One of the worst things GM ever did was stop making Saturns. We were a loyal bunch and they were pretty terrific basic cars at a good price. I never had an expensive repair on it. Routine maintenance kept it going.

The kid downstairs told me his grandpa is replacing the double overhead cam engine in the ‘97 I gave him. I didn’t want to go to that trouble, but I’m having to replace the intake manifold gasket on the 2002 I bought. My mechanic I almost forgot about since I didn’t have to use him for about 5 yrs) is charging me $225 to do it. Then, I can get it inspected. It will be well worth the $700 I paid for it. And I love the sunroof. : ) It has half the mileage on it (146K) that my old one had (around 300K—the odometer stopped working, too). Another 5 spd which I love.