Bought my first "domestic" car ever

Piece Of Saturn?

 

Macke sure that you had the ignition switch recall completed.

 

Does it have plastic body panels?

My Dad had a Saturn Coupe that had plastic body panels. They were amazingly durable and as long as they did not get scratched looked great.

The car was kind of like" The Picture Of Dorian Gray" as it aged and fell apart on the inside, it continued to look amazingly good on the outside.

 

Only the first Saturans had plastic body panels.

The later ones, like the ION came with steel panels.

 

My Dad had one of the early ones.

Early on...I think Saturn strived to be something different and special. As time passed they just became GM 'lite".

 

I remember looking at new ION and sat in one at the dealer. I was shocked at the interior and the plastic crap they installed. This car had gaps in the dash that were so large you would think it was built by a 5 year old kid. I even commented to the salesman as to how they would be able to sell a car that looked like this on the inside.

 

>> My research indicated that Saturns were the most reliable and fuel efficient cars americans could produce.

Sad huh? I guess if you consider the Toyotas and Kias, etc. that are built in America, would those qualify?

There's a reason that Saturns are no longer made.

Good luck with it.

 

Yeah, all my Toyotas have been boring I guess. They work flawlessly for hundreds of thousands of miles, with hardly ever a moment of excitement from a breakdown. I might have to try a domestic for a bit of a change.

 

It's amazing how short-term thinking always seems to trump long-term sustainability in North America. I believe it was the early eighties that Detroit began to concede defeat to the Japanese automakers, and some of them realized that they had to either change to a more sustainable model or perish.

Ford hired one W. Edwards Deming as a consultant, a man who was almost single-handedly responsible for the successes of the Japanese automakers. He was then in his eighties, and he drew up a radical plan for Ford, that was to set them on the road to success for decades to come. Unfortunately other board members voted to pull the plug when they saw how such a plan would impact on short-term profits, and he was let go.

 

Remember the GM-Toyota NUMMI plant in California that was closed in 2009.

Ironically, it is NOW the Tesla Plant.

 

Since the Trabant was made out of straw, wouldn't the rodents have finished them all off by now?

 

The early Saturn, SL2?, is popular with hypermilers that don't want to deal with, or can't find, a Civic VX.

 

The ION had plastic panels.

 

I stand corrected:
"..the infamous Trabant body was made from recycled cotton waste reinforced polyester..."

 

The rings get stuck. Seafoam, or even diesel, in the gas will supposedly free them up.