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Oh, that and much of the interior plastic components starting to degrade
after about a year --a/c vents, armrests, etc.  I asked Saturn about 
replacing the damned a/c
vane and they saidthey'd have to replace the whole assembly.  Sh*t.

Plus the resale value goes down the
toilet.

TaB


> I have to say, I would never buy another Saturn if you held a gun to
my
> head.  For all their vauntedservice problems, when I developed a
> serious problem
(100 mi/qt. of oil) they gave me thef*cking runaround
> until I gave up.  I've heard of
numerous people with the oil
> consumptionproblem, too.  So yeah, buy a Saturn, they'll
make you feel
> really good about it.  But they'restill GM crap cars.
>
> TaB
>
>
>>
quick addendum:
>>
>> much like the "if you have to buy
> korean, go with hyundai," i
would say
>> "if you  *HAVE* to buy american, go with saturn." the
> best feature of
>> the
saturn is that  they are the only dealerships that train their
>> sales
> people NOT to be
annoying. dave ;)
>> ___  _ _____ . ....
>> m a h t o o z e e a c k  a t  s p e e k e e z e e  d o t  n e
> t
>> ------ / /
.........     . . .
>>
>> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Wolfe, Joanna wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, I'll
>
throw in something here.
>>> I purchased a Saturn in 1992 - it was the easiest purchase I
ever
> had.
>>> I had no problems with the car until 2000 when it wouldn't pass
>>>
inspection due to
> a bad cylinder. I got eight good years from that car
>>> - I loved my car -
and retired it with
> 168,000 miles.
>>>
>>> When I bought my Honda CR-V  I bought it using
an online service and
>>>
> got it for less than I was  quoted online.  I really like my CR-V
and
>>> am very pleased with
> it.
>>>
>>> So I think that it is all dependent upon the
car you purchase.
>>> If the car is
> well made, you going to get a good car.
>>> If the are
isn't from a line reputed for reliability
> you won't.
>>> The money you spend purchasing
the car is nothing if you have to
>>> spend
>>>
> equal amounts maintaining the
car.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Joanna
>>
>>
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