Plan on driving a new car on a 3000mile highway trip. Bad idea?

Joe wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@barada.griffincs.local:

When Chrysler brought out the PT Cruiser,they designed it as a "light truck" so it would not have to meet stricter passenger car standards for fuel economy.(CAFE)

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It is a front-wheel drive 5-passenger vehicle, classified as a truck by the NHTSA for CAFE fuel economy calculations but as a car by most other metrics. Indeed, Chrysler specifically designed the PT Cruiser to fit the NHTSA criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel efficiency of the company's light truck fleet into compliance with CAFE standards.[2]

Right. It was a conscious decision by Chrysler, not something done by an idiotic government panel.

Chrysler used the rules to their advantage.

Joe wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@barada.griffincs.local:

yes,they designed the PT to -fit into- the *GOV'T* classification of "light truck";the criteria is the government's.

Which means that the US Government classifies a PT Cruiser as a "Truck." But the convertible, which has a "trunk" rather than a "load bed" is a "Car."

"Nick Cassimatis" wrote in news:482dbe31$0$31747$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:

I guess the PT ragtop doesn't count towards Chrysler's truck CAFE.

Do you work for Detroit? They gamed the system to save some money. They did the sme thing with safety features like steel beams in doors - left them out of their "light trucks" like at least one minivan that was being marketed as a family car.