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craziest86 01-07-2015 07:20 AM

new (old) satrun owner :)
 
Hi,

Just wanted to get my feet wet in the forums, I just purchased a 2001 Saturn SL1 5 speed with 212K, LOVE IT!!!! I took my 2007 Ford Edge with 170K off the road this winter, that's how nice this little car is to drive in snow/ice, compared to the high tech abs, traction control that leaves me stuck going up hills and sliding through intersections in the Edge. If the Saturn could tow a 5000 lb trailer id sell the Edge. Can't believe I missed out on this little gem of a car for all these years. I Avg. roughly 10L/100KM (in the Saturn) and that's with heavy city driving in the winter with alot of idle time in between stops. Coming down from 20L/100KM (in the Edge) was a huge savings, i paid for the car in two weeks with the gas I saved (I am a delivery driver).
Anyways that's my welcome to Saturn story, P.s. (no rust ;) hell yeah especially with all the salt Ontario likes to dump all over its roads.

Rubehayseed 01-07-2015 09:38 AM

Welcome to the forum, man. We love to hear how much people love their Saturns. Happy motoring and enjoy the hell out of it.

derf 01-07-2015 12:26 PM

Welcome. Watch the oil level till you get to know the car a bit better since you are doing some heavy driving it seems

Rubehayseed 01-07-2015 04:41 PM

Hey Derf, you ever wonder why the critics hated Grand Funk Railroad so much but we, the public, bought millions of their records? I still like their music!

derf 01-07-2015 10:56 PM

Populist Music. They just played R&R.

Rubehayseed 01-08-2015 07:24 AM

I got out early this morning to go check the water in my mothers house. Zero degrees on the car thermometer and turned on the radio. Grand Funk singing Loco-Motion. What a hoot!

craziest86 01-10-2015 07:31 AM

thanks for the tip derf! i checked and i burn a little bit of course, but that was during a rather heavy footed break-in test. I'll keep watch now that its all checked up. 1/2 litre in 3000km is not too bad considering i was in the high rpm range cleaning out the carbon.

sw2cam 01-13-2015 03:39 PM

Welcome to The Saturn Forum.

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Next get your post count up to 10 asap or your account will be shut down for being inactive. Reply to pictures folks have posted, post a picture of your car, anything to keep your account open.


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