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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 2007SATURN SC2 PURCHASE
My daughter wants to purchase a 1999 Saturn SC2 from Carmax. Can I get input on this car? Good gas mileage? Maintenance? Any major problems seen with this model (not just one person's car, but in general for this car)? Also, what is the last year they made this car? Thanks for your help! cynthia On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:38:38 -0700, poppymommy wrote: > My daughter wants to purchase a 1999 Saturn SC2 from Carmax. Can I get > input on this car? Good gas mileage? Maintenance? Any major problems seen [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > cynthia Buy a Honda and drive in peace. Or a Toyota. > My daughter wants to purchase a 1999 Saturn SC2 from Carmax. Can I get > input on this car? Good gas mileage? Maintenance? Any major problems [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > cynthia Recommend you find a Saturn newsgroup or post on a GM site. Doubt many Honda owners have experience with the Saturn. >> My daughter wants to purchase a 1999 Saturn SC2 from Carmax. Can I get >> input on this car? Good gas mileage? Maintenance? Any major problems [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Recommend you find a Saturn newsgroup or post on a GM site. Doubt many >Honda owners have experience with the Saturn. Only what I read in the Saturn newsgroup. The biggest issue with these cars is oil consumption due to ring problems. If the oil level is not maintained, reduced oil pressure to the timing chain tensioner may promote chain wear (assuming you don't fry the engine first.) Cracked heads and bad head gaskets affect certain models. Alternators often fail as do engine mounts. The ATs sometimes fail. Rust around the windshield and other places is a problem. They seem to get pretty good mileage, especially the 8-valve engine. Routine maintenance is pretty cheap. I think '99 was the last year for the S series. Some of the problems may have been fixed by then, but knowing GM I wouldn't count on it. > >> My daughter wants to purchase a 1999 Saturn SC2 from Carmax. Can I get > >> input on this car? Good gas mileage? Maintenance? Any major problems [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > often fail as do engine mounts. The ATs sometimes fail. Rust around > the windshield and other places is a problem. I actually drove a 94 SC1 MT until about 4 months ago when I got a 2007 Civic coupe, so I have direct experience (my wife drove an SW2 for a while, too, but she's had a Civic sedan for 4 years now). Oil problems are true, but if the oil is changed absolutely regularly without fail, it *usually* doesn't crop up. A/C evaporator went on mine, and it's behind the dash, so it would've cost a lot to replace. SW2 had the oil problem, and also some kind of valve-body AT problem that would've gotten worse, but she took it to a Carmax to sell it. Caveat Emptor... :-) I had my alternator fail, as well as an engine mount, but generally they're fairly maintenance-free, and it is fairly cheap to get done... Hope this helps. brian  SignatureIf you want to reply to this message by mail, you will have to change the reply address to beuchaw@beuchaw.net > My daughter wants to purchase a 1999 Saturn SC2 from Carmax. Can I get > input on this car? Good gas mileage? Maintenance? Any major problems [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > cynthia Mistake 1: Buying a Saturn. Mistake 2: Buying it from Carmax. Seriously, buy a Honda. > Mistake 1: Buying a Saturn. I could agree on this, but it is only a taste choice. > Mistake 2: Buying it from Carmax. What is wrong with buying at Carmax? >> Mistake 1: Buying a Saturn. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > What is wrong with buying at Carmax? There is no one statement to cover *all* Carmax's, and over any given period of time, some Carmax's that were good go bad and visa versa. |
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