Took my beloved PT Cruiser in for an oil change last Tuesday and to have it checked out for some vibration in the frond end. Then everything changed. I've had the PT, a Chrysler product maintained at a Ford dealership for a number of years now, added to an "advantage" plan that my former pickup truck a 1995 Ford F-150 to get savings future vehicle maintenance. That worked out well then after a point I replaced the truck with a Toyota Tundra, the better to put the larger camper the we later purchased. The maintenance for that I kept at the dealership where I purchased it and kept the PT at the Ford place. Well the early diagnosis on the PT didn't sound good. Due to some screw up I wasn't notified as to the status plus needed ride back to the garage. I jump on a bus headed in their direction. The main garage had closed but the lube garage was still open. The front desk guy looked up the PT in the system noticed that the tech that worked on it was on duty in their garage, checked with him about the work that would be needed to get the car on the road plus other work needed to keep it there - several times more than what I perceived it was worth. The final write up wouldn't be ready until morning but I was pretty sure of the score. Now the problem was getting home. The desk guy offered a loaner at his disposal a 2017 Ford Focus. Great, drive it home, pop back in the morning... I didn't get very far before I started thinking "hey this is a nice ride". Had some get up and go, nice dashboard arrangement, good tech. When I got home I took a good look at the styling, looked pretty slick. Carol look it over and we took a ride around the area, got home and looked it up on line, liked what we saw. Base price was nice, add in an AARP credit and the price was right so we put things in motion and on Thursday night I drove one just like the loaner home. Tomorrow the PT will be picked up for a donation to the American Lung Association. I bid adieu to my old friend and drive off in style.
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