My wife loves her PT. I don't mind driving it so much, but it is a royal pain to work on. The front inner fenders follow the hood line, and the 4 cylinder is under the hood crossways. There is not enough room for me to get my hand between the motor and the right side inner fender. When my wife told me she wanted one, I opened the hood and told her I wasn't working on it, she would have to pay someone to fix it. She said "OK" and bought it anyway. I don't do much work on it, and its been here for 16 years and nearly 150K miles. Been a pretty good car!
When you put your foot into it, you better be ready, the little turbo spools up pretty quick, and gets with the program.