We review the long-hated. Chrysler PT Cruiser. Why does car-culture hate the PT Cruiser so much? We dive into it. This is a long review but there's a lot to go over. Also there's a Joe Rogan shout out.
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@mrwafflez0007 жыл бұрын
I'm going to make a petition to have Mr. Regular a host of a radio station on the next Grand Theft Auto game
@Digimer7 жыл бұрын
That is so dumb... It would be awesome!
@badgeftw45207 жыл бұрын
That would be AMAZING! Instead of the shitty talk radio on gta5
@xMrin10se7 жыл бұрын
Haha perfect, might of been a good idea for the older gtas
@kylesoler41397 жыл бұрын
SHEMALE PORN ADDICTION!
@firstname1lastname1277 жыл бұрын
Huh.... hm.... You know, that's fucking brilliant. I agree, make it so.
@crispyandspicy68134 жыл бұрын
Other car channels: "The PT Cruiser has these features" RegularCars: *We need to talk about Postmodernism*
@betheprotag3 жыл бұрын
*QUIRKS annnd FEATURES
@bobow40753 жыл бұрын
*English theory and Facts
@salvadorantoniotki72943 жыл бұрын
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@alexs57442 жыл бұрын
And why it’s cancer.
@johnlogsdon98102 жыл бұрын
And his explanation actually made so much sense
@pap00s4 жыл бұрын
saw the thumbnail. "oh wow he gonna bash the poor car so bad" instead i got a fart and a socioeconomical analysis on postmodernism. subscribed
@firenado42954 жыл бұрын
I laughed way to long at this
@sdc3033 жыл бұрын
Welcome to RCR! Where deep thoughts and social analysis are hidden whitin toilet jokes
@kuebby3 жыл бұрын
Right? That story of Francis and Meredith is a tear jerker. Even if it's made up, it's true in concept and it makes me sad about America and old Rust Belt towns and families in particular.
@squiggle20542 жыл бұрын
the pt cruiser is the embodiment of "it gets me from point A to B"
@mndlessdrwer2 жыл бұрын
Though it's mostly because the Geo Metro actually holds value better than you'd expect. It's also arguably a better car. Better fuel economy for the performance, at least. The PT Cruiser is a perfectly acceptable mode of transport for when your other, better, options prove unavailable.
@seththomas9105 Жыл бұрын
And those cars are needed too.
@TheOzthewiz Жыл бұрын
@@mndlessdrwer Kinda like a Chevette "SCOOTER"...
@nickhayley Жыл бұрын
Yeah but so does a corolla without getting ripped on for owning a piece of crap trying to make a statement.
@anthonynicholich96542 ай бұрын
Yeah but for how long and how many problems while it does that?
@Zogger5687 жыл бұрын
I can't believe he just analyzed the PT Cruiser to be a representation of our fragile state on the socioeconomic scale holy shit
@MasterYoshidino6 жыл бұрын
I know. I just wrote the car off as a cheap car with no value in the car enthusiast market. Not an EV. Not a muscle car. Not a hypermiling hybrid. Not a luxury car. Not even a boring car like a Toyota Corolla. It's the kind of car you see at a junk yard and don't give it a second look.
@dubblehelix836 жыл бұрын
I was once in the situation he described buying a goddamn pt cruiser.
@Tepidtamales6 жыл бұрын
English majors man.
@That1BVP5 жыл бұрын
Juan Reynoso I give it a second look when I glare at it
@rickymcgowen67765 жыл бұрын
My mom had a PT Cruiser... My grandma has it now, and the car is dying...
@xboxdude6937 жыл бұрын
I came for a car review, I left with a PhD.
@Orangelemonblue6 жыл бұрын
Fabio Flesik hahahahaha
@aldo3g5 жыл бұрын
Same here xD
@marvinracer885 жыл бұрын
ahahaslaoalolololoolololo
@drownedgod5 жыл бұрын
Oh I got mine from a different site...
@kilppa5 жыл бұрын
Bravo, sir.
@jasonsantos64304 жыл бұрын
What I expected: A car review What I got: A documentary on post modernism, its history and its conflict with modernism in the 21st century.
@themonsteraddictmmxvi15645 жыл бұрын
PT Cruiser review Nobody: Mr Regular: Let's talk about poverty and how the nuke killed modernism.
@lordflufffluff4 жыл бұрын
I'm happy
@synystersevilheir7 жыл бұрын
I don't think PT Cruisers get the piss taken out of them because of poor people. I think it's more because it's the automotive equivalent of a scruffy fat kid in a fedora and clip on bow-tie...
@GP11387 жыл бұрын
To onlookers, that's almost the same thing.
@ohlookadragon7 жыл бұрын
if you have to ask.....
@bestmillimeter18587 жыл бұрын
The HHR has a clip on bowtie, literally. Haha 😂
@korkser7 жыл бұрын
+Mel Laknanurak ayyyy
@vortexflier7 жыл бұрын
That's terrifyingly accurate.
@hurgle31976 жыл бұрын
I love how he created an entire fictional family with names and senarios just to explain why these cars have their best years behind them.
@rusaccord4 жыл бұрын
It's not the cars that have their best years behind them, it's us.
@vrsuky4 жыл бұрын
In don't think he invented this. All his examples are oddly specific.
@sirrivet95574 жыл бұрын
@@vrsuky Or it may just be that the situation is incredibly common. My uncle went through the exact same things as steve.
@vrsuky4 жыл бұрын
@@sirrivet9557 having to giving away the pt cruiser to a family member.
@brysonkuhn32903 жыл бұрын
@@vrsuky it's actually very common. Pretty much every seperate family I know has that one little part that hasn't done well, has had an unfortunate deal of cards. And it could be any of us at any point
@robertsnewhand77055 жыл бұрын
Bro every thing you said about the pt cruiser is legit. I'm trying to get my 2nd chance in life. And i own a pt cruiser.
@christinafb58564 жыл бұрын
Robert's New Hand Agreed. Im trying for my 3rd chance at life and I’m hoping to buy a PT Cruiser tomorrow. After watching this review, I feel both attacked and vindicated. I’m crying and I’m laughing. But mostly I’m hoping the check clears tomorrow.
@HUNKragor4 жыл бұрын
Good luck guys Good luck
@johnlameelk53394 жыл бұрын
Don't give in to nihilism, the PTC is the car you drive over life's last hill and into the sunset of mediocrity. Buy a VW bus and skin your knuckles disconnecting the battery cable every evening because you can't find the short. Or an old Alpine that the rag top is shredded, so you show up at work looking hung over. Maybe a rotary engine Mazda PU and spend hours learning the quirks of a motor that is basically a spinning top laid on its side. Those things build character, and calluses. All you can do with a PTC is slide silently into old age, looking forward to endless sales pitches for Florida time shares, and your AARP magazine with page after page of hypochondriac inducing ads. Oh, and I'm 70yo who has seen that road take it's toll. It starts with innocent choices in cars and buying razors. Then it progresses to Triple A stickers, alcohol deprived beer, and soy burgers. The end is big, big boy pull ups and a doctor's ban on hot sauce and salt. Drive a car that makes your knuckles white at least once a day. Loose tie rods will make you live longer, or at least it'll feel longer.
@johnlameelk53394 жыл бұрын
@@jacobanon9516 oh no, I wasn't saying that in a mean way. Just giving a view from the other side of the hill. Back in my youth we didn't really have a choice. In 1968 all I could afford, working at $1.50 an hour was an old 46 Chevy with a flathead eight with three on the tree, six volt positive ground electrical. You learned to fix such rigs or you couldn't go to the drive in pictures with your girl. We all do what we have to do. Besides, when you get my age, you'll have a self driving car with a bar and plush swivel seats, surround sound and a TV. You'll look back on a PT Cruiser with nostalgia then. And younger people will wonder how you ever made do with its quirks and oversteer problems.
@notaheretic66754 жыл бұрын
@@johnlameelk5339 it was a sex joke you know that?
@waynefitch40264 жыл бұрын
When I was a teenager I spun my dad's PT on the highway from black ice. I totaled the car and for some reason I expected my dad to be ok with it and proud of me, he was.
@TuLokotron20102 жыл бұрын
Wtf? 😂😂
@wesfields9322 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@TheOzthewiz Жыл бұрын
@MrCatalina317685 жыл бұрын
I had an accute galbladder attack in 2007 and somebody I barely knew threw me in their pt cruiser and drove me to the emergency room. Nice car
@petrichor4464 жыл бұрын
Respect to that person and their PT cruiser.
@Weird_but_neat4 жыл бұрын
Andy B I think that was prolly me if it was a kid in his 20's lmao
@LuckyDT4 жыл бұрын
Andy B I had rhabdomyolysis years back and had got the guy down the street to drive me to the hospital. I sat in the back while fever-hallucinating and kinda forgot what was going on and asked suddenly “whose van is this?” “Where are we going?” It was a PT Cruiser.
@mikecastellon45454 жыл бұрын
Weirdbutneat prolly?.......prolly? Folks, this is what happens when you send your kids to public schools. Don’t do it ,pay whatever it costs to send them to a school where they can read and spell English and add and subtract
@wallybal12974 жыл бұрын
@@mikecastellon4545 What's your degree?
@jamespatrick69397 жыл бұрын
wow, I have learned more in a PT Cruiser video than my literature class
@peterlaing25377 жыл бұрын
Mr. Regular is one of the main reasons my vocabulary has grown quite exponentially ever since I started watching him about a year ago.
@pmthelastmanonearth7 жыл бұрын
Good use of the word "exponentially". PS, I feel like Jacques Cousteau having watched this...
@royceamatique31387 жыл бұрын
me 2
@ChristopherMundahl6 жыл бұрын
Lolll!!!
@wolfman4lph46 жыл бұрын
James Patrick, honestly same
@leljdam31894 жыл бұрын
then there's puerto rico, where the middle class drive these and poor people drive in demo derby cars
@aescorpus4 жыл бұрын
Im from Pr and im fucking laughing my ass off with this comment. Im middle class and im driving this car
@OwlManoloPR133 жыл бұрын
Puerto Rican here. I approve this. 100%
@Bartonovich523 жыл бұрын
You could be Cuban.....
@bayoanocasio47143 жыл бұрын
LMAO, over here there’s three types of cars on the road: -Super jacked off-roaders that barely fit on our “used to be a horse trail but we put concrete over it and it’s 1 and a half lanes, not 2way” mountain/country roads, -barely held together used cars that squeal off the line like the timing belt stepped on a lego and somehow always have one busted taillight and one busted headlamp on the opposite side, -and super expensive new cars bought by people from Dorado and other beach municipalities who want to flex, only to leave their bumpers in the giant potholes of San Juan and every big highway, making them completely unusable anywhere except going to the neighborhood Walgreens and the Church’s Chicken that’s inexplicably always around the corner of a Puma Gas Station
@innocentoctave4 жыл бұрын
The official car of nostalgia for something that never actually existed. It's Baudrillard's simulacrum in steel and rubber.
@shagadelic86807 жыл бұрын
If the PT is a philosophical mindfuck I'd like to know the twisted theories behind the Aztec
@ScottaHemi4407 жыл бұрын
lets take this minivan and make it look funky and act like an SUV
@Lincolnator7217 жыл бұрын
It's a mid-size crossover. Not an SUV or mini-van
@rodgt90577 жыл бұрын
Lincolnator the aztek is based on the gm minivan platform, that's why it has those weird proportions and a very tall firewall (like minivans)
@xaenon7 жыл бұрын
The Aztek is what happens when let too many people contribute ideas to a new car design, half of whom grew up watching TRANSFORMERS cartoons.
@jay55also7 жыл бұрын
The Aztek was designed by Picasso.
@paulccraciun18167 жыл бұрын
This went from a simple car review to psychological and sociological debate in like 8-9 minutes.
@eathotdog5 жыл бұрын
That's what happens when a literature major decides to make a car review.
@Docta503 жыл бұрын
This was more enlightening than my last ten years of life. You made me realize that time is mostly worthless, unless you have a point to anchor to, or to release your anchor from. Freedom is not inherent, and yet equal. Happiness is not material, but it is a wave function to be shared. The closeness is almost equal to the quality of fame. You, sir , are correct.
@HIFRENDITSJAVI Жыл бұрын
god damn
@BillofRights19514 жыл бұрын
We bought one of the first ones in 2000 (The PT was quite the 'it' car when it was introduced...though our sons HATED it from the beginning)...it was a great car, very reliable, with strong attributes that outweighed the minor flaws. No squeaks, rattles, or significant mechanical glitches. Quiet cruiser on the highway with so-so mileage. Interior held together VERY well. We ultimately gave it to our housekeeper with 125K on the clock (we couldn't afford a pension for her so we paid for all her repairs at a top mechanic, who would take care of even little things so everything worked). She LOVED it until, parked on the street overnight, it was rammed, most likely by a drunk driver, whose car was still driveable and he fled the scene. It was totaled by her insurance company. Untimely demise for a perfectly fine automobile.
@RichaadEB7 жыл бұрын
this channel is too good for youtube
@isaiahash96976 жыл бұрын
time for vidlii. lol :-D
@joshlusco12946 жыл бұрын
I tell you in my experience this car is junk mechanically and I've owned two 2008 models. they are however now affordable roomy with retro flare but as I said mechanically garbage .
@hiramrosajr82316 жыл бұрын
Way too good
@user-vt2ry3nj9f6 жыл бұрын
indeed
@BeingMe236 жыл бұрын
They need to start a Webcast TV show
@dhoffnun7 жыл бұрын
I think it's missing the Tweetie Bird sticker on the back window...
@Edsventures7 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE THAT
@usagentcyclone7 жыл бұрын
yes 😂
@bigneasy21067 жыл бұрын
Tinker bell sticker with a baby seat in the back and a single mom who smokes a pack of Marlbro Light menthols a day and who thinks going out in public wearing pajama pants is okay.
@codydiek79817 жыл бұрын
These are so bad it's good.
@cameronshaw72947 жыл бұрын
from what ive seen of "american culture", you describe what i see when i think of walmart
@lawnmowermanlawnmowerman99304 жыл бұрын
There isn't one damn thing wrong with a PT Cruiser. It's a good car for the money. And I'm a retired auto mechanic who has worked on most brands sold in the USA.
@psychodiagnostik4 жыл бұрын
I think I've watched this 100 times and it's always good like the 1st. Reminds me of 2008, my first real job as a "business traveler" rented a PT at Harrisburg airport, worked there at mechanicsburg, and that evening had to drive to Wilkes Barre in HORRIBle fog. That PT got me there like a champ, in reassuring comfort with armrests. Don't make them like that anymore.
@michaelerwin5796 жыл бұрын
PT cruiser, the official car for the regional manager of a Scranton paper company
@marie_es4 жыл бұрын
That's a sebring
@travelingwithrick4 жыл бұрын
@@marie_es he has a PT cruiser too.
@theinstitute13244 жыл бұрын
@@travelingwithrick It was also a convertible, no?
@TraceLight4 жыл бұрын
Assistant to the regional manager
@dillonh3213 жыл бұрын
@@TraceLight No. The Pontiac Firebird is the official car of an Assistant *to the* regional manager of a Scranton paper company.
@_fameONE7 жыл бұрын
I'd sit through English Lit again if Mr. Regular were my professor.
@danmack31737 жыл бұрын
Amen
@aircooledgaming7 жыл бұрын
[midway through lesson] REAL FART
@zloychechen51507 жыл бұрын
which english is best english?
@DeerKoden7 жыл бұрын
that is so damn right, I would aswell, and I'm Italian!
@zloychechen51507 жыл бұрын
DeerKoden don't threaten us!
@AnEverydayGamer3 жыл бұрын
PT Cruiser: the car of stick figure families
@dillonh3213 жыл бұрын
No. That's the grand caravan
@craytoncaswell45585 жыл бұрын
Just found this channel today. This is my fourth review. And I am one of those jackasses who actually cares about things like 'postmodernism'. So much fun, dude. If everything weren't equal, I'd say this is excellent, but.... you know.
@aircooledgaming7 жыл бұрын
I came here to watch a PT Cruiser get shit on but I ended up learning about modernism and postmodernism instead. I want a refund.
@afcreative227 жыл бұрын
lmao
@d7r2u4m9m3er7 жыл бұрын
refund? you should be thanking and paying Mr. Regular
@jonathanrouse7 жыл бұрын
Art school student here. A good portion of a semester was spent trying to learn what he casually explained, ofcourse he explained just the basics but that was like heavy stuff in school haha
@jaymorrison24197 жыл бұрын
It finally made me sub to the channel. Also shared this out to 3 classes worth of design students.
@aircooledgaming7 жыл бұрын
Honestly though, I feel like I could use what I learned here in my design school
@ffwingman3296 жыл бұрын
This was my first car, an '01 PT cruiser, it is and stands for everything you say it does. My parents split, my dad lost his job, someone gave him the car, he owed my mom money and she said "if you give your son the PT cruiser I'll ignore the rest of what you owe me." So, my dad gave me the car and he bought an $800 '93 olds cutlass...that car was everything I needed it to be and you sir are damn near a prophet.
@MrAlan18283 жыл бұрын
I have 2x2001 One for Summer cruising and one for winter beatering, The cruising one bough brand new for 22599 CAD New back in 2002 still my daily, the winter beater got in 2010 for cheap obviously didn't last long mostly only winter driving. The Pt is great for my business lots of room for goods, I mostly drive by myself wife not allowed to sit next to me. Its now 2021 and my PT is now a classic.
@BigFingerRo Жыл бұрын
Yo, I had a 94 Cutlass as a first car! Man, that car was busted. The battery would die at random, mostly uphill. The mirrors had a weird system with a cable to move em around, and like 2 months in of me owning it, one of them broke and the mirror just permanently stared downwards like a small kid hearing his parents argue. I stuffed a plastic bag under it and that fixed it, sorta. But it was perfect, as a thing to learn how to park and such.
@lovelessissimo4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. This is the best/worst car review I have ever seen.
@TecumsehRulesbcserk2 жыл бұрын
My brother’s girlfriend owns one of these things, almost everything you said in this review matches her. The only thing remaining intact is her relationship with my brother and her jewelry business. Other than that the family treats her like that one middle child they always forget about until an argument starts and gets blamed on her.
@DarkRipper117 Жыл бұрын
Bruh, if a car had a personality lol, nice one 🤣🤣
@Kahrytes6 жыл бұрын
please don't remind me of how shitty my economic situation is, I am watching random car videos to escape from my reality
@SomeFreakingCactus5 жыл бұрын
Too bad, buddy. This is a postmodern world. All the truth is out there in the open for you to see.
@universaldragonninja4 жыл бұрын
That's me right now tbh
@sabresergal89894 жыл бұрын
I feel your comment
@umop3plsdn4 жыл бұрын
I’m a member of this club too guys with a pt to boot. Strength in numbers?
@seveamin14 жыл бұрын
This is me!!!
@hennny__88507 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr. Regular, I'm a high school student, and I would just like to thank you for making this awesome video. I watched this out of boredom last night, procrastinating on writing my Lord of the Flies literary analysis paper. Today, I wrote the best essay I have ever written, It's about the themes of postmodernism in the book. I didn't know what postmodernism was until yesterday lol. Thank you again, you inspired my greatest writing ever, and you earned a sub.
@mattybob594 жыл бұрын
No way. They don’t have high schoolers read Lord of the Flys anymore. :-)
@jy25924 жыл бұрын
@@mattybob59 No, they still have :) Read it last year
@Mothwater4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Jordan my sister’s school district read it in middle school.
@TraceLight4 жыл бұрын
Man I remember writing essays back then. Probably among the most useless skill I learned (besides calculus) Still, I remember reading lord of the flies.
@Vezail4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Jordan I read it freshman year
@justinjohnston16254 жыл бұрын
This is definitely my favorite video of the series. It transcends its own genre...the one that you created. I rewatch this video once a year to see if it still holds up and every time it is still great. It is a brilliantly captured moment.
@23ofSeptember3 жыл бұрын
My PT Cruiser story: Back in the early 2000s, my best friend told me his neighbor's (who were dirt poor and in their late 50's) said, "Lets go into debt and buy a PT Cruiser!" I don't think they ever made the PT plunge, but this car definitely had curb appeal for Boomers back in the day. It was the first retro car...ever.
@Bartonovich523 жыл бұрын
SN95 Mustang. 1994. It had the two cockpit design. The pony logo in the front. The vertical tail bar lights from 1996. Like Mr Regular said.. the Fox Body was the last Mustang styled for the time in which it existed.
@kasraabedinnejad2755 жыл бұрын
I lost my virginity in a PT cruiser so no complaints
@jim57354 жыл бұрын
Wow
@notpsicoh21074 жыл бұрын
That is the exact sort of thing that would happen in a PT cruiser
@whydoihave6neutrals7724 жыл бұрын
Chriego no it’s not. Maybe with a dog of a girl. But no sane woman is tryina fuck in that
@techobsessed14 жыл бұрын
How?
@PRmoustache884 жыл бұрын
I think you would have had better luck with just a monthly bus pass.
@Ijustwastedyourtime07 жыл бұрын
This could be a thesis for a masters degree, it's that good.
@thomrobitaille39424 жыл бұрын
I had a PT Cruiser. It was one of the most versatile cars I've seen. It was also easily the most trouble I've ever had with a car, and I once owned a Chevy Vega. On the Cruiser, it was the front end that kept wearing out. I finally specified Moog parts to replace the Chrylser junk and the repairs started becoming more manageable.
@JohnnVids4 жыл бұрын
I just bought one....Just cause I need a damn car to get around, it’s more comfortable than a mustang haha
@JumpsyTurvy6 жыл бұрын
I feel personally targeted on a personal and economic level. I was just flipping through videos looking for common problems that match up with the condition of my car and I found that the conditions of my life are very common. Someone give me a different car.
@Hydra1c_4 жыл бұрын
Yeah me too... like wtf lmao but I loved the video at the same time
@moisty_rabbit98734 жыл бұрын
Just sell it and you'll have enough money to buy something that's not a P/T Crusier
@onebackzach4 жыл бұрын
How are you doing? Things are still hard, but I hope you're doing well in spite of it.
@Deadeye3135 жыл бұрын
When you did that story of "who to give grandma's car to", oh god, it was real as life. We just had to go through that scenario with a couple of family members.
@Toyota--Camry4 жыл бұрын
One of the first cars I loved when I was three was the PT Cruiser, and still love it to this day. Even I knew I was gonna be penniless in 20 years’ time.
@justoneofmany2 жыл бұрын
Someone down the road won a PT Cruiser in a sweepstakes. They loved it so much they got 3 more. And that’s how you lose a sweepstakes while still winning it.
@wompstopm1237 жыл бұрын
i came here thinking that this was just a review about the chrystler pt, but then it got hella weird, and i learned about post modernism i subbed, i'm now interested in what else there is to see on this channel about "cars"
@shaft90007 жыл бұрын
they're pretty much all gems...and his "Dr.HST" Cayman review is a must
@wompstopm1237 жыл бұрын
il check that out thanks
@yaboi50476 жыл бұрын
Bella late. But the honda eh civic hatchback is amazeballs.
@snotface86 жыл бұрын
THis is how i was reeled in
@That1BVP5 жыл бұрын
Welcome
@NekoJanz5 жыл бұрын
It's funny to me that two and a half years ago, I watched this video just for fun, and listened in on the socio-economic commentary just to entertain the thought of what it's like to be in that situation. Two and a half years later, in December 2018, I became the owner of two convertible turbo examples of the PT Cruiser, and kinda feel the impact of that lil bout of desperation that came over me when I was told about these two cars being available for me to throw an offer at. Neither car is in a perfect state, but both cars run and drive perfectly fine, and both cars are a blessing for me and my mom - My former college car turned project car is indefinitely down for the count, and my mom and I were pretty much forced to share her car since our spare car shredded its timing belt and destroyed its engine. We were left without a spare car for almost the entirety of 2018. My financial situation at the time these two cars came into my life is borderline dire - I'm helping my mom pay for some of our utilities because my uncle is barely making any contribution to improving our current situation. Life in Hawaii sucks when you're treading that line between poverty and comfort, a situation brought on by past relatives now gone who thought they could pass the burdens of their decisions onto their kids who don't want to stay on a rock in the middle of nowhere. While me and my mom are at home struggling to keep things in order in our lives, my uncle lives in a bubble where everything is alright in his little world, as he spends money he barely has while blaming me and my mom for wasting his money on basic necessities when he won't help us. Those two PT Cruisers basically saved our situation in the sense that we're now more independently mobile, and I'm capable of fixing the little problems on our PT Cruisers by myself. Now I have myself a little daily driver, and the other one is our new spare car while we scrap our old spare car. I'm currently working to finally get my little graphic design business off the ground this year with the money I make from my day job, and I'm slowly parting out and parting ways with my project car to make room in my life for a fresh slate that won't be a huge burden in my own life. My mom and I hope to either sell the PT Cruisers or use them as trade-ins so that we can get me that new car, and so I will be able to take my business on the road to craft fairs and even to other islands in Hawaii. The Nissan Versa Note is starting to look more and more appealing every day. Me and my mom's financial situation isn't looking so hot, but it's slowly getting better and better the harder we work to change our situation for ourselves. Listening in on a Mr. Regular commentary is good entertainment; Experiencing a Mr. Regular commentary is a humbling life lesson.
@planetx52695 жыл бұрын
You should use the money to completely restore the Cruser and maby even give it a custom paint job.
@Martcapt4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful comment. The only reply makes me a bit sad on the youtube commenting system. Good luck to you on your business!
@OffGridInvestor4 жыл бұрын
I SERIOUSLY want to recommend a book to you. It's called "The power of broke". Don't even CONSIDER a new Nissan because they've become JUNK after merging with Renault in the early 2000s (did you even KNOW that?). New cars are NIGHTMARES of complication you won't be able to fix alone. Stick with basic tried and true, and work out a plan to dump the financial shit in your uncles lap. I had an uncle who was a financial idiot, and basically lost the family fortune THEN TRIED TO bring us ALL TO BANKRUPTCY by bailing him out, trying to use our properties as security for other huge mortgages he couldn't pay. He was willing to put 80 year olds on the street. He would be running up the walls with repossession threats, then refinance yet again. The next day it would be a relaxed passing comment that it was all sorted and this debt, equivalent of about 2 million in todays terms would be the LAST THING on his mind. Essentially FORGOTTEN ABOUT until the next threatening letter. Then he'd be whinging about "family needs to stick together" and his dreams of opening a restaurant with backpackers hostel combined. 30 years and STILL nothing done. Actually booted a tenant to renovate a house that wasn't done 30 years later which had illegal additions which were later demolished. You need to work out how to drop the lot in your uncles lap. And ALSO consider vanlife. Because it's a BRILLIANT way to avoid rent. Even consider Texas. You are US citizens after all. Best of luck.
@quillmaurer65634 жыл бұрын
Ouch, hope your situation improves! It is amazing how accurate, often in a painful way, Mr. Regular is in his talks on the sort of people who own various types of cars. I am guilty as charged with everything he said in his 1974 VW Super Beetle video, I am exactly the person he described as owning such a car (mine is a '73, very similar). I think he was a bit unfair in his roast of the car itself, as the car was in terrible shape and he didn't really take that into account, but everything he said about the owners was a perfect description of my life. As for the idea of getting a new car to take your business on the road to craft fairs, to me the PT Cruiser seems actually pretty well suited to that, sure can carry a lot. Well maybe not the 2-door convertible though.
@baronvonjo19294 жыл бұрын
I hope you do well. Would recommend a toyota
@ZackHicks5004 жыл бұрын
I Love how this dude poetically roasts basic cars 😂 Somebody give this guy a podcast!
@johannesaylott2 жыл бұрын
My dad bought a PT Cruiser in 2001 and I spent a lot of my childhood in it. Now looking back, it's kinda ironic I have a form of nostalgia for a car, that was primarily designed to look nostalgic in a completely different way to how I see it. Being the first car I ever learnt how to drive in gives it a special place in my heart... although I can attest the turning circle was hideously American for our tight British roads.
@MillVillage6 жыл бұрын
I think my local mechanic got PTSD from working on my sister's PT Cruiser Convertible.
@-ahvilable-66545 жыл бұрын
One of the best cars
@trimarill88415 жыл бұрын
personal transport stress disorder
@abystrous5 жыл бұрын
@@trimarill8841 i'm fucking wheezing
@gilbertg.85015 жыл бұрын
I own one. I can confirm that they give you pmsd, post mechanic stress disorders. 2011 sonatas are worse though
@joshbarth94695 жыл бұрын
Mechanic here. Can confirm. My main argument against these cars is that everything about them is absolutely horrid, from a mechanic perspective.
@lucasavalos22377 жыл бұрын
RegularCars: come for making fun of the PT Cruiser, stay for the deep philosophical insight.
@marioexpropiacionpetronilo27534 жыл бұрын
Nice video!!! I've found that PTs weakness is mostly engine overheating, but they are usually easy to repair ( just a bit tight) . I did a head cylinder repair and I did it with average tools (lots of 3/8 an 1/4 sockets).
@alfx5432 Жыл бұрын
You don't see them on the road much anymore because most have been junked.
@rolandleap14 жыл бұрын
So I’ve been binge watching you guy’s vids. Thinking. “This is some bizarre takes on vehicles”. Until I watched this video. Now I can honestly say that I totally get it. I just made sense of the madness and I’m better for it. I’ll now watch these vids from a different prism and really fully enjoy these masterpieces as everyone else here does that has already “gotten there”. Thanks Regular Car Guys
@philspaghet7 жыл бұрын
Mr. Regular- The only person capable of successfully turning a car review into a lesson about history, literature, and the arts and human digestive processes all at once
@aufrichtigforty62967 жыл бұрын
Right. We deserve course credit and forgiveness of our student loans for following this channel. I almost got my master's listening to "Click and Clack" while they were actually still alive.
@mikeyfisher42567 жыл бұрын
Here in England, there is a PT scene, people, especially rock/metal fans love them, it's the retro-styling and the ease of making it unique, plus you don't see a lot of them so it created a car scene around flame paint jobs, chrome, 8-ball shifters and white walls.
@RegularCars7 жыл бұрын
Weird.
@tk421dr7 жыл бұрын
Here in Escondido CA there is a similar scene. They all meet up in the parking lot of Coco's every Friday. 20 or more PT's tricked out with paint jobs, running lights and crazy interiors... i never really understood it
@mikeyfisher42567 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know, then again, we mock stuff like Fiesta ST's because they're (stereo-typically) driven by scrotty little shit bags in baseball caps who fingered their barely legal girl friend behind McDonalds on the back seat of his or more likely daddys-money on-finance ST. Not saying the ST is a bad car buuuuuut in the UK hot hatches carry a bad rep of anti-social behavior, whereas a PT Cruiser is unique and quirky,it's drivers are seen as these jolly folk who don't do no wrong, people look at the car and it's tattooed and go "Ooooo that's different". Though tyhe PT scene isn't huge at all, not like you guys with your 'Stang scene or Vette scene, kind of jealous that in England really, the closest we got is "JDM enthusiasts" sticking a 5inch bore back box onto a Seat Leon Cupra R or Ford Focus ST170 so it sounds "better" with those stupid "Dude I almost had you" Paul Walker stickers in the window.
@theejabroni7 жыл бұрын
Don't forget all the stick on chrome and tat from Halfords "accessories" section
@mikeyfisher42567 жыл бұрын
Alex Grace x'D yeah, thought you see that not just on PT's but the tatty family Zafira or Espace.
@dabradguy4 жыл бұрын
This is perhaps the best episode of RCR. The description and rational of modern/post modern is perhaps the most articulate I have heard. Thank you.
@ThatLaloBoy4 жыл бұрын
I came to this video expecting another person destroying the PT Cruiser and I ended up getting a video regarding the sad situation of it and a crash course regarding the clash of cultures in the 21st century. Well done.
@stevenboswell2206 жыл бұрын
Physical Therapy Crusier
@jamescanfield72514 жыл бұрын
I thought it was...Part Time Cruiser.
@zacharytracy37974 жыл бұрын
Psychological Therapy Cruizer
@heres_the_sauce5 жыл бұрын
This was pretty deep. Unlike the pockets of PT cruiser drivers
@nathanlariviere801610 ай бұрын
You deserve some praise after 4 years without any. Goated comment
@eyeLie9 ай бұрын
7 years later this still one of my fav videos on this site lol i keep coming back even after all this time
@bradknightable2 жыл бұрын
My dad had one of these. Comfortable car. As a 6 foot 5 individual the ease of entry and exit of the pt was definitely a plus
@nolarobert7 жыл бұрын
One of the best explanations of Modernism vs Post-Modernism I've ever heard! Who knew a review of a PT Cruiser could be so darn enlightening?
@ninjaxel935 жыл бұрын
I'm from Italy, listening to this i was automatically replacing "PT Cruiser" with "Multipla" for almost the entire video
@attila5353 жыл бұрын
At least the PT Cruiser has some style, while the Multipla is just ugly.
@jamesmylife65782 жыл бұрын
@@attila535 yeah it’s not to hard to see. Well the fiat multipla is hard to look at. The pt cruiser is just a car to me.
@QWERTY7081002 жыл бұрын
@@viniciusbraga9881 i love the multipla :(
@wind_reader2 жыл бұрын
In Costa Rica, it's kinda the same with the late 90's-early 00's Hyundai Accents
@concertedreaction2 жыл бұрын
This review is definitely my favourite car review. Out of all of them. I've actually watched it multiple times and I don't know why, it's just so good
@cornman82524 жыл бұрын
My lategeneration-boomber uncle has one of these with a standard transmission. He likes the standard because it's better down hills in the canyons of Utah. I don't think he see's the irony in the car.I really respect that Uncle Jon, keep on being yourself. Thanks for doing the PT Cruiser justice Regular Car Reviews!
@ZVMoYxMAjTEwAMEb7 жыл бұрын
This went deeper than I was both expecting and hoping for.
@edzo29857 жыл бұрын
Nobody freaking say it.
@ZVMoYxMAjTEwAMEb7 жыл бұрын
+Edzo29 that's the point....
@Slash6877 жыл бұрын
+Edzo29 Just like my penis haha
@forsmajeure74017 жыл бұрын
+Edzo29 *snickering
@zloychechen51507 жыл бұрын
"...and now i can't get it out"
@bunkaaa87267 жыл бұрын
Lets take a moments silence for that poor fuck at 2:16, that skin is gonna fucking kill in the evening.
@ogrengbuddha53737 жыл бұрын
looks more like leather then skin
@batchmotors7 жыл бұрын
I am currently that sunburnt. can confirm, it's not pleasant
@TheStephenspann277 жыл бұрын
This had me rolling, needs more up votes.
@bunkaaa87267 жыл бұрын
***** I believe you, I had the same thing when I went to labour in France, its probably complete bullshit but I think my Italian genes were waiting for some European sun to set my pigment hahaha
@DaGhostQc7 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if it was legal for lobsters to walk on public roads.
@danield85283 жыл бұрын
Well, ya did it Mr. Regular. You made me wanna go out and buy this car even tho though I don't need it because it represents my second chance in life. I came for a car review, and it ended with me just crying and thinking about all my failures in life and how I can turn them around. Thank you.
@ultrapotato16873 ай бұрын
3 years late but i hope you turned em around.
@GlennDavidson3 жыл бұрын
Weirdly, in the UK the PT Cruiser just didn't have the same baggage, apart from most Chryslers being known as rust wagons. Just a simple, surprisingly spacious hatchback with a decent diesel version and marmite looks. Used one as a small van for a couple of years 😄 It had the turning circle of a naval frigate, mind you. Which is an issue in a country full of roundabouts.
@kevinbatts28047 жыл бұрын
My wife had PT Cruiser when I married her. I dont like to admit it but that was one of the most functional cars we've ever had. It had great space it was decent on gas. It could fit five adults. I lost a ton of money on trade in though.
@pinehawk96006 жыл бұрын
Kevin Batts yes! Fits 5 adults very comfortably!
@CarswithNash5 жыл бұрын
Kevin Batts Yup! 4 inches shorter then a Neon, but that high seating allows room for rear seat passengers to put their feet under the front seat. We’ve got 4 in our family & love them, great in the snow & pretty safe in a crash as well, a very cheap car to own too.
@TWX11385 жыл бұрын
Before my inlaws moved here, my wife fairly seriously considered buying one and stashing it in their garage, so when she visited she could do errands with them. Basically it had enough room to get his needs at the hardware store taken care of, but they could both get in and out of the back because the rear doors were wide enough. My biggest concerns were based on the head gasket problems, same issues that my '97 Stratus with the 2.4 suffered, and the issues with the timing belt and servicing it. I knew if it sat there it wasn't going to get much in the way of maintenance and would probably deteriorate disproportionately getting that weird kind of intermittent use. They aren't bad cars for someone that needs to be able to switch between light but bulky cargo and passengers but doesn't have the space for a minivan, but some of their maintenance issues are annoying. Also makes it a bigger problem for someone poor ending up with one, the head gasket and the timing belt and associated tensioner are not easy to do one's self.
@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK5 жыл бұрын
George Sciblo Jr I wouldn’t say that I don’t fit in the back or front seats but then again I am 6’5”
@eltonjohn32364 жыл бұрын
It sucks you lost so much money on it, but they weren't as bad as people make them out to be. It did have some real positives. It's like most Chrysler's though; the fundamentals are good, but they're unrefined and don't hold their value.
@rekozma6 жыл бұрын
sitting in my 2006 pt watching this review and feeling so...well lost.
@melindagreer41775 жыл бұрын
rekozma I'm sorry.
@3a.m.2845 жыл бұрын
rekozma haha! You’re poorrrrr
@applefan20064 жыл бұрын
@@3a.m.284 So what?
@CobraAce044 жыл бұрын
@@applefan2006 Nothing. I don't think that's the intent. He's just quoting the video
@djinkentertainment4 жыл бұрын
I should get a dollar for every time someone calls my hhr a pt cruiser lol
@bills2north4 жыл бұрын
I just subbed & now going through your take on cars I've owned. So far you don't disappoint. I drove a pt from 2009 to 2016. It was rust protected & never broke down. Broke a door handle off in -30 C. Name was Blueberry cos it was blue & round. :)
@planetx52695 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a great car review!! This was the best I ever heard!! It had post modernism, the telephone call, the fictional family. "He gave up drugs and she gave up the bottle and they are having a hard time and will be glad to get the PT Cruiser for 500 bucks." Of course threy won't be able to aford yo take care of it." And the PT validates the people who got old. I loved the revirw. Get back to me if you can. Thank you.
@jacobfuckingjones7 жыл бұрын
Time to reconsider my life choices.
@kj226977 жыл бұрын
the best part of these videos
@ev3047 жыл бұрын
The guy who does the reviews has a lot of different styles, he is able to completely joke about a terrible car but also teach you about life and how modern Medea plays a huge role in cars and he is is able to tie it all into life! Crazy
@witzerdog7 жыл бұрын
JRE needs you on his podcast... period.
@RegularCars7 жыл бұрын
Someday, greatest day
@Fed.Smoker7 жыл бұрын
That was his goal for 2015.
@witzerdog7 жыл бұрын
I will do everything in my power to make this happen. Let the campaign begin...
@pedrodorantes35277 жыл бұрын
JRE.... What's that?
@rubberwoody7 жыл бұрын
you really think he could talk for 3 hours?
@teop78873 жыл бұрын
These were actually fun cars that made headlines when debuted. They have an active club scene and aftermarket.
@drewlottful3 жыл бұрын
This is Classic! Not only did I just inherit a 2006 PT Cruiser from my Mom (Grandma) who isn’t really able to drive often; I’m a KU Grad from the 90’s & appreciate the references to Lytle Hall & KUR 😂. The PT Cruiser has become my daily driver b/c my parents took such good care of it & it runs like a charm...despite the various ribbing I receive by friends & passerby’s. I just assume envy on their part due to not being able to revel in postmodernism or postmortem 🤦♂️
@Flargenyargen7 жыл бұрын
This video is just a masterpiece. I'd watch the shit out of a Mr. Regular/Roman Crash Course.
@RegularCars7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tim!
@behemothokun7 жыл бұрын
Crash Course - Cars that needs to be a series
@TheSaemiProduction7 жыл бұрын
Wait wait wait ... IT BEGINS!!!! I BE A WOMEN NOW!
@uncreativename99367 жыл бұрын
Holy shit that would be amazing! I love learning philosophy from your English major perspective. I learned all that stuff for debate and I just summarized post modernism as "Whatever the fuck the author wants it to be"
@goldmegaman10007 жыл бұрын
+
@litemup507 жыл бұрын
This video was deeper than I expected. I'm going to go contemplate life now...
@enriquerivera5925 жыл бұрын
Christopher Flores I
@kinginfamousz5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@hellhound47bravo34 жыл бұрын
Drove one for eight years. It was imperfect. It was too heavy, and needed another gear in the transmission. It was also a bit stiff in the ride. But it was...competent
@Shimapan9 ай бұрын
First car was a PT cruiser from 2006, got it single owner really good roach of a vehicle. I drove that thing until it hit 210k miles and I sold it to a needing family for 600 bucks, the only issues I ever had was shifter cable, tie rods, and lift gate. It wouldnt die...and it helped me save up for a modern toyota. I still miss it. It helped me haul back ikea for first apartment, it helped me move...I was happy.
@josephcooper836 жыл бұрын
That Collect Call bit caught me WAY off guard. I can't stop laughing. Thank you!
@pricklydingus86047 жыл бұрын
Wow. This review got really deep, and introspective. *Real fart*
@barryervin85365 жыл бұрын
I worked at a Chrysler dealership when the PT came out. The hysteria over it was incredible. We had customers putting down deposits and waiting months for it to come in. Those who couldn't wait were coming into the parts department and buying little PT Cruiser model cars in in little display cases. I drove quite a few of them and they were actually nice to drive and very practical. Working on them was a different story, with the engine crammed in and everything very hard to access and the usual poor Chrysler reliability (I lost count of how many head gaskets and control arm bushings I replaced at low mileages). One thing for sure, it was far better than the GM copy, the ridiculous HHR.
@TheOzthewiz Жыл бұрын
At least the HHR had an "SS" turbo version that hauled ass and LOOKED like a "one off" custom street rod!
@barryervin8536 Жыл бұрын
@@TheOzthewiz There was a turbo version of the PT Cruiser too, in fact there were 2 different versions, the 215-230 hp GT Turbo and a 180 hp "Light Pressure" model. I worked for a company delivering auto parts and we had HHRs and I really didn't like them. The small windows made it hard to see out of them which was not good for urban driving with lots of parking required. I always felt like I was sitting down in a hole peering out through little slits. BTW, the same guy designed both the PT and the HHR.
@woxyroxme8 ай бұрын
I would imagine replacing the battery or a burned out light bulb would be a total nightmare, in that regard my Dodge Caliber is a much better vehicle, it’s very easy to do the simple things myself.
@opinionsux420noonecares54 жыл бұрын
I'm poor AF and love my salvaged title PT Cruiser. I've jimmy rigged the Hell out of it to keep it going. If I ever get money I will own a nice one.
@victorvick10765 жыл бұрын
This was my first regular car review and will always be my favorite. The amount of effort put in to talk about this vehicle.. No words..
@Forgan_Mreeman7 жыл бұрын
this is the weirdest channel i know of...i love it
@Chris3497 жыл бұрын
this is the weirdest channel you know? You must be new to YT
@ClassicalStupidity7 жыл бұрын
Simon Christian to be fair it is pretty odd when you analyze it, it's this weird blend of cars, music, psychology, and objective thinking. There's really nothing like it that I can think of
@europlebr32166 жыл бұрын
FrogLungs Lol I run into you again.
@nutriapeluda Жыл бұрын
Every once in a while I come back to this episode, one of Mr Regulars masterpiece.
@davidkless91314 жыл бұрын
So glad I found this channel. Explains postmodernism better than my professor did.
@theataripunk6 жыл бұрын
Jesus this got deep... I came here for a car review but instead... Oh, poor Francis...
@WooferCooker7 жыл бұрын
The collect call skit was fantastic
@RobertSmith-le8wp7 жыл бұрын
Indeed. I remember that. Does that mean I had bad parents
@fickmeindreamcacao7 жыл бұрын
Go watch fluffy
@Autocon6093 жыл бұрын
I've had a purple '04 for about a year now. It has only 82,560 miles on it as of this morning. I think I've dropped in about $400 for parts/maintenance. It's a solid lil nugget for what I paid ($2,200 w/taxes & tags).
@DougFrantz3 жыл бұрын
I got my start in the car industry with Chrysler in 2008. I gotta say, the PT Crusier still is one that I do like... Lets be honest.... out of the whole lineup, it's probably the best FWD Chrysler product of the era. And it's far better than the copy cat HHR. Now thankfully I moved far beyond the Chrylers days... The turbo versions were even halfway fun to drive.
@inspectorchicken7 жыл бұрын
Please review the Pontiac Aztec, I'd love to be surprised by it.
@Koshunae7 жыл бұрын
The Aztec's raging unpopularity has made the car sort of rare.
@inspectorchicken7 жыл бұрын
Koshunae But the concept behind it was quite ok, considering it was the late 90s when they had the Idea and going out for a camp was for folks who like nature, not the poor.
@smokingONsumDRO7 жыл бұрын
they were everywhere back in the day
@AlastorTheNPDemon7 жыл бұрын
The AMC Gremlin of the modern day.
@realknoxvegas7 жыл бұрын
+Koshunae He can come in down to Atlanta. They're EVERYWHERE.
@realisticeyeball7 жыл бұрын
man, this is way more depressing than i expected it to be
@MadMonroe906 жыл бұрын
Eyeball Thank God that your rainbow socks are here to stop us from suiciding
@Miss-Stephanie-Night Жыл бұрын
Just bought one, checked this review for some info on the car, thank you mr. Regular for always being a reliable source.
@reluctantsquadleader3617 ай бұрын
That was the most succinct description of modernism/postmodernism I have ever heard. Hat tip to you my friend.
@kcpwnsgman7 жыл бұрын
this video was far too heavy for me. I was expecting a light poppy review about a car while I sip on some apple whiskey before I go to bed and wake up to a soul crushing day of work. Now I'm ranting about post modernism on Facebook at 1 am drunk. You know what? my life ain't all that bad. Thanks Mr Regular. I hope to see the Falcon one day.
@kcpwnsgman7 жыл бұрын
Unrelated; my roommate decided to build a Baja Bug. There's something so oddly amazing about those things the more I read and look into them. Very interesting to see how vehicles like that are completely reborn into a different class like that.
@paulandreasallik6 жыл бұрын
lol
@Machouseproductions6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's just the contrarian in me, but I always kind of liked the PT Cruiser. Quite a few cars just look so similar these days (even across multiple makes) that it was refreshing to see something different and out of the ordinary.
@pinehawk96006 жыл бұрын
GuilelessDragon all these new cars look like electric razors.. Ill take my PT Any day
@-ahvilable-66545 жыл бұрын
Yes, almost all new cars look like plastic toys for kids
@johnlameelk53394 жыл бұрын
A mule would separate you from the herd, and likely be less trouble to maintain.
@argenys84 жыл бұрын
id rather see boring versus ugly
@faust133014 жыл бұрын
@@pinehawk9600 Nice Marv quote.
@billybecker38502 жыл бұрын
Regular car review, love you guys. So refreshing so new just with the Auto industry needed...... Keep it up!
@darth3426 ай бұрын
I’ve never fully understood postmodernism and I was too embarrassed to ask. However, somehow, I found the answer in a review of a PT Cruiser. Thank you, Mr. Regular.