As if it couldn't get worse...

One of the so-called perks of my employment is that I get a company car. Several months ago we got a memo stating that the lease company we use would get either the Malibu or Fusion. Having had a good look at both, I was hoping for the Fusion, though the Malibu is not bad either. Today I got my new vehicle order from the home office...

for a Chrysler Sebring.

Bleep,bleeping, bleepity-bleep bleeping Mopar. I'll have to live with this thing and it's Revell quality interior for the next four years. Almost makes me want to seek new employment.

I'm sure they got them for almost nothing lol fleet sales. Sucks to be you.

well....it's still a free car...better than what I got.

Well at least it wasn't the Dodge brother, the Avenger....seems as if all the homies and wanna-be gangsters are sporting those now. Bling bling 20inch+ rims, black vinyl on the window instead of tint, candy paint, and 8000k+ HIDS.

Just think, you are driving around a car named after one of the most amazing race car tracks in the world....

When you say Sebring i guess you do not mean the convertable (not that that would be much, or any, better.)

My guess is 4cyl in white with a dull grey plastic interior. If you do get the V6, it is actually pretty powerful for a car of its size. They come with the 3.5L V6 like the one in the Chargers and not the small 2.7L V6 that entry level Chargers get.

Hey now Revell's quality has come a LONG way, much better plastic then what's in that POS.

P71 wrote: Hey now Revell's quality has come a LONG way, *much* better plastic then what's in that POS.

I don't know, I picked up an R8 Model and it kinda feel like old soca bottles. I hope it takes filler and paint alright

ooo, im building a Revell GT350H right now, maybe I will actually finish this one.

Back on topic, sounds better than a sharp stick in the eye.

Um...its a FREE car!

It is not free. Sadly, I must pay a monthly fee to enjoy the clunky transmission, broken engine mounts and failing coil packs in my current Stratus. While it's nowhere near what an actual car payment would be, being a GRMer I could drive something far more interesting and better built for the same or less per month, but they do not permit that option. Nothing like being forced to pay for a benefit you don't really want.

How I yearn for my previous job with the Ranger 4x4 and the Forester. Corporate mergers suck.

Well... it could be worse... they could have given you a Caliber... I had one of those as a rental once... god awful car, that thing... A four year sentence with one of those would make me look for a new job...

what sort of fee do you pay?

I bet you don't have to pay for insurance on it though.

You have a job, lots of folks don't.

Dan

Hmmmm, a JOB, and your employer subsidizes your lease payment on a so-so sedan? OH YEAH, how bad it must be to be in your shoes........

Yeah it could be a lot worse.

Somebody understands what you're going through:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JvtlB_NzI8

Look at the bright side: Now you can be a totally convincing Michael Scott for Halloween. Tell everyone you rented the Sebring.

Ok those-who-want-to-rain-on-my-Mopar-hate-parade...

I pay under $100 month. No tags, insurance or fuel other than what I use for personal use. Yes, isn't that an awesome benefit. However, it also comes with a lovely lime-green wrap with the company name plastered all over it. Aside from being a piece of crap from a car company destined to be out of business within the year, it looks like a clown vehicle.

As far as having a job, yeah, I have one. I've been without too. Fired once, laid off once or twice. Job 'eliminated' by a merger but that came with a tasty severance. I'm glad I was smart enough to wind up in a line of work that is fairly recession proof, unlike the dealership jobs I once had. None of it negates my distaste for the 4 door Sebring.

I feel your distane towards "the wrong car."
I spend much time behind the wheel of rental cars and although they are paid by my employeer it still pisses me off when I get a crappy car. Today I have a car with only 1,000 miles (real new) but it is a complete stripper Dodge Caliber. It is a pretty uninspiring vehicle.

The frustration comes from knowing that just a few small choices going more your way, you could be in something that you like much more.
This Caliber is in no way the Audi A8 rental car that I purely lucked into earlier this year (for the price of a standard mid size.)

ddavidv wrote: Ok those-who-want-to-rain-on-my-Mopar-hate-parade... I pay under $100 month. No tags, insurance or fuel other than what I use for personal use. Yes, isn't that an awesome benefit. However, it also comes with a lovely lime-green wrap with the company name plastered all over it. Aside from being a piece of crap from a car company destined to be out of business within the year, it looks like a clown vehicle.

I dunno, i mean, i met you at the '02 challenge. that car sounds just about right for you.

i keed. i keed. how much nitrous you think it can handle? only one way to know for sure....

I think you are confusing me with an actual, real clown.

I don't know Dwight, what color is it? If you can't find a purse to match maybe a fanny pack will work better?

Quit bitching, I still have to pay $238.00 per month for my Dodge version of your Sebwrong... I think you are getting the better deal.

David, forgive me if I don't cry with you... I am a seasoned and talented automotive customizer who used to command top dollar, and I just applied at Starbucks after being turned down by Home Depot. I've been technically jobless since last May with one brief stint helping a friend by bartending to cover some shifts.

I would gladly drive a Plymouth Horizon if it meant I had a job.

Dunno... I see those things all the time and it might make me reconsider my employer's intelligence if they stuck me in one of those things too. I've had several with very early (under 2k miles) radiator failure, the clunky knocky transmission (I believe there are at least ten reflashes, none of which work), the motor mounts that are made of gummi bears, shifters that jam, all kinds of stuff. We won't even get into the convertible top's woes. Man, those things are HORRID.

I got a brand new avenger for a rental a bit ago. It was freaking horrible. I would rather drive a razor scooter. It was horrid. The dash was made of some of the cheapest material I've ever seen. The car was noiser than my old clapped out civic. The only thing that saved it was satellite radio. Luckily I had a flat tire and traded it in early for a maxima(which wasn't that awesome but looked like a star compared to that crap box).

Sounds like a good deal though.... $100 for a car. Do they pay gas and maint?