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Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: "I'm Free" by The Who

It's dead week (week before finals), so I either will blog a lot or next to none in the immediate future.

Walking home from class today, I passed through the parking garage and at a glance saw a PT Cruiser with the designation "Touring Edition", whatever the fuck that means.*

However, my initial thought was that I'd read "Turing Edition", and the implications of such a car continue to boggle my mind. A GMUTM? Perhaps a talking car capable of convincing us we're speaking with a human?












*Moments after typing that sentence, curiosity got the best of me. Touring? What, exactly, are you touring? It just sounds like a pretentious name the dealer slaps on the vehicle so you feel smug and he charges more money. Anyway, after scouring the web (thank you Google and Wikipedia, and to a lesser extent, the Chrysler website) I've come up with these key differences between PTs:

Default PT: 15 inch wheel diameter

Touring Edition: 16 inch wheel diameter

Price difference: $16,250 - $13,905 = $2,345

Seriously. That's the only difference here. Same dimensions, mileage, weights, towing capacity, and so on.

See for yourself
[gray left column, select "Specs & Options", then "PT Cruiser" and "Touring" in the drop down boxes]