so I blew the motor in my 3000GT VR4 and needed something to ride around in that I wouldn't a. buy performance stuff for and b. I could use the cheap stuff for(fuel/parts).


so after my VR4 exploded my friend called me and said, "Dude I bought a Saturn for my g/f but she couldn't drive it b/c it was a stick." Long story short when he went to buy his 3KGT he drove it to the deal where the guy he was buying the new car from and just parked it. [img]smileys/smiley8.gif[/img]he said if I could start it I could have(150K mi)?! well me being the cheap opportunist bastard that I am I jumped all over it. I jumped it drove it for about an hour to try and charge the battery. No luck. so I took it to Autozone for a charge and VOILA! it held it and the car runs great.


only problem was he trashed the car on the inside(I'm NOT complaining) so I had to clean it and it looks pretty good now. the serpentine belt started squeeling a little so I bought a new 1 and I'm going to try and adjust the tensioner 1st.


i just wanted to join the forum to make sure I keep it on the road as long as possible by learning some of the neuances(sp) of the car. Thanks

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Well, that's a good deal.. [img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]
OL & I had a '97 SL & it just kept going & going.. Course I maintained it v well too..No problems AT ALL till 80,000
then the starter snout cracked, still started but made noise. Got an AM one from NAPA & all was fine again..It was a 5 speed mt & truly got 40mpg..hwy.

10 yrs later we got a '07 Ion 2 w/bunch of options..

Good luck with your '97 SL1