Yay on the Saturn news. My first car was (and still is) my 99 Saturn. Love, love, love it. Same with the never a worry and plan to drive it into the ground.
We joke that my family should be a Saturn commercial (or get some sort of bulk purchasing discount).
My mom was first, leasing one in the early 90s. She just loved how the company dealt with her and thought the safety features were great. By the time she got her second sedan, my dad was in a little two-door.
That second sedan saved her life. Asshat in an SUV ran a red light going 40+ and plowed right into the drivers side of her car. They had to use the jaws of life to get her out of there. She was knocked around a bunch and had ongoing back troubles, but other than that, she was pretty ok. While the back troubles were pretty bad, considering how it could have been, we *really* appreciated the Volvo-like safety construction under all that plastic. (When my dad and I went to take pictures of her beloved car to prove to her it was totaled, the pic that sold her was the fact that the drivers seat was basically where the middle console used to be.)
So she definitely replaced that with another Saturn.
When it came time for me to get my first car, my parents said I could get what I could afford or they'd help me get a new Saturn (gee, let me think...)
At this point, I'm on my first, Mom's on her third, Dad's on his second, my brother's on his second and we've even gotten my sister-in-law in on it and she's on her first. (See what I mean by bulk discount...Come on....buy 10 get one free? Anyone?)
So we've been understandably unhappy with the way GM has been handling Saturn. This news is more than welcome!
More info than you want, but gotta share, cause it's Saturn!
We joke that my family should be a Saturn commercial (or get some sort of bulk purchasing discount).
My mom was first, leasing one in the early 90s. She just loved how the company dealt with her and thought the safety features were great. By the time she got her second sedan, my dad was in a little two-door.
That second sedan saved her life. Asshat in an SUV ran a red light going 40+ and plowed right into the drivers side of her car. They had to use the jaws of life to get her out of there. She was knocked around a bunch and had ongoing back troubles, but other than that, she was pretty ok. While the back troubles were pretty bad, considering how it could have been, we *really* appreciated the Volvo-like safety construction under all that plastic. (When my dad and I went to take pictures of her beloved car to prove to her it was totaled, the pic that sold her was the fact that the drivers seat was basically where the middle console used to be.)
So she definitely replaced that with another Saturn.
When it came time for me to get my first car, my parents said I could get what I could afford or they'd help me get a new Saturn (gee, let me think...)
At this point, I'm on my first, Mom's on her third, Dad's on his second, my brother's on his second and we've even gotten my sister-in-law in on it and she's on her first. (See what I mean by bulk discount...Come on....buy 10 get one free? Anyone?)
So we've been understandably unhappy with the way GM has been handling Saturn. This news is more than welcome!