Car Takes a Crap... When will it end?

If my car was a Toyota, I know I wouldn't be having this problem, I hate to say....

I want to buy American, but the quality difference IS there...

Illustrator wrote:If my car was a Toyota, I know I wouldn't be having this problem, I hate to say....

I want to buy American, but the quality difference IS there...

you bet, I think the Focus was considered a good american car, a little small for a family, but I think a few guys that i know liked theirs.

Ford has come a lot way. The Chrysler offerings for small cars are limited. I get a GM discount, so I see a Cobalt in my future. I'll drop a new motor in this thing, keep it for a year or so and sell it and be done...

is saturn part of GM?
seen a few here owned by mescans & they love theirs, not to mention you can pick a decent one up cheap.
these boys got theirs for 2-3 grand 2002-2004 with less than 100 k miles & the guys said they loved it, had their for 2-3 years already with minimal problems.

I had an SL2 and loved it until a little Mexican lady (no offense meant Juan) decided to change lanes into me, and sent me flying into a retaining wall on icy roads and totaled it.

The new Astra (their small car) are freakin EXPENSIVE!! 3 door's MSRP is like $18K!

I can buy a low-endCobalt, but with Air and a spoiler for like $11K...

Illustrator wrote:I had an SL2 and loved it until a little Mexican lady (no offense meant Juan) decided to change lanes into me, and sent me flying into a retaining wall on icy roads and totaled it.

The new Astra (their small car) are freakin EXPENSIVE!! 3 door's MSRP is like $18K!

I can but a stripped Cobalt, but with Air and a spoiler for like $11K...

you just know you have to have that spoiler .

I was thinking more along the lines of used for the amount of cash you are talking about.
what happpened to the motor anyway?
overheated & cracked the heads?

BTW, my sis says it was your fault, YOU should have known she was going to change lanes

Of course you have to have the spoiler!

Well, i should have just bought a new car to begin with, but my wife didn't want a big payment, and my Sebring can fit 3 carseats in the back, which a Cobalt won't. I'd have to move up to a Malibu and that's some serious cake.

Car overheated, blew the head gasket, toasted the lifters, rings, he thinks a piston warped/cracked, head is warped and possibly cracked, and who knows what else. Basically he could fix everything and it'd be the same as a new motor, without the warranty of a new (used motor). Any used motor gets inspected, pressure tested, cleaned, etc, so I feel pretty good that I'll get something that will last for as long as I own it. Plus the car has 80K on it, and the motor I'll get will have between 20 and 40K on it, so that should help when I sell it one day.

jkcerda wrote:is saturn part of GM?
seen a few here owned by mescans & they love theirs, not to mention you can pick a decent one up cheap.
these boys got theirs for 2-3 grand 2002-2004 with less than 100 k miles & the guys said they loved it, had their for 2-3 years already with minimal problems.

they only like cars that fit at least 6..

around here they stuff no less than 5 in a regular cab truck.

archer1983 wrote:

jkcerda wrote:is saturn part of GM?
seen a few here owned by mescans & they love theirs, not to mention you can pick a decent one up cheap.
these boys got theirs for 2-3 grand 2002-2004 with less than 100 k miles & the guys said they loved it, had their for 2-3 years already with minimal problems.

they only like cars that fit at least 6..

around here they stuff no less than 5 in a regular cab truck.

there are always 2 in the trunk