Pt cruiser diesel vs Vw Sharan diesel

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

So this is the toss up between the vehicles I want to tow my Sprite 400 caravan (once its done).



Either one I want to style to compliment the caravan with lows and wheels (bandies no doubt).

I'm torn between the practicality of being able to use a Sharan as a van and fit a scooter in it.

And the styling of the Cruiser.

[ianlea73]

Are you fitted banded & lows on the caravan?
VW would suit the same style banded wheels & lows. Make it a matching pair.

[gettingold]

i would choose the pt cruiser there was a thread on here with some nice renderings and i really liked the convertible with moon discs.

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Sept 27, 2020 15:17:41 GMT ianlea73 said:

Are you fitted banded & lows on the caravan?
VW would suit the same style banded wheels & lows. Make it a matching pair.

No the caravan will stay standard but with painted wheels and hub caps, but tow vehicle will have matching painted wheels and hub caps

[jimi]

Cruiser for me, of course I would say that, I've had two and would have another any time. The 2.2 diesel is a Merc engine and has loads of torque.

[Jack]

I'd rather chop my legs off at the knees and walk everywhere on the bloody stumps than either of those.

[gettingold]

Your being a bit vague jack could you say what you mean please

[jimi]

Each to his own Stumpy 

[stefan1971]

PT cruiser for me, this was My 2.2, never let me down in over 11 years. Pulled like a train.

[bmcnut]

I feel like I'm supposed to dislike PT cruisers, but I really like them. I used to work in a Chrysler garage and drove them quite a bit. I only ever knew of one that seemed to have one problem after another, the rest were pretty good, but if I really needed the practicality of a Sharan, id go for the Sharan, but I bought a Cube so you might as well ignore all that..

[bmcnut]

Sept 27, 2020 16:29:18 GMT stefan1971 said:

PT cruiser for me, this was My 2.2, never let me down in over 11 years. Pulled like a train.

That looks well moody.

[stefan1971]

Sept 27, 2020 16:31:03 GMT bmcnut said:

Sept 27, 2020 16:29:18 GMT stefan1971 said:

PT cruiser for me, this was My 2.2, never let me down in over 11 years. Pulled like a train.

That looks well moody.

These were the last photos I took of it when it was for sale, it was over 13 years old here and I let it go for £900 ☹️

[ballbagbagins]

I'd imagine there isn't that much space in the back of the chrysler as the body leans into the car, a bit like the Nissan juke or is it quashqai.

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Sept 27, 2020 16:13:27 GMT Jack said:

I'd rather chop my legs off at the knees and walk everywhere on the bloody stumps than either of those.

What are you trying to say chap?

[stefan1971]

Sept 27, 2020 17:21:22 GMT ballbagbagins said:

I'd imagine there isn't that much space in the back of the chrysler as the body leans into the car, a bit like the Nissan juke or is it quashqai.

More like a Juke, funny as my wife has just got rid of a Juke for a Qashqai because of the lack of space in the back for the kids and baggage.

[slackerTHEpinstriper]

Sept 27, 2020 16:07:51 GMT jimi said:

Cruiser for me, of course I would say that, I've had two and would have another any time. The 2.2 diesel is a Merc engine and has loads of torque.

This is the input I was after😉

[pseudonymous]

Sept 27, 2020 17:36:38 GMT stefan1971 said:

Sept 27, 2020 17:21:22 GMT ballbagbagins said:

I'd imagine there isn't that much space in the back of the chrysler as the body leans into the car, a bit like the Nissan juke or is it quashqai.

More like a Juke, funny as my wife has just got rid of a Juke for a Qashqai because of the lack of space in the back for the kids and baggage.

We had a Nissan Juke as a rental last year.

It had styling that missed quirky and went straight to just plain awful. It also had poor visibility, the high front wings made parking a total pain in the *** and worst of all, as you say, the lack of interior space was ridiculous given the size of car. It was utterly useless as a family car, despite being the size of a Ford Focus. The boot was tiny and oddly shaped and the rear seat was more cramped than a Kia Picanto. It was also gutless, I was annoyed as I'd expected a Vauxhall Astra/Ford Focus.

Pure form over function, garbage.

[mr2fc]

All the cruisers above look good, because they don't have the endless curse-word lengths of stick on chrome tat on them like almost every single one you see on the road!

Don't we have a van conversion or two on here? Both by the same guy? They look good as well...

[Ryannn]

But the Sharan already looks like a caravan?!

[Laters]

We had a PT cruiser for a while & it wasn't a bad car at all.
Wouldn't set the world on fire, it was a 2 litre auto so quite underpowered, but did its job.

Only real reason it got moved on was it wasn't getting used as had bought the Honda.

I still have a hankering to get another but finding one that hasn't been driven through halfords and has every chrome effect add on stuck to it is getting harder as time passes.
I liked the styling of the PT cruiser from the day I saw a freshly released one on the motorway all those years ago.

There is a Sprite 400 serving duties as a shed at my inlaws house. They bought it new in 1972.
Doubt it will ever get used as a caravan again.
Keep getting told how they used it ever year for holidays & my other half has a lot of memories of helping put the awning up.