God bless Saturn

[TwoGloves]

I mentioned this on another thread before it got locked, but I had some transmission problems on my '04 Vue. Basically, it wouldn't go in reverse. Nobody wanted to touch it so I had to take it back to the dealership. My warranty expired at 36,000 miles and I've got 73,000-plus yet they still fixed it for free. Grand total had I been forced to pay: $4,160.96. God Bless Saturn since I probably would have had a freaking stroke if I was forced to pay for that.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Can God bless planets?



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That's awesome you got a car dealership to help you out. Most of them try to rape you on costs before you walk out the door.

 

[Starman]

 

[cougargirl]

Rule of thumb - stay away from the dealerships (unless another person's insurance covers the work). I've gotten work done on my Saturn at Sears for a bit less than the dealership charged post-warranty.

 

[TwoGloves]

Rule of thumb - stay away from the dealerships (unless another person's insurance covers the work). I've gotten work done on my Saturn at Sears for a bit less than the dealership charged post-warranty.

Problem was, nobody else would touch it. I went to a couple of places I trust and they all said go to the dealership. I guess it had an unusual transmission. A relative works for Hummer and even he said go to the dealership. I was expecting to get raped. I was shocked to say the least but I guess there had been some service bulletins issued and I'm guessing rather than recalling all the Vues they just decided to fix them as needed. Regardless, I don't care because I saved four grand!

 

[Mystery_Meat]

So long as nobody's blessing Uranus ...

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I've owned two Saturns and found them to have some of the best customer service I've ever experienced from any business. They have a real pro-customer culture throughout the company.

 

[Platyrhynchos]

Was there maybe a recall notice you weren't aware of?

 

[TwoGloves]

Was there maybe a recall notice you weren't aware of?

Nope. I checked. Several times. Was hoping there was.

 

[Chef]

Friend of mine has a Saturn Skyy Roadster.

That is my next new car.

 

[TwoGloves]

I checked out the Skys at the dealership. Nice looking car, especially for a Saturn. But pretty small and kind of pricey for a Saturn.

 

[MacDaddy]

Saturn has great customer service, which for a long time sort of made up for selling such terrible cars. Fortunately the Saturn lineup has improved by leaps and bounds over the past couple of years.

As for the Sky, be sure to see how the top goes up/down and how little trunk room there is before buying one. They're gorgeous, but hugely impractical.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Saturn has great customer service, which for a long time sort of made up for selling such terrible cars. Fortunately the Saturn lineup has improved by leaps and bounds over the past couple of years.

As for the Sky, be sure to see how the top goes up/down and how little trunk room there is before buying one. They're gorgeous, but hugely impractical.

It's almost like a Miata. Who would buy one of those?

 

[MacDaddy]

Saturn has great customer service, which for a long time sort of made up for selling such terrible cars. Fortunately the Saturn lineup has improved by leaps and bounds over the past couple of years.

As for the Sky, be sure to see how the top goes up/down and how little trunk room there is before buying one. They're gorgeous, but hugely impractical.

It's almost like a Miata. Who would buy one of those?

A Miata has a top you can put down without getting out of the car, and a trunk you can fit more than a Manila envelope in. But aside from that...

 

[ArnoldBabar]

You're right, a Miata fits at least two or three Manila envelopes.

 

[Joe Williams]

Haven't heard this, at least, about the Saturn:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/fashion/12cars.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

RON GEREN, an actor in Los Angeles, commutes to auditions and jobs throughout Southern California in a sleek black Mazda MX-5 Miata convertible. But for a recent date with a woman, he rented a Cadillac Escalade because he was so used to friends saying his Miata is “gay.”

 

[pressboxramblings07]

I had a Saturn ION for 2 1/2 years. The first year-and-a-half it was great. After that, it was hell every day.

It got to the point where every other day or so it just wouldn't start. Not the battery, not a fuel pump, not the transmission, the starter, sparkplugs, anything. It just wouldn't start. I would have to get pissed, go sit in the house for about 10-15 minutes, come back out and it would start fine.

I took it to everyone I could think of, and the Saturn dealership I bought it from had a combined IQ of 12. They were pains to deal with, and one day when I went up there to look into trading mine in, I was treated like crap and the salesman pretended like I hadn't bought this car from the same dealership two years earlier. He checked my credit without asking me and asked me if I was going to waste his time. I guess he thought that since I was young, I must not know what I'm doing.

So I left, waited a few months and got rid of it. I prayed to God it would start the day I traded it in. It did, and no one said a thing about any problems. I got my Ford Escape and it's been a trooper. About 26,000 miles later in 10 months, it still seems like it's brand new.

So needless to say, I'll always think Saturn sucks balls and will never buy one again.

 

[Football_Bat]

Miatas aren't gay so much as they scream "midlife crisis."

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Miatas aren't gay so much as they scream "midlife crisis."

They scream "tinny" and "underpowered." If you must have a convertible, go with the Honda S2000.

 

[TwoGloves]

Tiny, too.