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- From: djm48887@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan Moisson)
- Subject: Re: My new Saturn in the shop for new transmission
- References: <1992Nov19.011448.11730@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Nov19.020405.28745@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:53:57 GMT
- Keywords: Saturn reliability
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- underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov19.011448.11730@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> clee@praha.jpl.nasa.gov (Chang Lee)
- >writes:
- >>Two weeks ago, I put down 15K at the dealer for a new SL2. 500 miles and a
- >>week later, the car's back at the dealer for a new transmission. Obviously,
- >>I'm unhappy about the situation. I bought the car partly because of claims
- >>of quality and reliability, but this episode has me deeply worried. So,
- >>I'd appreciate feedback from Saturn owners regarding the reliability of their
- >>car (or should I get a refund and buy a Civic?)
-
- >I should slap Mr. Lee for this.
-
- >Mr. Lee could spend 15K, and he bought a Saturn? Buy Saturn if you are pressed
- >for money, but 15K doesn't sound like Mr. Lee is pressed for money.
-
- >My advice, if Mr. Lee doesn't mind buying 100% Japanese (but I personally would
- >have second thoughts because I'm an American), then buy an Acura Integra.
- >It's a much better car than the Saturn.
-
- >On the other hand if he wants to buy American-ish, then I would suggest
- >a Honda Civic. Again, it's a much better car than the Saturn. Since you
- >are obviously willing to pay the $1700 worth of pure profit (to the dealer)
- >for the Saturn, I'm sure that you won't mind paying MSRP for the Civic or
- >the Integra.
-
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-
- Hey Mr. Slap Happy,
-
- Coming from a person who is so "American" as you are (Ha),
- I find it hard to believe you are saying go buy foreign
- car. The Saturn is a VERY good car. I just saw something like
- Saturn is only behind Lexus and Infiniti in a independent quality
- survey. Why don't you tell all of us what you based your
- information on??
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