected poster.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Thanks for calling me a respected poster.

I think that was aimed at me.

I feel all tingly inside.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

I missed the "failry" part, so he was talking about you dazz.

[CJ]

My Algebra teacher drives a PT Cruiser.  She's also the cheerleader coach.

[the Teuton]

A teacher back in middle school had one.  He screwed the art teacher in the classroom.  One of my friends walked in on them.  They married one another after their affair.

He also liked to play TFG (touchy-feely-grabby) with some of the female students.  He was forced to retire.

[BimmerM3]

My Algebra teacher drives a PT Cruiser.  She's also the cheerleader coach.

There was a guy teacher at my middle school who had a purple PT with flames on the side. I think he taught science of some sort.

[BimmerM3]

A teacher back in middle school had one.  He screwed the art teacher in the classroom.  One of my friends walked in on them.  They married one another after their affair.

He also liked to play TFG (touchy-feely-grabby) with some of the female students.  He was forced to retire.

I can pretty much top any creepy teacher story, although the fact that your friend actually witnessed it is interesting.

http://www.sovo.com/2004/7-30/news/localnews/cobb.cfm

Highlights:

-Student-teacher relationship between a female teacher and female student
-Relationship began in middle school (student was 13 or 14)
-Teacher transferred to high school the same year as student
-Teacher plead guilty
-20 year sentence

[the Teuton]

Lesbians.  That's hot.

[MrH]

Lesbians.  That's hot.

One of which was 13-14....

What the fuck....

[the Teuton]

One of which was 13-14....

What the fuck....

Hulk smash!

Sense of humor, no?

[Onslaught]

Shit, I wasn't even going to look at this thread because I'm not a PT fan. But it was so long I wanted to see what was going on.
Just a quick look and it looks like ChrisV is one of the reasons for all the hostility's?

[MrH]

Hulk smash!

Sense of humor, no?

I picked up on a serious tone there.  I basically thought you'd be more inclined to be creepy than funny. 

[the Teuton]

I picked up on a serious tone there.  I basically thought you'd be more inclined to be creepy than funny. 

My bad.  That one was my fault.

It isn't like women can get each other pregnant, though, so it's not terribly evil.   

[MrH]

My bad.  That one was my fault.

It isn't like women can get each other pregnant, though, so it's not terribly evil.  

Gross none the less.  Necrophiliacs aren't getting anything pregnant either, but it's still gross.

[the Teuton]

Gross none the less.  Necrophiliacs aren't getting anything pregnant either, but it's still gross.

And up until recently, it was still completely legal in some states.

[NomisR]

Well, considering that you can get a brand new one for less than 10k, I think they're a great deal for what they are.  I don't like them but you can't really lose on the price. 

Man, what happened to this thread, I saw it this morning and there's only 3 pages, now it exploded.

[SVT666]

I've decided to insult limos too now.  They're dumbass chick cars too.  Fuck you, you fucking moron....

Actually I think I'm the fucking moron.

[SVT666]

You know what Chris?  Do you know how often I'm met with "Mustangs handle like pigs", "Mustangs have archaic suspension", etc?  Nobody on this forum can possibly say that I have ever freaked out and started swearing at them for their uninformed opinions.  I have presented evidence to the contrary, and some of them have changed their minds.  Yeah it gets old sometimes, but I argue it with facts and evidence.  If I lashed out at everyone on here the way you do, none of these guys would enjoy my presence the way do so obviously do.

[NomisR]

You know what Chris?  Do you know how often I'm met with "Mustangs handle like pigs", "Mustangs have archaic suspension", etc?  Nobody on this forum can possibly say that I have ever freaked out and started swearing at them for their uninformed opinions.  I have presented evidence to the contrary, and some of them have changed their minds.  Yeah it gets old sometimes, but I argue it with facts and evidence.  If I lashed out at everyone on here the way you do, none of these guys would enjoy my presence the way do so obviously do.

Well, at least without Trep here, nobody's going to say anything is someone bashes a Camry though.

[SVT666]

Well, at least without Trep here, nobody's going to say anything is someone bashes a Camry though.

if

[dazzleman]

Actually I think I'm the fucking moron.

You are.....

[JWC]

Great thread.  What was the topic again?  PT Cruisers, Gay cars, chick cars or just claiming one is such?

It should be noted that the Mustang was originally advertised as the "secretary's car" when marketed.   The "boss" (not Springsteen) got the T-Bird.

Oh, and just to prove how old I am....Mazda did a demographic study of the RX-7 back in the late seventies and found that 60% of buyers were gay or female.

[the Teuton]

Can I troll yet?

[NomisR]

Great thread.  What was the topic again?  PT Cruisers, Gay cars, chick cars or just claiming one is such?

It should be noted that the Mustang was originally advertised as the "secretary's car" when marketed.   The "boss" (not Springsteen) got the T-Bird.

Oh, and just to prove how old I am....Mazda did a demographic study of the RX-7 back in the late seventies and found that 60% of buyers were gay or female.

Well, mostly chicks buys Mustangs so that holds true..

And no wonder the Rotary engines were blowing up, the chicks weren't checking the oil level causing them to die prematurely!

[SVT666]

You are.....

Ballbustin' is what friends do.......right?  Are you my friend?  If not, then that was just downright offensive.