Originally Posted by supton
Originally Posted by IronMaidenRules
I've seen that there are two, and only two, types of Saturn ownership:
1. Worst POS I've ever owned, was in the shop all the time, was a huge mistake
2. Drove to 400k without a single repair, sold it to nephew when starting using 1/2 qt. of oil in between changes
Literally nothing in between. Weird.
Not sure where I land. I had a base model 2000 SL for nearly 5 years. I think I had the a/c fixed once, and I did a few sets of brakes (it always had warped rotors); I had one of the SOHC's with a bad head which luckily got fixed while under warranty. I traded after 116k. I suspect at the end it probably needed struts, and it was using oil, like a quart every 1,500 miles. And the wife didn't like anymore, and I was starting to think it was a bit loud on the highway.
I bought my first SL1 after riding in my older brother's 95, Supton. It was so solid at 116,000 miles when I bought it, that when my 99 Cavalier was destroyed in a rear ender I bought the 05 ION I still have.
The 95 I gave to my little brother and his wife who are still driving it, nearly 200,000 miles. It just came back from a round trip, AZ to NC earlier this summer.It saw regular 40 mpg readings.
And apparently, the 95 had had it's head replaced right before the warranty ran out at 36,000 miles. Way before I got it.
GM's [or Roger Smith's ] Folly: tremendous waste of labor and money [even for fans of the brand] from which GM learned and earned NOTHING.